On 03/06/2013 05:54 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Yes, I did the modifications given earlier by Earl and one other poster > and now google earth starts up. > > but it complains there's no usable graphics card, and only displays > the menus/borders/etc, with the main view window being empty/black. > > I do have a supported graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 9800GT), and have > the nvidia drivers installed. > > can anyone advise how to make GE recognize it? I'm guessing it's failing > because Google seems to be distributing 32-bit binaries instead of 64-bit > binaries, but I've no clue how to fix this. > > Clues will be appreciated! try to install the nvidia 32bit compatibility libraries. if installed using the nvidia installer it asks you, if installed from elrepo use nvidia-x11-drv-32bit package Lec > > thanks in advance. > > Fred > -- Lec