On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 07:38:18 +0100, Sid wrote in message <508b815a.2020...@blueyonder.co.uk>:
> On 27/10/12 02:49, jean wrote: > > Le 27/10/2012 03:13, Curtis Olson a écrit : > >> This might be the point where it's worth compiling a few other > >> opengl programs or demos and seeing if they can run -- you might > >> discover a wider scale setup problem on your system (or not, but > >> it might not hurt to step back and just do a quick system sanity > >> check to make sure your chasing the right problem.) > >> > >> Curt. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Donn Washburn <n5...@comcast.net > >> <mailto:n5...@comcast.net>> wrote: > >> > >> It compiled correctly with CmakeCache.txt but it still has the > >> same error > >> > >> :~> fgfs > >> Error: In Texture::Extensions::setupGLExtensions(..) OpenGL > >> version test > >> failed, requires valid graphics context. > >> Scaling image '/usr/lib/FlightGear/Aircraft/c172p/splash.png' > >> from (512,512) to (0,0) > >> Segmentation fault > >> > >> Is the 512,512 the size of the screen and I guess the > >> splash.jpg is the > >> first image C-172 > >> Is this Video Chipset or SuSE libGL. I now have about every > >> MESApart available and a new plib-- > >> > >> > >> Curtis Olson: > >> > > as an amd/ati user, i got those messages when i mess my card driver > > and linux (debian SID here) start with the basic driver for the > > card. > > > > I can't tell if it happens with the "radeon" driver or an other, > > but in this case "glxinfo" give very short information, telling me > > that i don't have 3D accel IIRC . > > > > depending your graphic card, you can try the fglrx closed source > > driver, or fglrx-legacy (for card before hd5XXX, the support for > > hd4XXX and below dropped in the fglrx driver some months ago). > > > > my 2 cents, > > > > jano > > > > > > > I have no trouble with NVidia cards. > > The support for AMD/ATI cards has been a bit murky as AMD drops > support for certain older cards. > My 4 year old laptop which has a radeon card used to fail starting X > about 2 years ago and I had to build the radeonhd driver. ..nowadays, you want the radeon driver, the radeonhd driver is the poorest choise now, AMD/ATI's fglrx is the speediest driver only on brand new cards, X.org's radeon driver development is speedy enough to warrant testing on any AMD/ATI card design older than 6 months. > After some months the driver in openSUSE started working again. > > I have never tried fgfs on a box with the radeon chip so I don't know > if it works. ..try put the newest Knoppix on an usb stick and paste in as root: 'aptitude update &&aptitude upgrade && aptitude install fgfs ' and tell us about it. ;o) > Regards > Sid. > -- ..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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 8 is here. Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
