Google Earth stuck in graphics emulation

[Dotan Cohen]

On 10/03/07, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 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
>

Thanks for the qquick reply, Chris. I'm using the Vesa driver. Should
I switch to Radeon?

Dotan Cohen

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