Turns out that fgfs and freeglut 2.4 do cause problems. There is a thread on the flightgear dev list about this issue.
http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg03577.html thx andy > Hi > > I am trying to install fgfs (0.9.10) on my FC5, 2.6.16-1.2096 kernel > with NVIDIA drivers installed. And I am getting the errors listed below > (start fgfs). I used the rpms posted at ftp://obgyn.edu.pl/fgfs/Fedora. > Thinking that this might be related to my freeglut version, I tried > installing freeglut 2.2 via rpm. Unfortunately installing freeglut from > the rpm failed because of a missing dependency (libGL.so). Which appears > to be correctly installed. > How can I installed fgfs on FC5 ? Am I missing an installation step ? > > thx andy > > ------------------------ start fgfs > -------------------------------------------------------- > # fgfs > freeglut (fgfs): Unable to create direct context rendering for window > 'FlightGear' > This may hurt performance. > X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or > internal Xlib length error) > Major opcode of failed request: 145 (GLX) > Minor opcode of failed request: 29 () > Serial number of failed request: 871 > Current serial number in output stream: 871 > freeglut (fgfs): Failed to create cursor > > > -------------------------- rpm -i freeglut > --------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]# rpm -i freeglut-2.2.0-1.i386.rpm > error: Failed dependencies: > libGL.so.1(LIBGL) is needed by freeglut-2.2.0-1.i386 > > ------------------------- installed libs --------------------------------- > /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1.3.060402 > /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1 > /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 > /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 > /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so > /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGLcore.so.1.0.8756 > /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGLcore.so.1 > /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGL.so.1 > /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGL.so.1.0.8756 > /usr/lib64/libGL.so > /usr/lib64/nvidia-graphics-1.0-8756/libGL.so.1.0.8756 > /usr/lib64/nvidia-graphics-1.0-8756/libGL.so.1 > /usr/lib64/nvidia-graphics-1.0-8756/libGLcore.so.1.0.8756 > /usr/lib64/nvidia-graphics-1.0-8756/libGLcore.so.1 > /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.3.060402 > /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 > /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 > /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users