cd googleearth/sh google not working?

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greetings forum
running 11.0 and trying to install googleearth with no result. see below
dave@linux-gyb8:~> cd /home/dave/
dave@linux-gyb8:~> GoogleEarthLinux.bin
bash: ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin: Permission denied
dave@linux-gyb8:~> sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
root’s password:
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.3.7284.3916…
You don’t seem to be running an X server (no DISPLAY set).
Google Earth and its installer both require X11.
Aborting…
dave@linux-gyb8:~>
any ideas where the block is?

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what sort of graphics do you have (that’s your problem)

give us the contents of

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

3

Normally Google Earth not needs the root Account. Have you after download maked a

chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin

?
That was my last Error :wink:

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Hi
You install it as your user in your home directory not root… Try
again without the sudo.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.18-0.2-default
up 1 day 3:36, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.21, 0.19
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 177.82

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as you can see i tried to run nonroot but got denied, thats when i ran as sudo sh. heres the xorg.conf
Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “extmod”
Load “type1”
Load “glx”
Load “freetype”
Load “dbe”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “Pixart Imaging USB OPTICAL MOUSE”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Option “CalcAlgorithm” “XServerPool”
DisplaySize 360 270
HorizSync 30-70
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “PAVILION MX70”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1280x1024”
VendorName “HP”
VertRefresh 50-120
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1600x1200” 202.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
Modeline “1280x1024” 157.50 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “GeForce4 MX 4000”
BusID “1:0:0”
Driver “nvidia”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “NVidia”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection

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regarding chmod, do you reckon chmod 755 GoogleEarthLinux.bin should remove the block?

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In science it’s a rule that you don’t change more than one variable at a time when conducting an experiment. When you want to find out what’s wrong you change one thing at a time.

  1. You try ./GoogleEarth.bin and it doesn’t work. Ok.

  2. Next thing you should try is either chmod 755 GoogleEarthLinux.bin followed by ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin again, or sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin (without the sudo).

  3. So why did you throw sudo into the mix at the same time? As pointed out you didn’t need to do sudo. The failure to execute was not to do with root or not, it was to do with file permissions.

So just go and do one of the alternatives in 2.

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ok permissions was the problem. i did
#cd /home/dave/
#chmod 755 GoogleEarthLinux.bin
then all went well
$ cd /home/dave/
GoogleEarthLinux.bin
today i have been installing a carb upgrade on my motorcycle, i guess my mind was on the bike mods not the suse mods! i have the same problem with a 11.1 beta install, better fix that one before i forget to do it.
thanks all