Need Google Earth 7

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#1

Converted back oS 12.3 from Mint 13. Everything worked perfectly , networking, audio and so on,
My big issue is that Google Earth 7 downloaded just fine. Click on the icon and just get a bouncing earth icon and no launch.
I added MESA 32 bit as a thought. lsb is installed.
I really need the program for a business app. If there is no logical fix I 'll be forced back to LM 13 lickity split.

Other wise love the look and feel of oS 12.3 KDE. Installer was GREAT, smooth, fast and slick.

Thanks for any help.

#2

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:16:01 +0000, JPSant wrote:

> Converted back oS 12.3 from Mint 13. Everything worked perfectly ,
> networking, audio and so on,
> My big issue is that Google Earth 7 downloaded just fine. Click on the
> icon and just get a bouncing earth icon and no launch.
> I added MESA 32 bit as a thought. lsb is installed.
> I really need the program for a business app. If there is no logical fix
> I 'll be forced back to LM 13 lickity split.

Try launching GE from a terminal window - that’ll most likely give you
error messages that will tell you what’s wrong.

BTW, there’s no need for statements along the lines of “if there’s no
fix, I’ll be forced to go back to Mint”. If that’s what works for you,
great, then go back to Mint. If you want help with openSUSE, we’re here
to help.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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#3

On Mon 18 Mar 2013 05:26:12 AM CDT, Jim Henderson wrote:

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:16:01 +0000, JPSant wrote:

> Converted back oS 12.3 from Mint 13. Everything worked perfectly ,
> networking, audio and so on,
> My big issue is that Google Earth 7 downloaded just fine. Click on the
> icon and just get a bouncing earth icon and no launch.
> I added MESA 32 bit as a thought. lsb is installed.
> I really need the program for a business app. If there is no logical
> fix I 'll be forced back to LM 13 lickity split.

Try launching GE from a terminal window - that’ll most likely give you
error messages that will tell you what’s wrong.

BTW, there’s no need for statements along the lines of “if there’s no
fix, I’ll be forced to go back to Mint”. If that’s what works for you,
great, then go back to Mint. If you want help with openSUSE, we’re
here to help.

Jim

Hi
Works fine here on 12.3 with the radeon and intel drivers. If the OP is
on Nvidia, I think a softlink needs creating…

@Jim +1 :wink:

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openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop
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#4

It’s a lowly Intel i915. HP dv7-6c95dx i7 8 gig

Sorry, Mr. Henderson, I will be more careful on how I select my words.

Sorry I NEED that program for daily business. That was my urgency. Seems I offended you.

#5

Sure it’s just the i915? No NVIDIA Optimus involved?

On my laptop GE will not run on the Intel, which loads the i915 driver as well.

#6

Works here out of the box with Nvidia GTX 650 Ti on openSUSE 12.3 with:

i | nvidia-computeG03         | Paket | 310.32-15.1            | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
i | nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop | Paket | 310.32_k3.7.9_1.1-15.3 | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
i | x11-video-nvidiaG03       | Paket | 310.32-15.1            | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers

i | google-earth-stable | Paket | 7.0.2.8415-0 | x86_64 | Programme
#7

@OP: How did you install GE 7?

#8

I recall that I was unable to get GE7 to run on this PC with similar hardware to yours and running 12.2, but I had no trouble running GE6 and find no significant differences in features. I struggled mightily with 7 before giving up. 6 installed successfully and ran OTB using an old RPM I found on line.

#9

On Mon 18 Mar 2013 06:16:01 AM CDT, JPSant wrote:

It’s a lowly Intel i915. HP dv7-6c95dx i7 8 gig

Sorry, Mr. Henderson, I will be more careful on how I select my words.

Sorry I NEED that program for daily business. That was my urgency.
Seems I offended you.

Hi
This is a DELL E5510 using the i915 driver… (see signature)

I do run sna acceleration?

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openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop
up 15:57, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.09, 0.08
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile

#10

Still about google earth, does anyone manage to view the images from the panoramio pop up window? I am able to view the thumbnail but when I clicked any of it, the panoramio window will turn white :expressionless:

thank you.

#11

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:16:01 +0000, JPSant wrote:

> It’s a lowly Intel i915. HP dv7-6c95dx i7 8 gig
>
> Sorry, Mr. Henderson, I will be more careful on how I select my words.
>
> Sorry I NEED that program for daily business. That was my urgency. Seems
> I offended you.

No offense taken - it’s just that every time there’s a new release,
there’s a group of people who feel it’s necessary to punctuate their
request for help with “fix it now or I’ll switch to something else” - as
if that’s going to underscore their urgency.

We’re all unpaid volunteers, so applying that kind of pressure generally
doesn’t help. :slight_smile:

Moving back to your issue (and the reason we’re here), running the
command in a terminal window will likely tell us which library is
missing, and will make it possible for us to tell you which package needs
to be installed. :slight_smile:

Jim

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#12

GE7 does run on 12.3-32-bit on my Optimus, and indeed I’ve had it running on my 12.3-64-bit, but not today on the 64-bit. The repo in Yast offered a downgrade to GE6. And now GE7 isn’t in the repo at all, so something must be really wrong with it.

#13

I’ve read that some users on openSUSE-12.3 with nvidia hardware, using the proprietary nvidia driver, had to add their user to group ‘video’ , restart and then their presentation with Google Earth gave reasonable renditions (but not before adding their user to group video).