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Siduction Forum => Experimental => Topic started by: dibl on 2012/08/27, 19:48:30
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It's been many months since I ran Googleearth -- last time I needed it, it worked perfectly. Today, it runs but presents only a black window with no Earth. I don't see a recent discussion on this forum or other debian forums.
I remember this problem from some time back -- it was fixable with nvidia-glx-ia32 ia32-libs-gtk lib32nss-mdns ia32-libs and lib32ncurses5. So, I made sure I have all those installed, and they are.
Next, I uninstalled Googleearth and used googleearth-package to make a new .deb, and installed that one (6.0.3.xxx). It runs fine, but there is no change in the video problem.
Who can advise me? Here is the box:
System: Host: imerabox Kernel: 3.5-3.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.1)
Desktop: KDE 4.8.4 (Qt 4.8.2) Distro: aptosid 2011-02 Ἡμέρα - kde-lite - (201107131633)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6X58D-E version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 0602 date: 03/24/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 950 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 33739.2
Clock Speeds: 1: 4217.406 MHz 2: 4217.406 MHz 3: 4217.406 MHz 4: 4217.406 MHz 5: 4217.406 MHz 6: 4217.406 MHz 7: 4217.406 MHz 8: 4217.406 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] bus-ID: 05:00.0
X.Org: 1.12.3.902 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1200@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 480/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network: Card: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 ver: 1.30 port: d800 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 20:cf:30:5c:41:1d
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2136.5GB (2.5% used) 1: model: OCZ
2: model: OCZ 3: model: KINGSTON_SS100S2 4: model: WDC_WD1002FAEX 5: model: WDC_WD1002FAEX
Info: Processes: 302 Uptime: 4:17 Memory: 1582.4/5966.4MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.14
Thanks!
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nvidia-glx-ia32 is a dummy package, it contains nothing.
You need to install libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386.
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Thanks for that fast reply, towo!
However, I am a confused guy now:
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-cache policy libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
N: Unable to locate package libgl1-nvidia-glx
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-cache policy libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386
libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-cache policy libgl1-nvidia-glx
libgl1-nvidia-glx:
Installed: 304.37-1
Candidate: 304.37-1
Version table:
*** 304.37-1 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
304.37-0 0
500 http://packages.siduction.org/user/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
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Why confused?
GE is a 32bit app and need 32bit glx.
nvidia-glx-ia32 dos not help anymore, so you need to enable multiarch.
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I am obviously missing something, but what is it?
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-cache policy multiarch-support
multiarch-support:
Installed: 2.13-35
Candidate: 2.13-35
Version table:
*** 2.13-35 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@imerabox:/home/don# dpkg --print-architecture
amd64
root@imerabox:/home/don# dpkg --add-architecture i386
root@imerabox:/home/don# dpkg --print-architecture
amd64
Edit: I tried to follow this (http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO)
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Ahhh -- now some progress.
root@imerabox:/home/don# dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
Thanks towo -- probably I can get through this now.
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Upppppps -- I wasn't expecting this, after I installed libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386:
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/493/byenvidiadriver.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/byenvidiadriver.png/)
Is that normal?
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No, is not normal. I would say, libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 is not ready for multiarch. I would fill a bugreport.
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OK, thanks towo. Maybe I will file a bug report. But this OS is over one year old and was converted from aptosid. It may not be a great example of "stock" Debian sid, at this point. I appreciate your advice -- thanks!
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Filed: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686033
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Hi dibl,
your link to the screenshot in your bug report gives a 404 error back to me.
greets ayla
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Yeah, I saw that. Probably I should not have tried that -- it is the same link as the screenshot in the post 5 posts up. I think the BTS mail handler changed the code somehow.
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Update -- @towo you were correct, as usual. The culprit is the libxvmc package:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640499
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Today, it runs but presents only a black window with no Earth
Maybe the earth really is gone and we are living in a big illusion?
