On 4/12/07, Ken Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been trying to run googleearth in Ubuntu "Feisty". The video card seems to be RV280 Radeon 9200 PRO. The driver in /etc/X/xorg.conf is shown as "ati".
Google Earth probably needs to have direct rendering and 3D capability, because it uses OpenGL to draw the textures and such. The open source "ati" driver likely won't give you direct rendering on a 9200 card, and you'll need to install the proprietary "fglrx" drivers from ATI to get 3D support. There's a good howto on the Ubuntu wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI That documents how to install it from the repos or how to do it manually. It doesn't have a guide specifically for Feisty, but it should be a similar procedure. David (sorry Ken for sending this message twice to you, I forgot to cc it to the list earlier) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
