Re: Google earth on FC6

Sultan Saini wrote:
I have FC6 (kernel 2.6.21+ 2.6.22rc3 prepatch) with Mobility Radeon X1600
(fglrx driver).

I recently installed the Linux version googleearth (i.e. not the Windows
version under Wine). When I try to run it, googleearth appears to hang
after
displaying the splash screen. CPU usage climbs to about 50% and I can see
occasional network activity, but the application never actually comes up.

Yeup, Xorg is mis-configured.

I have a dual head configuration on my laptop (the 2nd monitor is a Dell
LCD
monitor). Other gl applications run fine (glxgears, World of Warcraft
running under Wine).

Heres my xorg.conf:

###Begin xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Option "Clone" "on"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell 2405FPW (Digital)"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "Videocard Vendor"
BoardName "ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "UseFastTLS" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
###End xorg.conf

I don't see any modules listed. Is DRI enabled? check with:

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"

If it says yes, you should be all set, if not, try adding the following:

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "synaptics"
Load "dri"
EndSection

to your xorg.conf file. IF it still doesn't work, you will need to look
at your Xorg.0.log file in detail to see what's failing.

Google search reveals that others have had a similar problem with Google
Earth and ATI cards on linux; however, I couldn't find any solutions so
far.

Works for me on my X1600 laptop.

Has anyone had any success running google earth with ATI cards?

cheers....
....sultan



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