(sorry for this but I couldn't resist ;) )
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Maybe the earth really is gone and we are living in a big illusion?
(sorry for this but I couldn't resist ;) )
Ya, that sounds like Swedish philosophy to me. :lol:
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Maybe the earth really is gone and we are living in a big illusion?
(sorry for this but I couldn't resist ;) )
Ya, that sounds like Swedish philosophy to me. :lol:
No @dibl, that sounds like a postmodern view, one of basic categories is illusion, or german spoken: Die Täuschung ist das Silikon der Postmoderne :lol:
But I don't think, @vilde represent such a position. :-)
Kind regards,
Holger
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Latest, via e-mail, FYI:
Re: Bug#686033: libgl1-nvidia-glx: 304.37-1 libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386, removes libgl1-nvidia-glx (amd64) and Nvidia driver
Ralf Jung post@ralfj.de
10:03 AM (10 minutes ago)
Hi,
with the 304 drivers in current unstable, this bug even means that 32bit
apps get no acceleration at all since the ia32 packages have already
been removed.
I can confirm that the patch by you, Andreas, is working fine. The
problems with the conffile are caused by a bug in dpkg [1] and there are
other packages triggering it, like libpam-modules. Would it be
appropriate for the NVidia packagers to do an NMU on libxvmc to fix this
situation? Note that I am not speaking about Wheezy here, but about the
current broken status of Sid.
If that'd be of any help, I could do an upload to mentors.d.o (don't
know if that's also used for NMUs, sorry if this is wrong).
Kind regards,
Ralf
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Latest, via e-mail:
Andreas Beckmann debian@abeckmann.de via buxtehude.debian.org
4:03 AM (4 hours ago)
to 676723-submitt., 685054-submitt., 686033-submitt., 688714-submitt.
Hi,
I just applied a crude HACK that makes libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
co-installable with libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 to the packages in sid and
experimental.
My reply:
Thank you Andreas.
I can confirm that your hacked package installed correctly here on my 64-bit sid system, with no destruction to the nvidia driver:
"root@imerabox:/# apt-cache policy libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386:
Installed: 304.48-2
Candidate: 304.48-2
Version table:
*** 304.48-2 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
304.37-0 0
500 http://packages.siduction.org/user/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages"
Thank you very much!
However, even with this issue "fixed" (or hacked around), the 64-bit googleearth package, as created by googleearth-package, depends on ia32-libs-gtk, which will cause massive removals if it is installed. I am going to grab a 32-bit machine and make a googleearth package, and see what happens if I try to install that one on a 64-bit system.
EDIT: Nope (but it was a fun experiment!)
root@imerabox:/tmp# dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package googleearth.
(Reading database ... 221487 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking googleearth (from googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of googleearth:
googleearth depends on libfreeimage3.
googleearth depends on lsb-core.
