R: Re: Google Earth

[anto.montagnani at virgilio.it]

----Messaggio originale----
Da: paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com
Data: 10-gen-
2008 20.15
A: "For users of Fedora"<fedora-list at redhat.com>
Ogg: Re: 
Google Earth

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Google Earth
From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-
list at redhat.com>
Date: 01/10/2008 11:47 AM

> Antonio M wrote:
>> 
2008/1/10, Paul Lemmons <paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com>:
>>  
>>> -------- 
Original Message  --------
>>> Subject: Google Earth
>>> From: Karl 
Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
>>> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-
list at redhat.com>
>>> Date: 01/10/2008 09:16 AM
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Ed 
Greshko wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>        
>>>>>>    It sounds to me since it does the same thing on F7 and F8 
that
>>>>>> there might be a problem with google-earth. It might be 
that it is
>>>>>> designed to work in the ubuntu operating system.
>>>>>>           
>>>>> You need to put :-) at the end of your 
sentences when you are making a
>>>>> joke.  Otherwise some people may 
actually take you seriously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Google Earth is working just 
fine for me under RHELv4, RHELv5, and F8.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>    No Joke. This software will not run on MY F8. I wonder what you 
did
>>>> to your F8 to make it work?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Does
>>>
>>> $ glxinfo | grep direct
>>> direct 
rendering: Yes
>>>
>>> Say "Yes" for you?
>>>
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>>
>> $ 
glxinfo | grep direct
>> direct rendering: No (If you want to find out 
why, try setting
>> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
>> OpenGL renderer string: 
Mesa GLX Indirect
>>
>> and it is working with nv driver in FC9 rawhide 
:-)
>>
>>   
>    This is hard to explain, but in a non-root terminal I 
put glxinfo | 
> grep direct and my screen went blank, much like it 
does with google 
> earth, and after a few seconds I had to reboot from 
init level 3!
> 
>    It appears glxinfo is not working right on my F8.
> 
> 
> Karl
> 

It is my understanding that Google Earth wants to use 
the 3D 
acceleration offered by your graphics card. I only say this 
because it 
simply would not work for me until I got that working 
first. My 
experience is that Google Earth is fine, your graphics card 
is probably 
not setup right. This hunch is supported by the fact that 
glxinfo 
produces the same results as Google Earth for you.

What type 
of graphics card do you have? (/sbin/lspci)
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3D is used only if available: on my 
computers, one is using nv (that has no 3D capabilities) and work, the 
other one uses intel as driver (no 3D) and GE kills session.

No 
explanation for me.