Pictures dont display

Asked by Roger Davis

I have the below installed on Ubuntu 14.04.

Google Earth 7.1.4.1529
Build Date 3/30/2015
Build Time 10:42:27 pm
Renderer OpenGL
Operating System Linux (3.13.0.0)
Video Driver X.Org
Max Texture Size 16384x16384
available video memory information not available
Server kh.google.com

I think this is the 64 bit version, but I can't prove it to myself.

But the real question is: when I click on one of the picture icons, it only shows the white box with nothing in it except a bit of text identifying the location.

How do I fix this?

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Roger Davis (rogerdavis-d) said :
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More info :

roger@roger-desktop:~$ inxi -b
System: Host: roger-desktop Kernel: 3.13.0-51-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: Mobo: Intel model: DZ77BH-55K version: AAG39008-400
           Bios: Intel version: BHZ7710H.86A.0057.2012.0208.1904 date: 02/08/2012
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-3770 CPU (-HT-MCP-) clocked at 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750 / R7 250E]
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAPE VERDE GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Network: Card: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (6.9% used)
Info: Processes: 230 Uptime: 1:27 Memory: 2961.9/16015.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

If you close the application then run:

env XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 googleearth

Is it OK?

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Roger Davis (rogerdavis-d) said :
#3

roger@roger-desktop:~$ env XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 googleearth
env: googleearth: No such file or directory

Still doesn't show pictures...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

OK, find out the file you run to launch the application then add that to the end of the opinion....

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#5

I think that the problem here is that you tried to install a version of Google Earth which is too recent, too new.

Please try running this installation script instead to downgrade to version 6.0.3.2197+1.1.0-1 :

cd $HOME
rm -rf $HOME/.googleearth

sudo rm -rf /opt/google-earth && sudo rm /usr/share/mime/application/vnd.google-earth.* /usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.google-earth.* /usr/share/applnk/Google-googleearth.desktop /usr/share/mime/packages/googleearth-mimetypes.xml /usr/share/gnome/apps/Google-googleearth.desktop /usr/share/applications/Google-googleearth.desktop /usr/local/bin/googleearth

sudo rm googleearth*.deb
sudo rm google-earth*.deb
sudo rm GoogleEarth*
sudo dpkg -P google-earth
sudo dpkg -P googleearth
# install new Google Earth
# sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --yes --force-yes install libcurl3:i386 libfreeimage3 lib32nss-mdns multiarch-support lsb-core googleearth-package
sudo make-googleearth-package --force
sudo dpkg -i googleearth*.deb
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --yes --force-yes -f install

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Roger Davis (rogerdavis-d) said :
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