Google Earth

[Karl Larsen]

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 at 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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