On 16/12/2008, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > I just got OpenGL running again after a disastrous mess with a Linux > kernel update that broke the Nvidia driver. > I am using their "legacy" driver for a GeForce4 MX440 board. After > going back to the old kernel and reinstalling the driver, I finally got > glxgears to run again without crashing Xorg. But, Flight Gear doesn't > run. I know I've seen this error before, but can't remember what to do... > > I am running fgfs 0.9 until I get a new graphics card with more memory. > > glxgears DOES run, at ~2100 FPS. > > When I start fgfs, I get : > $ fgfs > Model Author: Unknown > Creation Date: 2002-01-01 > Version: $Id: c172p.xml,v 1.17 2006-03-13 15:27:14 ehofman Exp $ > Description: Cessna C-172 > freeglut (fgfs): Failed to create cursor > freeglut ERROR: Function <glutSetCursor> called without first calling > 'glutInit'. >
Are you running freeglut 2.4.0 instead of freeglut 2.2.0 ? This has been reported as a problem for FlightGear before in the past. BTW, I haven't tried the latest FlightGear RC2 yet, so I don't know if it's still an issue for the upcoming release. Simon. -- Simon Clubley simon.club...@googlemail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
