Re: Google Earth

Nils Kassube wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote:

I have Google Earth installed but it will not function properly. I
turn it on and all I have is a blank black screen. I should see the
earth and have some controls.


Do you have the proper 3D-support from your graphics driver? What is the
output of

glxinfo | grep 'direct rendering'

in a terminal? It should say "direct rendering: Yes". IIRC your graphics
card is from Nvidia - then you probably need the proprietary driver.
In /etc/X11/xorg.conf there should be this section:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7100 GS"
EndSection

The important part is the line 'Driver "nvidia"'.


Nils


Thanks I did the check and got this:

karl@karl-hardy:~$ glxinfo | grep 'direct rendering'
direct rendering: Yes

So that is not the problem. And nVidia seems to be working just fine
now. I have the simplest Gnome window. A more active window causes my
video chip on the motherboard to over-heat :-)

Karl



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