On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 7:32 AM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem in that screenshot may not be related to Google earth. > > It looks like an issue with the GUI rendering system. Unity uses > compositing (with GPU acceleration) to render all windows, but so does > Google Earth. So the points of failure could be any of the following: > 1) google earth was built improperly, or for a different version of Ubuntu > 2) your graphics driver is not installed correctly (this is common for > nvidia cards) > 3) ubuntu's desktop compositor is doing something stupid > > Rule out #1 by checking the file used to install Google Earth. Make sure > the ubuntu version listed by the .deb is the version you are running > Ruling out #2 is a bit more difficult. Maybe post your GPU brand/model and > the driver version you are using here? > > Rule out #3 by running the same Google Earth package, on the same system, > but a different DE. If it works on XFCE and not Unity then you know where > the problem is. > What you are seeing isn't actually that uncommon for an ubuntu-based > system. > > > > You said "What you are seeing isn't actually that uncommon for an ubuntu-based system." I will say that I have been running Ubuntu on my desktop computers for well over 10 years and have never experienced such behavior. Oh my, getting way out of my memory and skill level here. I used this to install: $ sudo apt-get install google-earth-pro-stable I have no idea what file or deb version that would be. How would I find that out. My computer is a 10+ year old Dell Optiplex 745. How would I tell what GPU brand/model and the driver version I am using? "Rule out #3 by running the same Google Earth package, on the same system, but a different DE. If it works on XFCE and not Unity then you know where the problem is." Please forgive my ignorance, but this is pretty much Greek to me. While I was at one time, IMHO, fairly good with Linux, sadly, it works well and I have not messed with anything but use it for quite a while and my memory is not at all what it used to be. I'm sure I have dealt with much of this in the past, but CRS syndrome has its firm grip on me these days. I'm pretty good at running commands and getting answers. I just don't remember the commands to run. Thank you all for your patience with me. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
