[SOLVED] FlightGear - latest version that will work with OpenGL 1.4.

MadMaverick9 · 02-18-2013, 05:43 AM

I have the following setup:

Slackware 14.0

Code:

xdriinfo ; glxinfo | grep -iE 'direct|opengl'

Code:

Screen 0: i915
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) G33 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.4

Code:

 (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 2.20.8
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0

FlightGear 2.8.0 from Slackbuilds.org will not work, because it requires OpenGL 2.0.

http://wiki.flightgear.org/New_to_FlightGear

Quote:

OpenGL 2.0 or higher is required for FlightGear 2.0 and later.

So my question is: what is the latest version of FlightGear that will work with OpenGL 1.4? Will FlightGear 1.9.1 work with OpenGL 1.4?

Any other tips are appreciated.

MadMaverick9 · 02-19-2013, 06:37 AM

The answers to my questions are: 1.9.1 and Yes.

I had to patch a few files and use a different version of OpenSceneGraph (v2.8.5 instead of v3.0.1).

Now I need to learn to fly again. The last time I flew was in the 80's with subLOGIC's Flight Simulator for the Apple II.