-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.
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