googleearth depends on libgl1-mesa-glx; however:
Package libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing googleearth (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
googleearth
root@imerabox:/tmp# apt-get install libfreeimage3:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
googleearth:i386 : Depends: lsb-core:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 but it is not going to be installed
libfreeimage3 : Conflicts: libfreeimage3:i386 but 3.15.1-1+b1 is to be installed
libfreeimage3:i386 : Depends: libgomp1:i386 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libilmbase6:i386 (>= 1.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: liblcms2-2:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libopenexr6:i386 (>= 1.6.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libopenjpeg2:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libraw5:i386 (>= 0.14.6) but it is not going to be installed
Conflicts: libfreeimage3 but 3.15.1-1+b1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@imerabox:/tmp# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
at ed:i386 lib32z1 libacl1:i386 libattr1:i386 libc6-dev:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-nvidia-alternatives-ia32 libglapi-mesa:i386 libgmp10:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgpm2:i386
libitm1:i386 libjasper1:i386 liblcms2-2:i386 libmpc2:i386 libmpfr4:i386 libncurses5:i386 libopenjpeg2:i386 libpam0g:i386
libpciaccess0:i386 libpopt0:i386 libquadmath0:i386 libraw5 libraw5:i386 libreadline6:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libtinfo5:i386
libx11-xcb1:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 linux-libc-dev:i386 lsb-security luckybackup-data
m4 pax time
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
cups-bsd libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386
libglapi-mesa:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 locales-all
Suggested packages:
libglide3:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
alien build-essential debhelper dpkg-dev ed flashplugin-nonfree g++ g++-4.6 g++-4.7 gcc-4.6 googleearth:i386 googleearth-package
java-package lib32nss-mdns libfreeimage3 libnss-mdns libstdc++6-4.6-dev libstdc++6-4.7-dev linux-headers-3.2-0.slh.3-aptosid-amd64
linux-headers-3.4-5.towo-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-3.5-3.towo-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-3.5-4.towo-siduction-amd64
linux-headers-3.6-rc7.towo.1-siduction-amd64 linux-headers-aptosid-amd64 linux-headers-siduction-amd64 lpr lsb-core luckybackup
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Did you manage to solve the no-earth problem dibl? Same problem I'm having here. 64bit with an nvidia card, Dell Inspiron 6200.
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I checked about a week ago -- no improvement. Still the ia32-libs-gtk dependency, which will rip out half your packages if you try to force it. So, we wait ......
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thanks dibl. Miss googleearth . . . sigh . . .
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OK, here is quasi-good news: This morning I was "successful" in installing googleearth on my 64-bit multiarch-enabled system, with nvidia proprietary driver. I put "successful" in quotes, because it was not pretty. Here are the highlights of the process:
root@imerabox:/tmp# dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package googleearth.
(Reading database ... 210892 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking googleearth (from googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of googleearth:
googleearth depends on ia32-libs-gtk; however:
Package ia32-libs-gtk is not installed.
dpkg: error processing googleearth (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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root@imerabox:/tmp# apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ia32-libs-gtk : Depends: ia32-libs-gtk-i386
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@imerabox:/tmp# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 ia32-libs-gtk ia32-libs-gtk-i386:i386 libart-2.0-2:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386
libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386
libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgconf2-4:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglade2-0:i386
libgnomecanvas2-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgtk2.0-bin libjasper1:i386 liblua5.1-0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386
libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libthai0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
Suggested packages:
libcanberra-pulse:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 gvfs:i386 libjasper-runtime:i386 ttf-baekmuk:i386 ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp:i386
ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-gkai00mp:i386 ttf-arphic-bkai00mp:i386
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libbonobo2-0:i386 libidl0:i386 liborbit2:i386 libwmf0.2-7:i386 hicolor-icon-theme:i386 libgtk2.0-bin:i386
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paprefs python-glade2 radiotray vuze
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And finally:
root@imerabox:/tmp# dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 211538 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace googleearth 6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1 (using googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement googleearth ...
Setting up googleearth (6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
root@imerabox:/tmp#
And 5 minutes of spinning the Earth and zooming indicates that Googleearth is working correctly. So, if you want to do this to your system, then you can probably have googleearth today.
Now, I must decide whether I like Googleearth better than radiotray. Hmmmmmm.
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hmm :?
:~$ google-earth
Google Earth has caught signal 11.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed.
This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal
circumstances. A bug report and debugging data have been written
to this text file:
/home/ich/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-50b4c6ee.txt
Please include this file if you submit a bug report to Google.
crashlog:
Major Version 7
Minor Version 0
Build Number 0001
Build Date Oct 29 2012
Build Time 19:13:39
OS Type 3
OS Major Version 3
OS Minor Version 6
OS Build Version 0
OS Patch Version 0
Crash Signal 11
Crash Time 1354024686
Up Time 1,39268
Stacktrace from glibc:
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9cfb)[0xf7593cfb]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9f43)[0xf7593f43]
[0xf774e400]
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Did you take a look at
apt-cache depends google-earth-package
?
