Re: Google Earth

On 08/31/2008 04:37 AM, Karl Larsen wrote:

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




Buy an aftermarket fan. Seriously; they are cheap and easy to install &
it will save you from burning up the card.

For your GE problem:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=google+earth+%2Blinux+%2Bblack+screen
http://earth.google.com/support/
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=20717&topic=13331
Sounds like you are not connecting to the GE servers.


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