sutterp wrote:

> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>
> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth startup
> logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login screen.
>
> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
> buffer overflow.
>
> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>
> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out of
> the box.
>
> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter

I have exactly the same problem using google earth.
I haven't been able to sort it out as yet.
Using opensuse 10.2 installation.
I hope someone will come up with a solution soon but I have been searching
on google and not found an answer yet.
Here's hoping.

Stan

sutterp wrote:
> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>
> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth startup
> logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login screen.
>
> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the timer
> to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a buffer
> overflow.
>
> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>
> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out of
> the box.
>
> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be the
> best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter

I have the same problem with my Acer Notebook but not on my desktop
machine. I have openSUSE 10.2 also. I think it has to do with the video
card. The notebook has shared memory whereas the desktop has a separate
Nvidia video card in an AGP slot. I think Googleearth is trying to stomp
on video memory in RAM that is occupied by xserver. The other
possibility is that I don't have enough RAM memory allocated to video; 2
meg instead of 4 or 8 although 2 meg should be plenty.


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sutterp wrote:

> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>
> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth startup
> logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login screen.
>
> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
> buffer overflow.
>
> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>
> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out of
> the box.
>
> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter

I haven't used google earth myself, but AFAIK it's a 3d app. What video card
do you have? If it's an nVidia or ATI, do you have the proprietary driver
installed?

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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:42:53 +0000, Chris wrote:

> sutterp wrote:
>
>> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>>
>> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth
>> startup logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login
>> screen.
>>
>> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
>> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
>> buffer overflow.
>>
>> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>>
>> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out
>> of the box.
>>
>> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
>> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Peter
>
> I haven't used google earth myself, but AFAIK it's a 3d app. What video
> card do you have? If it's an nVidia or ATI, do you have the proprietary
> driver installed?

I.m running Google Earth without problems on Open Suse 10.2 with a nVidia
card.
Works whether I use the "nv" driver or nVidia's proprietary driver.

Google Earth 4.0.2735
Build Date Jan 30 2007
Build Time 14:31:57
Renderer OpenGL
Operating System Linux (2.6.18.8)
Video Driver NVIDIA Corporation
Max Texture Size 4096x4096
Server kh.google.com

stanley collier wrote:

> sutterp wrote:
>
>> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>>
>> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth startup
>> logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login screen.
>>
>> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
>> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
>> buffer overflow.
>>
>> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>>
>> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out of
>> the box.
>>
>> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
>> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Peter
>
> I have exactly the same problem using google earth.
> I haven't been able to sort it out as yet.
> Using opensuse 10.2 installation.
> I hope someone will come up with a solution soon but I have been
> searching
> on google and not found an answer yet.
> Here's hoping.
>
> Stan

It appears that I am not the only one having this problem. I will
investigate a bit further. I just thought someone who experiences this
problem would come up with a solution.

Peter

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:20:01 +0800, sutterp wrote:

> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.

I installed 10.2 and had to upgrade to 10.1 to get things right :-)

If you go 10.1 definitely use the remastered series of CD's.

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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:07:32 +0800, sutterp wrote:

> It appears that I am not the only one having this problem. I will
> investigate a bit further. I just thought someone who experiences this
> problem would come up with a solution.

While mentioning 3D broken apps, mention that on 10.2 UT2004 would not
work for me (NVidia GeForce 6600).

On a remastered 10.1 CD's install both Google Earth and UT2004 work.

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sutterp wrote:

> stanley collier wrote:
>
>> sutterp wrote:
>>
>>> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>>>
>>> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth
>>> startup logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
>>> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
>>> buffer overflow.
>>>
>>> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>>>
>>> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out
>>> of the box.
>>>
>>> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
>>> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>> I have exactly the same problem using google earth.
>> I haven't been able to sort it out as yet.
>> Using opensuse 10.2 installation.
>> I hope someone will come up with a solution soon but I have been
>> searching
>> on google and not found an answer yet.
>> Here's hoping.
>>
>> Stan
>
> It appears that I am not the only one having this problem. I will
> investigate a bit further. I just thought someone who experiences this
> problem would come up with a solution.
>
> Peter

It appears that Googleearth uses 3D-extensions to the X-Server, without
checking whether these are available/enabled on the X-Server. I think this
is a bug in Googleearth.

The xserver crashes if 3D is used without beeing enabled/available on the
graphics card. I think this is a bug too, but in the X-Server.

Both methods below worked for me on SuSE V10.2

Method 1:
In YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card -> Monitor on the Display Tab, check
the "Activate 3D Acceleration" checkbox, then save the settings and
re-boot, now try Googleearth. If your graphics card can do 3D, you should
be OK now.

