On Sunday 28 October 2007, Dennis E. Slice wrote:
I am helping someone learn about computers who wants to use Google Earth. I am unfamiliar with the program, but a linux .bin downloaded and seemed to install cleanly. Starting it, however, only produces a Splash Screen, an "Intializing" message in the toolbar, and massive amounts of unending CPU usage.
Are there any secrets to get this to work?
Is it supposed to open a browser or something? Not at all sure what to expect.
IBM Thinkpad T41 SUSE 10.0 Firefox 1.5.0.6 (if it matters)
TIA, ds
-- Dennis E. Slice Department of Anthropology University of Vienna ========================================================
It sounds like it's failing to initialize GL rendering. What are you using for 3D rendering? As I recall the T41 has an ATI chip. Are you using the Mesa rendering or the ATI driver? Don't worry - I used to have a T41 running on OpenSUSE 10.2 with the Mesa rendering running GoogleEarth quite smoothly. -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER@VISI.COM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org