Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] googleearth
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:03:27
Message-Id: 200808241503.48607.gentoo@matthewlee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] googleearth by Dale
1 On Monday 11 August 2008 19:46:22 Dale wrote:
2 > Matthew R. Lee wrote:
3 > > Google earth upgraded over the weekend to version 4.2.205.5730. It
4 > > installed fine but it runs like shit. The rendering is so slow as to be
5 > > completely unusable. The previous version worked fine so I tried to go
6 > > back to it but it's gone, at least according to eix.
7 > > Anybody else having the same problem? Nobody's mentioned it on this list
8 > > or on the forums sofar.
9 > > Where do I start to find a solution?
10 > > Hardware: Compaq Presario V5000 laptop
11 > > Precessor: Celeron M 1.46GHz
12 > > RAM: 2GB
13 > > Graphics: Intel 945GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Controller
14 > >
15 > > Saludos
16 > > Matt
17 >
18 > Well, I'm not going to lock myself into a agreement but you can try
19 > starting here: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html I would
20 > start close to the bottom where it says this: "Download the previous
21 > version". That may help. It may go back a little farther or you may
22 > want to try moving to a even newer version where your "issue" may be fixed.
23 >
24 > Hope that helps. Just wish I could get off this stinking dial-up so I
25 > can play with it too. :-(
26 >
27 > Dale
28 >
29 > :-) :-)
30
31 Just a follow up to this short thread. Sorry it's been a couple of weeks but
32 I've been away doing field work. The problem with the new version of google
33 earth is the atmosphere. Rendering thin air appears to be a resource hog. To
34 restore normal function, deselect Atmosphere in the view menu.
35 Saludos
36 Matt
37
38 --
39 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
40 Dr. Matthew R. Lee
41 Instituto Biologia Marina 'Jurgen Winter'
42 Universidad Austral de Chile
43 Campus Isla Teja
44 Valdivia
45
46 matt@××××××××××.org
47
48 URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org
49 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%