<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Working like a charm, here! Clean Feisty install on Toshiba Tecra M2 (32 bit pentium). Enabled the visual effects, which triggered the automatic download of the proprietary accelerated drivers for the NVidia graphics accelerator. Then installed the Medibuntu repository ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repository.php">http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repository.php</a> ) and selected Google Earth in the packages available through the package manager. That's it. Not a single additional step. Pure vanila stuff. Gilles. W.D.McKinney wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20070518041515.3527cd0f@ribeye.akwireless.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">----- Original Message ----- From: NoOp [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:glgxg@mfire.com">mailto:glgxg@mfire.com</a>] To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Sent: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:58:40 -0800 Subject: Re: Google Earth Install </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 05/03/2007 07:56 PM, Jack Bowling wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:25:01AM -0700, NoOp wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 05/03/2007 05:50 AM, Phil Pinkerton wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Geeze ... when I tried to run Google Earth ( feisty 7.04 amd64 updated) My system jumps to the login screen ?? Whoa not going there again. Probably due to FireFox 64bit. The race is on to get 64bit going I hope Ubuntu takes the lead. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Nope, it does it on a 32 bit feisty 7.04 as well. Just installed (mediubuntu repos) and sure enough, right to the login screen. IBM Thinkpad A21M Feisty 7.04 650Mhz/256MB ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Before we get all carried away with negative reports, time for one "Google Earth working perfectly here" input. 32-bit Feisty on a measly Pentium III 700 MHz, too. Aging GeForce FX5500 video using the proprietary NVidia drivers. My GE options are as follows in case it makes a difference: 3D View tab Detail Area = Medium Texture Colors = True Color, Compress = On Anisotropic Filtering = Off Labels/Icon Size = Medium Graphics Mode = normal (not safe mode) Show Lat/Long = UTM Show Elevation = meters, km Terrain Quality = 40% Elevation Exaggeration = 1 Overview Map: Map Size = 30% Zoom Relation = infinity The other settings are likely not relevant since it is genrally the 3d stuff that makes a difference. Jack </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Well, just tried it on a newly upgraded 7.04 2.2Ghz/512MB and the results are exactly the same - crashes directly to the login screen. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Indeed. I have nice Ubuntu workstation and it locks up completely my entire system. So much for Google Earth. -Dee </pre> </blockquote> <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta content="text/html; " http-equiv="content-type"> <title>Signature Home Chastity</title> <meta content="Gilles Gravier" name="author"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <table style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); width: 500px; height: 73px;" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); white-space: nowrap;"> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt>Gilles Gravier = <a href="mailto:Gilles@Gravier.org">Gilles@Gravier.org</a> = <a href="http://www.gravier.org/">http://www.gravier.org/</a></tt> </div> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt>ICQ : <a href="http://www.icq.com/whitepages/about_me.php?Uin=77488526">77488526</a></tt> <tt> || </tt><tt>MSN Messenger : <a href="http://members.msn.com/Gilles@Gravier.org">Gilles@Gravier.org</a></tt><tt> </tt>Skype<tt> : <a href="callto://ggravier">ggravier</a></tt><tt> || </tt><tt>Y! : <a href="http://profiles.yahoo.com/ggravier">ggravier</a></tt><tt style="font-weight: bold;"> || </tt><tt>AOL : <a href="aim:goim?screenname=gillesgravier">gillesgravier</a> </tt><tt>PGP Key ID : <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index">0x8DE6D026</a></tt> </div> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt>"Chastity is its own punishment." (Solomon Short) [David Gerrold] </tt>"De toutes les aberrations sexuelles, la chasteté est la plus aberrante." [Anatole France] </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </body> </html>