can't use Google Earth !

[Ahmed Hosny]

Thanks for help !

So, now i need to install my graphics card drivers that in repositories ..
How to do that ?
And, how to install the GoogleEarth from repositories ?

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:02 PM, David Fox <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Ahmed Hosny <ahmed.hosny.eg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > thanks for reply,
> >
> > this is the output of the command: $ glxinfo | grep "direct"
> > direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting
> > LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
>
> Well, googleearth isn't going to run well without direct rendering.
> You'll probably need to install the proprietary driver for your card
> in the restricted repositories.
>
> >
> > i used the version on the Google site, Should i try the one in
> repositories
>
> Well, I had better luck with the one in the repositories (medibuntu I
> think).
>
> > * 512 MB rams was very good with older versions of Google Earth and older
> > versions of Ubuntu !
>
> I used to run it OK with 768, on a Debian Lenny system, with an Athlon
> tbird. It ran passably well, but was a resource hog.
>
> But that was with direct rendering and with an nvidia FX 5200. It was
> practically unusable without direct rendering working, as I recall.
>
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