When I did that today I saw 3 xxx:i386 packages on the list, that I did not have installed. But when I previously tried to install the googleearth deb package, there was no complaint about these 3 packages. So I think it might install even with the missing dependencies, which might make it crash. (Just guessing ....)
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# apt-cache depends google-earth-package
E: Keine Pakete gefunden
Many i386 packages were installed. Unfortunately without success.
Sorry: Google-Translate ;)
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???
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-cache depends googleearth-package
googleearth-package
|Depends: wget
wget:i386
Depends: curl
Depends: dpkg-dev
Depends: fakeroot
Depends: bzip2
bzip2:i386
Depends: file
file:i386
Depends: x11-common
Depends: x11-utils
x11-utils:i386
root@imerabox:/home/don#
I think you have an extra hyphen "-" in "googleearth" ;-)
So, I did not have bzip2:i386, file:i386, or x11-utls:i386. But googleearth-package would install without them, which is a bug. So I removed googleearth-package, installed the 3 :i386 files, then reinstalled googleearth-package, then ran make-googleearth-package, then proceeded to install the deb as shown in my post above.
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I'll give it try. Worse comes to worse, I can just uninstall and wait for a fix :)
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I think you have an extra hyphen "-" in "googleearth"
oh, yes :oops:
apt-cache depends googleearth-package
googleearth-package
|Hängt ab von: wget
wget:i386
Hängt ab von: curl
Hängt ab von: dpkg-dev
Hängt ab von: fakeroot
Hängt ab von: bzip2
bzip2:i386
Hängt ab von: file
file:i386
Hängt ab von: x11-common
Hängt ab von: x11-utils
x11-utils:i386
:wink:
install bzip2:i386 file:i386
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
libbz2-1.0:i386 libmagic1:i386
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
bzip2-doc:i386
Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT:
bzip2 file
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
bzip2:i386 file:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libmagic1:i386
Hmm, is that good??
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I have them also -- they don't seem to be hurting anything here.
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dibl, what's your comment about google-earth vs Radio Tray? Not possible to install both? Radio Tray is working nicely here. I'll try your Google Earth fix this afternoon.
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If you look at the removed packages, when I did the "apt-get -f install", radiotray was on the list of stuff that was ripped out. You always have to look carefully at the removals when you use -f install.
I actually use radiotray more than Googleearth, so if this situation doesn't change in a few days or a week, Googleearth may go back where it came from.
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Off topic I know but thanks for Radio Tray. Wasn't aware of it. Very nice!
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GE can easy be installed, if you package it on a 32bit system and install the resulting 32bit deb.
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install bzip2:i386 file:i386 x11-utils:i386
success ...
Google-earth: no chance ;(
Major Version 7
Minor Version 0
Build Number 0001
Build Date Oct 29 2012
Build Time 19:13:39
OS Type 3
OS Major Version 3
OS Minor Version 6
OS Build Version 0
OS Patch Version 0
Crash Signal 11
Crash Time 1354033311
Up Time 1,35547
Stacktrace from glibc:
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9cfb)[0xf75f9cfb]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9f43)[0xf75f9f43]
[0xf77b4400]
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GE can easy be installed, if you package it on a 32bit system and install the resulting 32bit deb.
Aha -- good to know, thanks towo. I tried that earlier and it did not work, but I believe you that it will work today.
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Today, 17 DEC 2012, it seems to be fixed, on my 64-bit system with Nvidia graphics.
First, install googleearth-package, lsb-core, ia32-libs-gtk, and libfreeimage3.
Then, as user, run "make-googleearth-package". As root, install the package with dpkg.
This reminds me of the old saying ... "patience is a virtue". :)
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Thanks for the confirmation dibl, I hope to try it as soon as I get some free time. GoogleEarth was the only program I wasn't able to get running in 64 bit. If it works for me, that will make my conversion from 32 to 64 bit complete. \o/ Yay.