Google Earth stuck in graphics emulation

[spmirowski]

>
> From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dotan Cohen
>   

You will need to install the ATi binary drivers.  The open source 
drivers can't run Google Earth with hardware acceleration.  Official 
ATi/AMD drivers will give you much better performance.

Stephen Mirowski