On Saturday 10 March 2007 1:21:15 pm Dotan Cohen wrote: > I've got a Dell Inspiron 6400/ E1505 laptop with the ATI x1400 > graphicsw card with 256 MB or video RAM (2 GB system RAM). However, > when I try to run Google Earth, I get this: > "You are currently runnin Google Earth in 'OpenGL' with software > emulation." > > Apparently, Google Earth cannot use my graphics hardware. All the > details on the Google Earth website pertain to Windows only. Does > anybody have any experience configuring Google Earth on Fedora? Runs fine here (nvidia hardware with nvidia driver) I think the issue is more with your graphics driver than with google earth. google earth needs decent 3D acceleration - The message suggests that the driver you are using doesn't have this - Which ATI driver are you using ? Chris
