On 02/15/2013 04:00 PM, 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
If you had bothered to read the mail chain you would know that he
already removed the .appname directory from his home to now effect.
After he makes himself a new home he can copy back his various .appname
directories one at a time until G Earth stops working. There are any
number of things that he could have set in his environment that could be
causing his problem.
One of the greatest things about Linux is that you can customize the
shit out of it. One of worse things about Linux is that you can
customize the shit out of it. Not all customizations are compatible
with each other or with all applications.
He can either futz around with his environment for hours on end until he
happens upon the solution, or he can just wipe the whole thing, get G
Earth working, then copy back his .appname directories back in. I'm
betting that the latter will involve a lot less pain than the former.
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