On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 15:21 +0200, 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? > > Thanks in advance. > > Dotan Cohen That's what I'm pounding on right now. Lonnie said that with my nvidia card I don't need anything mesa or libGL rpm installed, to just use what is already in firmware (huge speedup!). Maybe you have that problem as well? I'm about to erase them all and I'll let you know if it "blows or goes... C-Modified on the outside, Double A Fueled on the Inside! Sunday Sunday! BE there or BE square!" Varoom! <grins> I'm afraid I'm gonna toss a rod. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
