Problems with Google Earth

[demigaucher]

Hi everibody

I installed Google Earth, following the (very) simple instructions given in

http://www.opensourcebistro.com/

(section: Network)

Everything went smooth, I made the installation in my home directory, as
a normal (non-root) user. Then, when I try to run it, by typing "googleearth"
in a console, I obtain a nice picture of the earth, and suddenly the screen
goes black... and I am back at the login screen, where I have to type again
my login and password !

I downloaded twice the file and checked with the "diff" instruction thant they
are identical, and indeed they are indeed: the file is probably not corrupted.

Does someone observe the same behaviour ? Does someone know the cure ?

Demigaucher
VL 6.0 gold
Old pentium 3 @ 700 MHz, 384 MB ram

[Daniel]

I had the exact same problem. I found out that I didn't have a good enough video card. Google Earth wanted pixel shader support and a bunch of other stuff. If this is the case with you also, maps.google.com and flashearth.com are good webbased alternatives. They don't have all the goodies of Google Earth but at least they work.

[demigaucher]

Thanks, Daniel, for your answer

So, my graphic card is guilty ? It seems that Google acts like MS ("to run W., you need
a more powerful computer, blah blah blah...") 

BTW, I confirm that http://maps.google.com works (but the display is sluggish). I shall try
the other program too.

Thanks and bye.

Demigaucher
old P3@700 MHz, 384 MB ram
VL6.0 gold

[nightflier]

Old pentium 3 @ 700 MHz, 384 MB ram

This is also part of the problem. Google earth is like a modern video game. It needs a fast computer, 3D hardware accelerated video card, and the video driver to enable all those features.

[Cepo]

I found tgz. package on slackfind.net. It is Google Earth v. 4.2 and works perfect 

(VL 6 Standard)

[Murdock]

I run an old Matrox 450 dual monitor rig. No problems. Cheap on Eboy............