Running openSUSE 12.2 with Gnome, just upgraded to the final? release, and can’t figure out Google Earth. Running Intel HD 4000 graphics. Anyhow, Google Earth crashes whenever it opens, but I noticed if I don’t have an Internet connection, the program opens just fine. But whenever it tries to display anything, it crashes X and spits me back to the login screen, or if I start it with the Internet connected. Tried Google Earth 6.0 and 6.2, both do the same. When I installed it, it also output the message
“warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 15 at 2012-09-01 11:42
Can’t open /var/run/atd.pid to signal atd. No atd running?”
Don’t know if it’s related to it crashing X. Anyhow, does anyone have a solution to this bug?
Might be a problem with your Graphics Driver perhaps? I just installed Google Earth 6.2.2, downloaded after reading your message and install it into openSUSE 12.2 RC2 fully updated just today. I use the proprietary video driver from nVIDIA. I have installed the lsb package before I installed Google Earth and I am using the KDE desktop, the default. I am leaning toward a video issue as opposed to the desktop that you use. Since Intel graphics exist in the Kernel, perhaps a newer kernel should be used? It can’t hurt to try just to see. I would go for kernel 3.5.3 from The Linux Kernel Archives. See my bash script for more details: