Google Earth crashes on the splash screen

This means that you don't have hardware acceleration.

I've just read what you were advised to do to enable desktop effects, Rafael told you to add:

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

to xorg.conf.

So i would now advise, to change enable to disable there. :)

That's because you may need composite for desktop effects, but your graphics card can't provide acceleration with composite on (at least not with current drivers).

HI WRWRWR!!!
I think your the best at answering stuff!!

Thanks!

But what do i type to get into the place i need to change?

Hello,

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Try not to change there anything by mistake, or it will leave you without graphics at all (easy to fix, but unpleasant). Best make a copy as last time:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.copy

In case of trouble you can restore it like that (even if after restart it would look like it crashed or something):

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf

OMG!

That fixed it!
Thanks!

i get the same error but this fix doesnt work for me..anything else i can do??

Is there some way to put googleearth and the Desktop effects working together?