[PLUG] Slackware Google Earth on Jetway
J. Hart
jfhart085 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 7 19:01:04 UTC 2019
Google Earth has this issue with many non-proprietary (open source)
drivers. You may need to use a closed source NVidia or AMD driver to
get it to work.
On 03/07/2019 12:58 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I just tried installing Google Earth on my latest Slackware project,
> on my Jetway machine.
>
> The SlackBuild completed with one warning:
>
> WARNING: zero length file opt/google/earth/pro/kh56
>
> Since it was "just" a warning I went ahead and ran Installpkg
> /tmp/google-earth-7.3.2.5495-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz
>
> The install completed without complaint.
>
> I ran it from the Applications menu (Xfce) and got the same screen as
> the last time I tried on one of my other machines. The splash screen
> appears, then the text part of the GE window appears and fills in.
> Then a small box appears in the space provided for the graphical
> display. This box contains a star field in motion for a few seconds.
> The splash screen never goes away. If someone is interested in seeing
> it, I have a screenshot I can send off list.
>
> When I closed it I got the keyring request.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
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