On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:24 -0700, Les wrote: > Just a guess here, but check where google earth is installed and in the > temp directory to see if any files were created as root. Temp or rc or > init files being set to root will often keep user applications from > starting in linux and unix systems (one more reason using root to run > applications is not a good idea.) Well, my ~/.conf/Google was owned by root. Deleting it and ~/.googleearth solved the problem. Thanks. > > Regards, > Les H > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 18:36 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 17:52 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > > Your nvidia driver installation is broken. If you're using Livna's > > > RPMs, then talk to them. > > > > OK so part of the problem was that I had files from the nVidia > > installer > > lying around from before there were Livna RPMs available for that > > 169.04 > > version. My card didn't work with any older versions, so I used the > > install script when it came out, because I didn't have a fully > > functional machine without those drivers. That's an object lesson in > > why it's not a good idea to mix the script installer and RPMs. I > > think > > I have that cleaned up now (though it's hard to tell for sure without > > a > > manifest of all the files installed by the script). > > > > But when I start the new googleearth as a normal user, I still don't > > see > > the globe or the controls. It works fine if I start it as root. The > > SEtroublesooter doesn't complain, either. > > > > Any idea what's up with that? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > I just tried the latest GoogleEarth 4.3.7204.0836 (beta) with the > > latest > > > > kernel and nVidia drivers, and the result was: > > > > > > > > $ googleearth > > > > Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version > > > > 173.14.05, > > > > but this NVIDIA driver component has version 169.04. > > Please > > > > make > > > > sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver > > components > > > > have the same version. > > > > NVIDIA: Direct rendering failed; attempting indirect > > rendering. > > > > > > > > And the screen opens, but no earth or controls show. > > > > > > > > Anybody have any idea what's up with that? TIA. > > > > > > > > $ rpm -q kernel > > > > kernel-2.6.24.7-92.fc8.x86_64 > > > > kernel-2.6.25.4-10.fc8.x86_64 > > > > $ rpm -qa \*nvidia\* > > > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64 > > > > kmod-nvidia-173.14.05-2.lvn8.x86_64 > > > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-10.fc8-173.14.05-2.lvn8.x86_64 > > > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64 > > > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.24.7-92.fc8-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
