Google Earth runs for all users except me

[Mark LaPierre]

On 02/15/2013 04:00 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 15.02.2013 16:44, schrieb Jonathan Ryshpan:
>> On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 21:49 -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>>> On 02/14/2013 08:03 AM, 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?
>>>
>>> The problem is some setting in your home environment if it works for all
>>> other users.  Delete your home and star over.
>>
>> So much is obvious.  I had hoped to avoid having to recreate my
>> environment, which has taken me a lot of work to get right.
>
> "ls -lha ~/"
>
> if there any google folder?
> delete this folder
>
> kill the whole userhome for one application is an idiotic
> suggestion - nearly any user application has it's setting
> in /home/username/.appname and after delete this folder the
> specific application is reset
>

If you had bothered to read the mail chain you would know that he 
already removed the .appname directory from his home to now effect.

After he makes himself a new home he can copy back his various .appname 
directories one at a time until G Earth stops working.  There are any 
number of things that he could have set in his environment that could be 
causing his problem.

One of the greatest things about Linux is that you can customize the 
shit out of it.  One of worse things about Linux is that you can 
customize the shit out of it.  Not all customizations are compatible 
with each other or with all applications.

He can either futz around with his environment for hours on end until he 
happens upon the solution, or he can just wipe the whole thing, get G 
Earth working, then copy back his .appname directories back in.  I'm 
betting that the latter will involve a lot less pain than the former.

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