Re: scattered google-earth image
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Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> On Friday 13 April 2007 13:16, Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
>> On Thursday 12 April 2007 14:36, steef wrote:
>>> i installed a nvidia_graphic_driver into my standard kernel but could
>>> not get google-earth properly working: the graphics are scattered over
>>> the screen. has somebody a solution for this problem?
>> This happens with some nvidia cards, and is absolutely an nvidia card or
>> driver problem.
>>
>> I've seen this a bunch of times. I don't know of any fix.
>
> Well, some good news for you: I have a machine that *never* worked with
> google earth through several nvidia driver updates. However, after writing
> my last message, I thought, "hmmm, I should try that again, since I haven't
> updated the driver in the last month or two" ... and at least that one
> machine *does* now work correctly, instead of getting a weird scattered
> display.
>
> For reference:
>
> $ lspci | grep VGA
> 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150]
> (rev a2)
>
> $ apt-cache show nvidia-glx | grep Version
> Version: 1.0.9746-2
>
> So, 1.0.9746 at least works with this card. The immediately previous
> released nvidia driver did not.
>
Have you tried the newer version 9755? I'm pretty sure the 6150 is also
supported with it, and it fixes a lot of bugs in the 9746 version. If
one is forced to use proprietary drivers, then I would suggest the
latest ones that support your hardware.
Joe
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