[gentoo-user] googleearth

[gentoo-user] googleearth

[Matthew R. Lee]

Google earth upgraded over the weekend to version 4.2.205.5730. It installed 
fine but it runs like shit. The rendering is so slow as to be completely 
unusable. The previous version worked fine so I tried to go back to it but 
it's gone, at least according to eix.
Anybody else having the same problem? Nobody's mentioned it on this list or on 
the forums sofar.
Where do I start to find a solution?
Hardware: Compaq Presario V5000 laptop
Precessor: Celeron M 1.46GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphics: Intel 945GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Controller

Saludos
Matt

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Dr. Matthew R. Lee
Instituto Biologia Marina 'Jurgen Winter'
Universidad Austral de Chile
Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia

matt@matthewlee.org

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Re: [gentoo-user] googleearth

[Dale]

Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> Google earth upgraded over the weekend to version 4.2.205.5730. It installed 
> fine but it runs like shit. The rendering is so slow as to be completely 
> unusable. The previous version worked fine so I tried to go back to it but 
> it's gone, at least according to eix.
> Anybody else having the same problem? Nobody's mentioned it on this list or on 
> the forums sofar.
> Where do I start to find a solution?
> Hardware: Compaq Presario V5000 laptop
> Precessor: Celeron M 1.46GHz
> RAM: 2GB
> Graphics: Intel 945GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Controller
>
> Saludos
> Matt
>
>   

Well, I'm not going to lock myself into a agreement but you can try 
starting here:  http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html  I would 
start close to the bottom where it says this:  "Download the previous 
version".  That may help.  It may go back a little farther or you may 
want to try moving to a even newer version where your "issue" may be fixed.

Hope that helps.  Just wish I could get off this stinking dial-up so I 
can play with it too.  :-( 

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] googleearth

[Matthew R. Lee]

On Monday 11 August 2008 19:46:22 Dale wrote:
> Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> > Google earth upgraded over the weekend to version 4.2.205.5730. It
> > installed fine but it runs like shit. The rendering is so slow as to be
> > completely unusable. The previous version worked fine so I tried to go
> > back to it but it's gone, at least according to eix.
> > Anybody else having the same problem? Nobody's mentioned it on this list
> > or on the forums sofar.
> > Where do I start to find a solution?
> > Hardware: Compaq Presario V5000 laptop
> > Precessor: Celeron M 1.46GHz
> > RAM: 2GB
> > Graphics: Intel 945GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Controller
> >
> > Saludos
> > Matt
>
> Well, I'm not going to lock myself into a agreement but you can try
> starting here:  http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html  I would
> start close to the bottom where it says this:  "Download the previous
> version".  That may help.  It may go back a little farther or you may
> want to try moving to a even newer version where your "issue" may be fixed.
>
> Hope that helps.  Just wish I could get off this stinking dial-up so I
> can play with it too.  :-(
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

Just a follow up to this short thread. Sorry it's been a couple of weeks but 
I've been away doing field work. The problem with the new version of google 
earth is the atmosphere. Rendering thin air appears to be a resource hog. To 
restore normal function, deselect Atmosphere in the view menu.
Saludos
Matt

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Dr. Matthew R. Lee
Instituto Biologia Marina 'Jurgen Winter'
Universidad Austral de Chile
Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia

matt@matthewlee.org

URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org
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