Hello people, this will be long:Let me organize this in a proper way, according to the http://seedwiki.com/wiki/flight_gear/how_t...you?wpid=247004 page.The problem:typing fgfs at a console produce an error flighgear don't start.aditionally fgrun fails too.The info:Hardware Specs: * CPU: Intel Pentium IV 2.6 Mhz * RAM: 512 333Mhz SDRAM * SOUND CARD: Sound Blaster Live! controled by ALSA * GRAPHICS CARD: MCI FX5900 -XT with 128 Mb RAM, VIVOSoftware Specs: * OS: Mandrake Linux 10.2 (LE 2005), Kernel 2.6.11-13mdk * Other software running while FlightGear is running: Bonobo-activation-serverdbus-daemon-1dbus-launchesdevolution-alarm-notifyevolution-data-server-1.0gam-servergconfd-2gonme-settings-daemongonome-vfs-daemonovernetclcs2uWindowMakerbluez-pinssh-agented2k-guiEterm->bashevolutiongaimgbxmount.appwmcalcwmCalClockwmcpuloadwmdrawerwmhdplopwmmemmonwmnetwmWeatherwmxmms * driver versions for relevant hardware:Graphics: NVidia Driver 1.0-8178gl-info:GL_VENDOR = "NVIDIA Corporation"GL_RENDERER = "GeForce FX 5900XT/AGP/SSE2"GL_VERSION = "1.2 (2.0.1 NVIDIA 81.78)"GL_EXTENSIONS = "GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_INGR_blend_func_separate GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays GL_SUN_slice_accum "GL_RED_BITS = 8GL_GREEN_BITS = 8GL_BLUE_BITS = 8GL_ALPHA_BITS = 0GL_DEPTH_BITS = 24GL_INDEX_BITS = 0GL_STENCIL_BITS = 0GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS = 16GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS = 16GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS = 16GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS = 16GL_AUX_BUFFERS = 4GL_MAX_ATTRIB_STACK_DEPTH = 16GL_MAX_NAME_STACK_DEPTH = 128GL_MAX_TEXTURE_STACK_DEPTH = 10GL_MAX_PROJECTION_STACK_DEPTH = 4GL_MAX_MODELVIEW_STACK_DEPTH = 32GL_MAX_CLIP_PLANES = 6GL_MAX_EVAL_ORDER = 8GL_MAX_LIGHTS = 8GL_MAX_LIST_NESTING = 64GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE = 4096GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS = 4096,4096GL_POINT_SIZE_GRANULARITY = 0.125GL_POINT_SIZE_RANGE = 1,63.375Default values:GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT = 4GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH = 0GL_UNPACK_SKIP_PIXELS = 0GL_UNPACK_SKIP_ROWS = 0GL_BLEND_SRC = 1GL_BLEND_DST = 0Sound: Alsa (libalsa2, version 1.0.8-15mdk)Input Hardware: * KEYBOARD:Brand: AcerModel: Ergo 42Driver: 105-key (Intl) PC, Spanish traditional distribution. * MOUSE:Brand: GeniusModel: Optic mouseDriver: Ps/2, generic. * JOYSTICK: Not Present * YOKE: Not Present * PEDALS: Not Present.FlightGear: * version of FlightGear: 0.9.10 * where you obtained it from: Repository Cooker_Contrib (http://mandrake.mirrors.pair.com/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/contrib/release)For mandrake systems. * in what format you obtained it: Pre-compiled RPM, name of the package: flightgear-0.9.10-2mdv2007.0 * how and where you installed FlightGearUsing the urpmi command at the prompt using an Eterm console.FG_ROOT: /usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/bins:/usr/bin/fgrun‎/usr/games/fgfsI've included the complete package paths in the attached file complete_package_path.zip * how you are starting FlightGear:From an Eterm console using the command "fgfs" * startup parameters you use: None * runtime settings you use: None * any console messages (warnings and errors) you may see: Output of fgfs --log-level=bulk:Initializing TimeCurrent greenwich mean time = Thu Aug 10 05:08:18 2006Current local time = Thu Aug 10 02:08:18 2006Reading timezone info from: /usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Timezone/zone.tabUsing zonename = /usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Timezone/America/Los_AngelesUpdating time Current Unix calendar time = 1155186498 warp = 0 Current GMT = 8/10/2006 5:8:18 Current Unix calendar time = 1155186498 warp = 0 Current GMT = 8/10/2006 5:8:18 Current Julian Date = 2.45396e+06 First time, doing precise gst gst => 170.375 COURSE: GMT = 7/10/106 5:08:18 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = 141.714 days = 141 hours = 5.13833 lon = 0 lst = 2.53833 COURSE: GMT = 7/10/106 5:08:18 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = 141.714 days = 141 hours = 5.13833 lon = -0 lst = 2.53833 Current lon=0.00 Sidereal Time = 2.37473 gst => 170.375 Current LOCAL Sidereal Time = 2.37473 (2.37473) (diff = -0.163606)Loading a panel Loading stars from /usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Astro/stars Loaded 850 starsinitializing cloud layers texture = texture = texture = texture = texture = texture = X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed request: 144 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 29 () Serial number of failed request: 820 Current serial number in output stream: 820 * whether the same machine/OS has previously been used to run FlightGear successfully, if so what version of FlightGear: Yes I've successfully runned the version 0.9.8 If I remember correctly, I even was able to use 3 computers (2 of them dualheaded) to run a megawide copkit and ATLAS. * if FlightGear works properly using the default settings: No Aditional packages downloaded (with Mozilla Firefox 1.5 from http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery-0.9.10.html): w090s80.tgz w080s80.tgz w070s80.tgz w060s80.tgz w050s80.tgz w040s80.tgz w090s70.tgz w080s70.tgz w070s70.tgz w060s70.tgz w050s70.tgz w040s70.tgz w080s60.tgz w070s60.tgz w060s60.tgz w050s60.tgz w040s60.tgz w080s50.tgz w070s50.tgz w090s40.tgz w080s40.tgz w070s40.tgz w060s40.tgz w090s30.tgz w080s30.tgz w070s30.tgz w060s30.tgz w050s30.tgz w080s20.tgz w070s20.tgz w060s20.tgz w050s20.tgz w040s20.tgzThen I've decompressed each one with mcc from an Eterm console and place each directory (the w0X0sX0/) into ‎/usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Scenery/Terrain/ overwriting the old files thereAlso I've downloaded from http://fgfsdb.stockill.org/ the folloing files: GlobalObjects.tgz SharedModels.tgzI've uncompressed both with fileroller and move the contents of the GlobalObjects.tgz to the /usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Scenery/Objects/ directory overwriting everything in there and the contents of SharedModels.tgz to the directory ‎/usr/share/games/FlightGear/data/Models/fgfsdb/ overwriting everything there too.So this is problem N

Sorry, I don't know the solution to your problem. But I can suggest a way to get a response faster:1. Subscribe to the Flightgear-Users mailing list2. Send an email to the list with the same info you post above. You'll be much more likely to get ahold of one of the developers that way.

Thank you very much for the tip, I'll do it, and if I get a response I'll post it here too.

not sure if this problem still persists, however if it does you may want to check our X11/OpenGL setup to ensure that it is working properly. Also, the problem you are describing may in fact occur when libraries don't match-which can happen if you install binaries, thus you might also want to try installing from source, which really isn't all that complicated and ultimately provides you with a binary specifically built for your very machine.Apart from that, kudos to you: excellent job for apparently not only checking the wiki, but also for actually providing most of the information you were asked for!!