Re: Google Earth on EL6.x x86_64

[Alexandru Chiscan <lec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/06/2013 05:54 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
>
>   http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
> Yes, I did the modifications given earlier by Earl and one other poster
> and now google earth starts up.
>
> but it complains there's no usable graphics card, and only displays
> the menus/borders/etc, with the main view window being empty/black.
>
> I do have a supported graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 9800GT), and have
> the nvidia drivers installed.
>
> can anyone advise how to make GE recognize it? I'm guessing it's failing
> because Google seems to be distributing 32-bit binaries instead of 64-bit
> binaries, but I've no clue  how to fix this.
>
> Clues will be appreciated!
try to install the nvidia 32bit compatibility libraries. if installed 
using the nvidia installer it asks you, if installed from elrepo use

nvidia-x11-drv-32bit package

Lec


>
> thanks in advance.
>
> Fred
>


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Lec

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