I tried installing and running Google Earth on my Slackware laptop. The
build and install worked. Then I ran the symlink as instructed:
ln -sf /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3
(T-bird's spell checker wants to make symlink into Slinky. :-)
No complaints. Also, as instructed, I renamed
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf to
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf.old.
When I launch google-earth the surrounding window loads, and the splash
graphic shows up in the frame where the display goes, but that's where
it stops. I was warned that X would hang, but it didn't. I was able to
close google-earth, and the rest of the system seems normal.
Further reading says I need OpenGL drivers, but it doesn't say which
ones. In slackbuilds.org I find PyOpenGl, haskell-OpenGL, and
haskell-OpenGLRaw. Are any of those what I need?
The slackbuilds page also says I need to configure Xorg to use them.
Where can I read up on how to do that?
Thanks.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
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