Google Earth only works as "sudo"

[Graham Watkins]

Hi  folks,

just installed Google Earth on 8.04.  It creates a desktop icon but when 
I click on it  I get the splash screen , then the starfield and  ... 
er,  that's it.  No earth and no response from any menu items.

However, when I start it as administrator from the command line, 
everything (or at least everything I've tried so far) works as it should.

Is this a permissions thing and is there a way of fixing it?

-- 
Graham Watkins

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