Re: scattered google-earth image

Joe Hart wrote:
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Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
On Friday 13 April 2007 13:16, Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
On Thursday 12 April 2007 14:36, steef wrote:
i installed a nvidia_graphic_driver into my standard kernel but could
not get google-earth properly working: the graphics are scattered over
the screen. has somebody a solution for this problem?
This happens with some nvidia cards, and is absolutely an nvidia card or
driver problem.

I've seen this a bunch of times. I don't know of any fix.
Well, some good news for you: I have a machine that *never* worked with google earth through several nvidia driver updates. However, after writing my last message, I thought, "hmmm, I should try that again, since I haven't updated the driver in the last month or two" ... and at least that one machine *does* now work correctly, instead of getting a weird scattered display.

For reference:

$ lspci | grep VGA
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2)

$ apt-cache show nvidia-glx | grep Version
Version: 1.0.9746-2

So, 1.0.9746 at least works with this card. The immediately previous released nvidia driver did not.

Have you tried the newer version 9755? I'm pretty sure the 6150 is also
supported with it, and it fixes a lot of bugs in the 9746 version. If
one is forced to use proprietary drivers, then I would suggest the
latest ones that support your hardware.

Joe

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......yes. on a somewhat complicated way. i installed etch stable from scratch on a [other] hd and before installing something else than the basics i got rid of <nvidiafb, [modprobe -r nvidiafb].

after that i could install nvidia driver 9755 && from 'their' site. and now i can see and show on googleearth the villages and houses in west-africa where i stayed; far inland.

[and furthermore: my cursor does *not* miraculously disappear with this driver and i can still read my floppies, a very convenient thing. so my kind advice to the nv-driver_maintainer: drop the package or debug it: please??]

thanks for your answer, joe,

kind regards,

steef


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