On 02/15/13 22:00, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 15.02.2013 16:44, schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan: >> On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 21:49 -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>> On 02/14/2013 08:03 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: >>>> I have just installed the proprietary nvidia drivers on an x86_64 >>>> system, and have found that google-earth runs correctly when invoked by >>>> any user except me (root, guest, etc.), but not when invoked by me (that >>>> is jonrysh). The symptom is that when invoked jonrysh everything works >>>> correctly (sidebar, top bar, tour guide, etc) EXCEPT for the main >>>> window, which is supposed to show the world image; this window is black. >>>> When invoked by any other user, google-earth runs exactly as expected. >>>> >>>> The problem is not bad data in ~/.googleearth; when .googleearth is >>>> deleted from my home directory things continue as before. >>>> >>>> System Details >>>> CPU: AMD 64-bits, 4 core >>>> Video: GeForce 8400GS >>>> OpSys: Fedora 17 with all updates >>>> Driver: kmod-nvidia-3.7.3-101.fc17.x86_64-304.64-2.fc17.5.x86_64 >>>> >>>> Has anyone else seen this? What's the best way to investigate? >>> >>> The problem is some setting in your home environment if it works for all >>> other users. Delete your home and star over. >> >> So much is obvious. I had hoped to avoid having to recreate my >> environment, which has taken me a lot of work to get right. > > "ls -lha ~/" > > if there any google folder? > delete this folder > > kill the whole userhome for one application is an idiotic > suggestion - nearly any user application has it's setting > in /home/username/.appname and after delete this folder the > specific application is reset > There are: ~/.config/Google ~/.googleearth Thus, removing them will not improve the application itself. There are substantial shortcomings which Google persistently neglects. e.g. One must download obscure version of the 'libGL.so.1'[1][2] regardless installed one by distro. Even so, with 'nouveau', there are no images at all[3], google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm 7.0.2.8415. What a joke. Cheers, poma [1] http://code.google.com/p/earth-issues/issues/detail?id=1501#c2 [2] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!search/http:$2F$2Flibrarian.launchpad.net$2F7037027$2FlibGL.so.1/earth/dlzBfGl4eKM/SGc-6hDaq2wJ [3] http://code.google.com/p/earth-issues/issues/detail?id=1501#c6 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
