Google Earth

[Nils Kassube]

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