Google Earth runs for all users except me

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/14/2013 09:03 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> I have just installed the proprietary nvidia drivers on an x86_64
> system, and have found that google-earth runs correctly when invoked by
> any user except me (root, guest, etc.), but not when invoked by me (that
> is jonrysh).  The symptom is that when invoked jonrysh everything works
> correctly (sidebar, top bar, tour guide, etc) EXCEPT for the main
> window, which is supposed to show the world image; this window is black.
> When invoked by any other user, google-earth runs exactly as expected.
>
> The problem is not bad data in ~/.googleearth; when .googleearth is
> deleted from my home directory things continue as before.
>
> System Details
>         CPU: AMD 64-bits, 4 core
>         Video: GeForce 8400GS
>         OpSys: Fedora 17 with all updates
>         Driver: kmod-nvidia-3.7.3-101.fc17.x86_64-304.64-2.fc17.5.x86_64
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  What's the best way to investigate?
>

Hummm....  On the surface it sounds like the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 driver issue.  Where you need to install the 32-bt version on a 64-bit system in order to get it to work.  But, you say that it works for other users.....

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