On 10/03/07, Chris Jones <jonesc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Saturday 10 March 2007 1:21:15 pm Dotan Cohen wrote: > I've got a Dell Inspiron 6400/ E1505 laptop with the ATI x1400 > graphicsw card with 256 MB or video RAM (2 GB system RAM). However, > when I try to run Google Earth, I get this: > "You are currently runnin Google Earth in 'OpenGL' with software > emulation." > > Apparently, Google Earth cannot use my graphics hardware. All the > details on the Google Earth website pertain to Windows only. Does > anybody have any experience configuring Google Earth on Fedora? Runs fine here (nvidia hardware with nvidia driver) I think the issue is more with your graphics driver than with google earth. google earth needs decent 3D acceleration - The message suggests that the driver you are using doesn't have this - Which ATI driver are you using ? Chris
Thanks for the qquick reply, Chris. I'm using the Vesa driver. Should I switch to Radeon? Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/linux_distribution.html luachm.com
