i trying to run FLIGHT GEAR:

[root@localhost bin]# dir
est-epsilon fgfs fgjs gl-info js_demo terrasync wine_relocated yasim
[root@localhost bin]# fgfs
FlightGear: Version 0.9.2
Built with GNU C++ version 3.2

Scanning command line for: --fg-root=
fg_root = /usr/local/lib/FlightGear

Base package check failed ... Found version [none] at: /usr/local/lib/FlightGear
Please upgrade to version: 0.9.2


my FLIGHT GEAR is installed in /usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2

i installed SIM GEAR & all LIBS

i installed flight gear manualy (./configure && make && make install) i followed instructions in INSTALL file....

and WHY IT ISN`T WORKING????

(when i install FG from RPM i can run it because nothing happends when i click icon....)

WHAT I SHOULD DO !!??!?!

hrmm, if your saying its installed, and that its looking in the wrong spot, then maybe make a symlink from where you say its installed, to where its looking for the installation....
ln -s /installed/dir /usr/local/lib/FlightGear

*EDIT*
i just noticed something else....it tells you once you run it that its looking for the argument --fg-root= and if it doesn't exist that it is going to use /usr/local/lib/FlightGear so when you run fgfs, use the fgfs --fg-root=/usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2 command it it should find where you say the installation is...
just check the directory structure first before you type that, cause it may or may not be wrong...don't take for granted what i typed...cause i don't know the exact names of your folders...

oh and i just read the last part....if your having rpm troubles...you can try::
su -c "rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*"
type the root password
rpm -vv --rebuilddb
and then try the rpm again...

now i get:

[root@localhost FGFS]# fgfs --fg-root=/usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2
FlightGear: Version 0.9.2
Built with GNU C++ version 3.2

Scanning command line for: --fg-root=
fg_root = /usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2
Reading global preferences
Finished Reading global preferences
Selecting language: pl_PL
Reading localized strings from /usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2/data/Translations/strings-default.xml
Reading localized strings from /usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2/data/Translations/strings-pl.xml
Scanning command line for: --aircraft=
No user specified aircraft, using default
Reading default aircraft: c172-3d from /usr/FGFS/FlightGear-0.9.2/data/Aircraft/c172-3d-set.xml
Processing command line arguments
Finished command line arguments
GLUT: Fatal Error in fgfs: OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display: :0.0
[root@localhost FGFS]#

and how to install joystick on my mandrake 9.1...

(i`m newbie)

pls help...

well you either don't have a video card that supports opengl or you don't have your video card drivers installed...so lets start with, what video card do you have?

nVidia GeForce4 MX (64mb) + Tv-Out

if i remember i installed drivers downloaded from nvidia site but i could be wrong...

well post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and we'll see

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
Option "XkbCompat" ""
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-57.0
VertRefresh 50-70

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nv"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

nope you don't have it installed as you will see ::
the line Driver "nv" would read Driver "nvidia" if you did install the nvidia drivers....so either ::
a) you installed them but didn't change the driver name or
b) you just didn't install them....

i installed file downloaded from nvidia but it wasnt RPM ((
it was: *.run

at the end it say i must config my xfree but it was to hard 4me so i didnt do it...

btw what i should do now to run FLIGHT GEAR???

i installed: "NVIDIA_GLX-2.4.21.0.25.2tex-4496.i586.rpm" and nothing changed... still same error... ((((

no no d00d....all you needed was that .run file....
rpm -e that nvidia rpm...if you say you installed that .run file originally then the drivers won't work until you tell your machine to use them...so your going to have to edit your xf86config-4 file to get the drivers working and hopefully the game...as of right now, getting the drivers working is your only solution of running that game, so hard or not, you know what you have to do there is a sticky thread in the newbie fourm, with detail instructions on how to install the nvidia drivers, and how to edit the file to use them...so i suggest you go read it...its not hard by any means, i think your just being hard on yourself gl !

k i`m going to find that forum...