can't use Google Earth !

[Ahmed Hosny]

thanks for reply,

this is the output of the command: $ glxinfo | grep "direct"
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)

i used the version on the Google site, Should i try the one in repositories
?

* 512 MB rams was very good with older versions of Google Earth and older
versions of Ubuntu !
* When i run Google Earth the processor's Usage is so normal, but just hangs
without any intro !
* i've Ati, 3d.

Waiting for your reply.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 9:42 PM, David Fox <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Ahmed Hosny <ahmed.hosny.eg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Any One Can ??
>
> You'll need to provide more details of your system before we can help
> you. First are you using the google earth that is in the repositories
> or the one downloaded from google?
>
> Second, do you have an ATI graphics card? If so, which one? Is 3d
> supported - what is the output of glixinfo?
>
> $ glxinfo | grep "direct"
>
> Does it say that it's supported?
>
> Note that I am only able to run google earth if I use the one from the
> repositories. I'm also on 64-bit hardy heron, amd64x2 and nvidia 6100,
> using nvidia-glx-new video driver. And then I have to sudo to run it.
> (Same behavior in debian lenny, only *much faster*!!!)
>
> >> i'm on Hardy
> >> Ram: 512 MB
> >> Hard: 80 GB
>
> Don't think it'll run well in 512 meg. Officially, that's supported,
> but it'll be painful. See if you can upgrade. I have 2 gig RAM here.
>
> >> ), so i do reconfigure it
>
> Did you do a 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'?
>
> Loading googleearth for the first time results in a lot of CPU
> resources being used. But this is on an amd64, so it's using ia32libs
> and some other stuff to run it. That could be your hang, or you just
> might be running scarce on ram. Do you have a swap partition?
>
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