Google Earth Hangs at Startup - ATI Video Cards - 2008

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If Google Earth hangs at the start-up screen, please click here to see the Google Earth thread for solving this problem. This problem arose on a Lenovo Thinkpad T60 with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1300.

The solution is to download the package at http://www.ground-impact.com/libGL.so.1.2 and to rename it as libGL.so.1. The package should be placed in the Google Earth directory. The default location is /opt/google-earth/

As soon as I put the libGL.so.1 in the Google Earth directory, GE worked.

Akos Szederjei · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject:

It worked for me, thanks.

AllezStade · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:27 am Post subject:

Wokks on a T60 with an X1400 card. Great. Thanks !

Jean-Pierre

stuart hedditch · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject:

Excellent solution, as soon as I loaded libGL.so.1 in the default folder, it worked. Thank for your support and help. Mandriva 2008 is looking like the best Linux Distro yet. I am trying to encourage as many of my friends away for Windoes Slug Vista.. This should convince them.

Thanks again.

Uzay Maymunu · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:

I have the same problem, Google Earth freezing when I start it.

I try to use your advice however there is not a folder "google earth" in opt folder. There is only picasa folder there..How can I create a "google-earth" folder?

K Bergen · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:14 am Post subject:

Uzay Maymunu · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

Uzay Maymunu · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:26 am Post subject:

Ok ok! I found the google-earth folder in /home/me and I fıxed the problem! Very Happy

Alfred2 · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:00 am Post subject:

Thanks guys
I re-installed the ATi driver twice as I couldn't understand why google-earth wasn't working.
It's now fixed.
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