I'm trying to get FC6/x86_64 to run google earth on two different systems. Neither one is usable. system 1: a compaq v5000z: Google earth runs just fine under that Redmond OS, but under FC6 it uses software emulation and is unusably slow. (--) PCI:*(1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) rev 0, Mem @ 0xc8000000/27, 0xc0100000/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8 system 2: amd64 desktop (tyan 2465 w. ATI x300): (--) PCI: (1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL rev 39, Mem @ 0xfc000000/24, 0xfdfff000/12, I/O @ 0xac00/8 (--) PCI:*(5:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] rev 0, Mem @ 0xd8000000/27, 0xfe3f0000/16, I/O @ 0x6c00/8 (--) PCI: (5:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE] rev 0, Mem @ 0xfe3e0000/16 This second system emits some gripes and then runs at approximately 1 frame per second which is also unusable. bash-3.1$ googleearth libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b *********************************WARN_ONCE********************************* File r300_render.c function r300Fallback line 428 Software fallback:ctx->Line.SmoothFlag *************************************************************************** Try R300_SPAN_DISABLE_LOCKING env var if this hangs. *********************************WARN_ONCE********************************* File r300_state.c function r300Enable line 513 TODO - double side stencil ! *************************************************************************** Is there something I can do to get it to run faster? (Like turning off the opengl things it was griping about?) -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/