I have FC6 (kernel 2.6.21+ 2.6.22rc3 prepatch) with Mobility Radeon X1600 (fglrx driver).
I recently installed the Linux version googleearth (i.e. not the Windows version under Wine). When I try to run it, googleearth appears to hang after displaying the splash screen. CPU usage climbs to about 50% and I can see occasional network activity, but the application never actually comes up.
I have a dual head configuration on my laptop (the 2nd monitor is a Dell LCD monitor). Other gl applications run fine (glxgears, World of Warcraft running under Wine).
Heres my xorg.conf:
###Begin xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Option "Clone" "on"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell 2405FPW (Digital)"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "Videocard Vendor"
BoardName "ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "UseFastTLS" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
###End xorg.conf
Google search reveals that others have had a similar problem with Google Earth and ATI cards on linux; however, I couldn't find any solutions so far.
Has anyone had any success running google earth with ATI cards?
cheers....
....sultan
