[Novalug] google earth and Ubuntu

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Fri Feb 9 22:37:27 EST 2007


On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Mike Shade wrote:

MS >Check a number of things.
MS >They may be installed, but we want to make sure the driver is loading ok and 
MS >your 3D acceleration is working.
MS >
MS >The command:
MS >glxinfo |grep -i direct
MS >
MS >should return 'direct rendering: yes'

Hmmmm this is what I got:

bdz@athlon-60:~$ glxinfo |grep -i direct
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
 

MS >
MS >If it does not, there's something wrong with the driver or your xorg.conf, or 
MS >perhaps the kernel was upgraded and the driver was not.
MS >
MS >Next, check the output of this command:
MS >lsmod |grep -i nvidia
MS >

I got this:
bdz@athlon-60:~$ lsmod }grep -i nvidia
Usage: lsmod



MS >You will either get nothing, or something ;)  If you see something, the module 
MS >is loaded.  We'll work from here.
MS >
MS >-- 
MS >Regards,
MS >
MS >Mike Shade
MS >http://www.mshade.org/
MS >mshade@mshade.org
MS >
MS >"I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery." --Rousseau
MS >
MS >On Friday 09 February 2007 21:23, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
MS >> I have Ubuntu and an nVidia Gforce 4 graphics card and an AMD Athlon
MS >> 2700+ CPU.
MS >>
MS >> I had google earth installed and working a couple of months ago but it
MS >> seems to have stopped running.
MS >>
MS >> i tried a reinstall and the google earth now claims the nvidia drivers
MS >> are not installed. however according to the synaptic package manager I
MS >> have them installed.
MS >>
MS >>
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                       Bonnie Dalzell, MA 
mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA 21082-----EMAIL:bdalzell@qis.net
 
freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.
 
Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine  - http://www.netpetmagazine.com
HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/          BUSINESS http://www.batw.com





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