Google Earth and nVidia [partly solved...]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 17:52 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> Your nvidia driver installation is broken.  If you're using Livna's
> RPMs, then talk to them.

OK so part of the problem was that I had files from the nVidia installer
lying around from before there were Livna RPMs available for that 169.04
version.  My card didn't work with any older versions, so I used the
install script when it came out, because I didn't have a fully
functional machine without those drivers.  That's an object lesson in
why it's not a good idea to mix the script installer and RPMs.  I think
I have that cleaned up now (though it's hard to tell for sure without a
manifest of all the files installed by the script).

But when I start the new googleearth as a normal user, I still don't see
the globe or the controls.  It works fine if I start it as root.  The
SEtroublesooter doesn't complain, either.

Any idea what's up with that?

Thanks.

> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:
> > I just tried the latest GoogleEarth 4.3.7204.0836 (beta) with the latest
> > kernel and nVidia drivers, and the result was:
> >
> >        $ googleearth
> >        Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version
> >        173.14.05,
> >        but this NVIDIA driver component has version 169.04.  Please
> >        make
> >        sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components
> >        have the same version.
> >        NVIDIA: Direct rendering failed; attempting indirect rendering.
> >
> > And the screen opens, but no earth or controls show.
> >
> > Anybody have any idea what's up with that?  TIA.
> >
> >        $ rpm -q kernel
> >        kernel-2.6.24.7-92.fc8.x86_64
> >        kernel-2.6.25.4-10.fc8.x86_64
> >        $ rpm -qa \*nvidia\*
> >        xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64
> >        kmod-nvidia-173.14.05-2.lvn8.x86_64
> >        kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-10.fc8-173.14.05-2.lvn8.x86_64
> >        xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64
> >        kmod-nvidia-2.6.24.7-92.fc8-173.14.05-1.lvn8.x86_64
> >
> > --
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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