Google Earth - NVidia binary

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Fri Jan 11 13:53:04 UTC 2008


Jim Cornette wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Chris Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>    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.
>>>
>>> Hate to tell you, but if running glxinfo causes your machine to drop 
>>> to init 3 (i.e. X dies) then your system is terminally unwell. This 
>>> is not normal.
>>>
>>> If I recall correctly you have installed the nvidia driver yourself, 
>>> using the nvidia installer ? I would suggest this is screwed up.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>> Nope it was loading and un-loading pulseaudio that screwed it up. 
>> Those stupid rpm's sent out by Fedora are MADE with the thing I used. 
>> You can't get it in your heads that Nvidia built the video hardware 
>> and they are good enough to provide a driver for both Windows and 
>> Linux. If it doesn't work on Fedora, it's a Fedora problem!
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>
> If you would have been on the list back when the installer vs. the 
> rpms were referred you would know that the NVidia installer puts files 
> in places already claimed by the X server. The rpm packaged versions 
> put needed variants in different locations and prevent conflict.
> Chris' assumption is probably on cue.
> It is doubtful that pulsaudio effected Graphical components.
>
> It is not a Fedora problem, NVidia should relocate files that vary 
> instead of clobber existing occupied "real estate".
>
> Jim
>
    Well all that said I loaded Googleearth on this F7 after a kernel 
upgrade and it runs perfect! The problem can't be the Nvidia. It can be 
a lot of other things.


Karl


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