Method 2:
Install nvidia
1. rpm --import
ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/1...repomd.xml.key
2. zypper sa ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/ nvidia
3. zypper install nvidia-gfx-kmp-default x11-video-nvidia
4. re-boot and try.

Peter

On Jun 23, 9:40 am, sutterp wrote:
> sutterp wrote:
> > stanley collier wrote:
>
> >> sutterp wrote:
>
> >>> I just downloaded and installed google earth on a SuSE V10.2 system.
>
> >>> Starting up google earth shows for a brief moment the goole earth
> >>> startup logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login
> >>> screen.
>
> >>> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
> >>> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
> >>> buffer overflow.
>
> >>> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>
> >>> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out
> >>> of the box.
>
> >>> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
> >>> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>
> >>> Thanks
>
> >>> Peter
>
> >> I have exactly the same problem using google earth.
> >> I haven't been able to sort it out as yet.
> >> Using opensuse 10.2 installation.
> >> I hope someone will come up with a solution soon but I have been
> >> searching
> >> on google and not found an answer yet.
> >> Here's hoping.
>
> >> Stan
>
> > It appears that I am not the only one having this problem. I will
> > investigate a bit further. I just thought someone who experiences this
> > problem would come up with a solution.
>
> > Peter
>
> It appears that Googleearth uses 3D-extensions to the X-Server, without
> checking whether these are available/enabled on the X-Server. I think this
> is a bug in Googleearth.
>
> The xserver crashes if 3D is used without beeing enabled/available on the
> graphics card. I think this is a bug too, but in the X-Server.
>
> Both methods below worked for me on SuSE V10.2
>
I do not have a Nvidia card but i'll see if this will solve the
problem!
Keep u posted




> Method 1:
> In YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card -> Monitor on the Display Tab, check
> the "Activate 3D Acceleration" checkbox, then save the settings and
> re-boot, now try Googleearth. If your graphics card can do 3D, you should
> be OK now.
>
> Method 2:
> Install nvidia
> 1. rpm --importftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key
> 2. zypper saftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/nvidia
> 3. zypper install nvidia-gfx-kmp-default x11-video-nvidia
> 4. re-boot and try.
>
> Peter

On 27 jun, 14:49, dspoll...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 23, 9:40 am, sutterp wrote:
>
> > sutterp wrote:
> > > stanley collier wrote:
>
> > >> sutterp wrote:
>
> > >>> I just downloaded and installedgoogleearthon a SuSE V10.2 system.
>
> > >>> Starting upgoogleearthshows for a brief moment the gooleearth
> > >>> startup logo, then the X server crashes and I am back at the login
> > >>> screen.
>
> > >>> Running gqcam, displays the image from the camera ok. Then setting the
> > >>> timer to capture the images, when the timer fires, gqcam crashes with a
> > >>> buffer overflow.
>
> > >>> Any hints as to how to fix either problem are most welcome.
>
> > >>> The system: Pentium V 2.8 Ghz on ASUS motherboard. Default kernel, out
> > >>> of the box.
>
> > >>> The upgrade from SuSE V9.2 to SuSE V10.2 appears in hindsight not to be
> > >>> the best move, as both products were running under SuSE V9.2.
>
> > >>> Thanks
>
> > >>> Peter
>
> > >> I have exactly the same problem usinggoogleearth.
> > >> I haven't been able to sort it out as yet.
> > >> Usingopensuse10.2 installation.
> > >> I hope someone will come up with a solution soon but I have been
> > >> searching
> > >> ongoogleand not found an answer yet.
> > >> Here's hoping.
>
> > >> Stan
>
> > > It appears that I am not the only one having this problem. I will
> > > investigate a bit further. I just thought someone who experiences this
> > > problem would come up with a solution.
>
> > > Peter
>
> > It appears that Googleearth uses 3D-extensions to the X-Server, without
> > checking whether these are available/enabled on the X-Server. I think this
> > is a bug in Googleearth.
>
> > The xserver crashes if 3D is used without beeing enabled/available on the
> > graphics card. I think this is a bug too, but in the X-Server.
>
> > Both methods below worked for me on SuSE V10.2
>
> I do not have a Nvidia card but i'll see if this will solve the
> problem!
> Keep u posted
>
> > Method 1:
> > In YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card -> Monitor on the Display Tab, check
> > the "Activate 3D Acceleration" checkbox, then save the settings and
> > re-boot, now try Googleearth. If your graphics card can do 3D, you should
> > be OK now.

works like a charm!

My laptop is a bit too slow for the desktops effects but with 3d acc.
activated Google Earth works!! (Suse 10.2 on a HP Compac nc 6120