[CentOS] Google Earth on EL6.x x86_64

Wed Mar 6 14:47:13 UTC 2013
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:57:35AM +0200, Alexandru Chiscan wrote:
> 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

Ah, thanks Lec! That was less than obvious, so I appreciate the guidance.

Fred

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