You get errors like this on laptops if you use the built in Intel graphics which just can´t cope with the demands. You have to go to the video driver control and ensure that Flightgear (i.e. fgfs.exe) uses the high performance video card (Radeon in your case )
-----Original Message----- From: Arnt Karlsen Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:45 PM To: flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] error while running flight gear On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:06:42 +0530, Shobith wrote in message <caeek9fvzqf3kan5xsd9qb0nd_gg0xbctcq3ep9pg046ydgd...@mail.gmail.com>: > * > Hiy guys just downloaded flight gear yesterday night and ran it today > but its giving me a weird error , i have written the problem below , > please take a look > > - Operating system: Windows 7 ..I'm a GNU/Linux only guy, so somebody who knows how to diagnose Wintendo must pitch in here. Meanwhile you should give us further details. > - Computer: HP Pavilion g6, Intel core i5 ..some of these i5's have integral (on-chip) graphics, which exact i5? A "wrong" answer here, might make diagnosis, _really_ interesting. ;o) > - Graphics board/chip: Radeon HD 6xxxM series .._which_ "Radeon HD 6xxxM series" graphics board/chip? You should see your details in some system detail menu, e.g. "control panel(?)". Important detail. ..also important, which graphics card driver _version_??? > - Compiler/version: i dont know ..try run the "Dos window"(CMD?), in there, enter "fgfs --version", and post its output here. > - Versions of relevant libraries: i dont know ..you probably would know if you compiled and installed from source code, so I'm guessing you installed a binary instead. ..link to where did you found that binary? > - Type of problem: uknown exception in the main loop . aborting... > possible cause: not enough space > - Steps to recreate the problem: Just click run in the flight gear > launcher , in the CMD windows you cann see things like electrical > systems okay , and you hear a sound or something just before the game > loads it throws up the error ..we'll need you to post the _exact_ output from that. > I have 491 GB free in my hard disk and i have 6GB RAM and i > beleive thats sufficient to run Flight Gear ..hell, yeah, plenty good iron. ;o) > but please let me know if its something wrong with my system or if > theres a solution to make it work ? ..not neccessarily (other than running Wintendo), could be a bad graphics card driver version, bad set of libs (dll's) or even a badly built FlightGear binary. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
