Message: 4 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:38 +1200 From: David Giles david@meadowbrook.co.nz Subject: [wlug] Google Earth To: Waikato Linux Users Group wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz Message-ID: 46CBD62E.8060603@meadowbrook.co.nz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am having problems making Google earth behave on my computer, after downloading the program and what appears to be a successful install, when I click on the icon on the desktop, it crashes the desktop [KDE],tried it with gnome with same result. Using Mandriva 2007.1 on a Asus laptop and firefox browser. Any guidance would be appreciated.
David
Hi
I had that problem with my wife's computer, Ubuntu Feisty, I installed the proprietary drivers and that cured it. Good luck
David B
David wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:38 +1200 From: David Giles david@meadowbrook.co.nz Subject: [wlug] Google Earth To: Waikato Linux Users Group wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz Message-ID: 46CBD62E.8060603@meadowbrook.co.nz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am having problems making Google earth behave on my computer, after downloading the program and what appears to be a successful install, when I click on the icon on the desktop, it crashes the desktop [KDE],tried it with gnome with same result. Using Mandriva 2007.1 on a Asus laptop and firefox browser. Any guidance would be appreciated.
David
Hi
I had that problem with my wife's computer, Ubuntu Feisty, I installed the proprietary drivers and that cured it. Good luck
David B
Were and how would I get these drivers or even check if they had been loaded. Thanks,
David G
I think he is referring to this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
Ubuntu makes proprietary drivers easier to install: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedDrivers
With some reservations: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverEducation
Best, John
On 8/23/07, David Giles david@meadowbrook.co.nz wrote:
David wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:38 +1200 From: David Giles david@meadowbrook.co.nz Subject: [wlug] Google Earth To: Waikato Linux Users Group wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz Message-ID: 46CBD62E.8060603@meadowbrook.co.nz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am having problems making Google earth behave on my computer, after downloading the program and what appears to be a successful install, when I click on the icon on the desktop, it crashes the desktop [KDE],tried it with gnome with same result. Using Mandriva 2007.1 on a Asus laptop and firefox browser. Any guidance would be appreciated.
David
Hi
I had that problem with my wife's computer, Ubuntu Feisty, I installed the proprietary drivers and that cured it. Good luck
David B
Were and how would I get these drivers or even check if they had been loaded. Thanks,
David G
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On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 21:15 +1200, David Giles wrote:
David wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:38 +1200 From: David Giles david@meadowbrook.co.nz Subject: [wlug] Google Earth To: Waikato Linux Users Group wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz Message-ID: 46CBD62E.8060603@meadowbrook.co.nz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am having problems making Google earth behave on my computer, after downloading the program and what appears to be a successful install, when I click on the icon on the desktop, it crashes the desktop [KDE],tried it with gnome with same result. Using Mandriva 2007.1 on a Asus laptop and firefox browser. Any guidance would be appreciated.
David
Hi
I had that problem with my wife's computer, Ubuntu Feisty, I installed the proprietary drivers and that cured it. Good luck
David B
Were and how would I get these drivers or even check if they had been loaded. Thanks,
David G
In feisty; System > Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager. It'll suggest what you need and you just tick the box..
If you're using an earlier distro; probably the easiest way is to use the easyubuntu installer - http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/
The hard way; System > Preferences > Hardware Information -- Look for an entry that says "AGP bridge" and the card underneath is your video card. If it's an nvidia then you want to install the nvidia-glx package (or nvidia-glx-legacy for older cards) and if it's ATI, I think the package is xorg-driver-fglrx
After you do that switch to a text login, sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and change the driver (nv to nvidia or ati to fglrx), leave all the other settings as they are. Next time you start you should have accelerated video. Or possibly none at all.. :(
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