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FG 2.10: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Flax069 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:29 pm

Hi guys!

FlightGear 2.8 works fine on both of my old computers, but if Rembrandt is enabled then fgfs.exe crashes.

I just tested the new v2.10 on both computers. I selected the UFO, a small airport & turned off all effects in the render settings & as soon as I click on Run, fgfs.exe stops working.

My systems:
Laptop:
Windows Vista 32
Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
3GB RAM
Intel GMA965 (OpenGL 1.5)

Desktop:
Windows 7 64
AMD Sempron 2.7 GHz
3GB RAM
Nvidia Geforce 6150se (OpenGL 2.1)

Is Rembrandt so hungry it consumes all RAM & CPU power even with no effects on, or what can the problem be? This is what the startup looks like on my laptop:

"FlightGear han been started. please wait..."
----------------------------------------
logging priority is debugging
initializing cloud layer
using initial window size: 1024 x 768
initializing splash screen
splash screen progress init
intel
intel 965/963 graphics media accelerator
1.5.0 - Build 7.14.10.1437
----------------------------------------
"fgfs.exe has stopped working"

Same thing happens on the desktop. Are my computers finally too old to run FG, or can Rembrandt be turned off on FG 2.10? Any ideas? I can always stay with v2.8...
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Hooray » Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:47 pm

Intel GMA965 (OpenGL 1.5)
and
Nvidia Geforce 6150se (OpenGL 2.1)


Both of your GPUs are extremely old and underpowered and it would already be a huge accomplishment to run stock FG >= 2.8 in non rembrandt mode, even without shaders.
Rembrandt is by default disabled, if FG still doesn't start up, please see: http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Debugg ... ar_Crashes
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Flax069 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:32 pm

Thanks for the info!

That was what I suspected. I´m just surprised that I have no problems at all with v2.8 but 2.10 is impossible to run. Well, new hardware is on my wishlist now.
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Hooray » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:43 pm

see the link that I posted, and make sure to also disable texture compression: viewtopic.php?f=37&p=177568#p175123
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Flax069 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:49 pm

Yes, I´ll do my best to debug the crashes. It would be nice to be able to take FG 2.10 for a test drive. I´ll drop a post if I succeed.

EDIT:
I just want to add that on my desktop computer the last lines in the console before the crashes are something like:
NavCache at: path...........
sqlite api abuse
navcache: init failed: sqlite error: sqlite api abuse (attempt 0)
file remove failed: ..........
no such file or directory
...
etc

I dont know if this makes any sense to why fgfs.exe craches or if it´s the crappy hardware?

If this thread is in the wrong place maybe a Mod can move it.
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working  

Postby toshi » Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:26 am

First, please report your windows login name.

If you are using non-English characters, your FG_HOME path may need to be temporally changed.
1. Create a new empty folder such as C:\temp. Don't include non-English strings in the path.
2. At the last page on FlightGear wizard (FGRun), push [Advanced...] button, select Environment, push [New] button, enter
FG_HOME=c:\temp
at Value collum and push [OK].

"navcache: init failed" issue was also reported in the Japanese forum.
He was using Japanese character in his user name.

I guess this is a bug of NavCache function from FlightGear v2.10, so I just reported this issue in
http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bug ... il?id=1055
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Flax069 » Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:20 pm

Yes my username has non-English characters (swedish). I´ll try your temp solution later & report.

EDIT: Ok I added a path to c:\temp in Advanced>Environment & the Navcache problem is now gone & Flightgear 2.10 starts fine but says at startup:
<incomplete language resource>

In the console window:
no internationalization settings specified in preferences.xml
fgfs: can´t determine the users config path
failed to initialize built-in SUN client, error = 1
ALC error (sound manager): invalid enum at context creation

So no fgfs.exe crach anymore on the desktop computer & I can fly now :-) Will test the same thing on my laptop later & report.

EDIT-2:
No success on the laptop. fgfs.exe crashes as usual.
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby astronaut » Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:13 pm

I have same problem. I am running on Lenovo U410. This is in command line:

No internationaliation settings specified in preferences.xml
Sqlite API abuse
Sqlite API abuse
NavCache: init failed:Sqlite error:Sqlite API abuse <attempt 1>
Sqlite API abuse
NavCache: init failed:Sqlite error:Sqilte API abuse <attempt 2>
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby toshi » Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:53 pm

Following procedure is intended to avoid "NavCache: init failed" issue whose user name includes non-English letters on v2.10 windows:
1. Create a new empty folder such as C:\temp. Don't include non-English strings in the path.
2. At the last page on FlightGear wizard (FGRun), push [Advanced...] button, select Environment, push [New] button, enter
FG_HOME=c:\temp
at Value collum and push [OK].
Two users (japanese and swedish) wrote that "NavCache: init failed" issue can be avoided by this procedure.

Flax069: Thanks for report about your desktop pc.
About your laptop, I can't understand what happens and beyond my English ability.
If you can speak Japanese, I will support...

astronaut: Did you tried the procedure above?
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Flax069 » Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:57 pm

toshi wrote in Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:53 pm:Flax069: Thanks for report about your desktop pc. I can't understand what happens in your laptop, sorry.
astronaut: Did you tried the procedure above?


It´s probably my outdated hardware. I get no error messages. The last lines in the console before the crashes on the laptop are:
intel
intel 965/963 graphics media accelerator
1.5.0 - Build 7.14.10.1437

I`ll do some more tests but v2.8 works fine & I´m quite happy with that version too. Thanks for the help!
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Re: FG 2.10 & 2.8 + Rembrandt: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby astronaut » Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:11 pm

It works, thank you so much! :D But I have no idea what I have done. Why I must create the new folder?
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Re: FG 2.10: fgfs.exe has stopped working

Postby Hooray » Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:29 pm

It would be really appreciated if someone who solved the problem using this solution, could help improve our wiki docs accordingly and add the relevant steps to the wiki: http://wiki.flightgear.org/$FG_HOME
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