[ltp] Google earth problem on T23
Timothy Murphy
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:28:56 +0000
On Sat 03 Nov 2007, Jiang Qian wrote:
> > I'm having some problems with the latest Google Earth - version 4.2 -
> > on my ThinkPad T23 under Fedora 7 (Linux).
> > It freezes sometimes when zooming in,
> > and I have to re-boot the machine.
> >
> > I wonder if anyone else has the same problem,
> > or if there is anything one can do about it?
> It'll help if you identify your graphic card and driver version. For
> example, what's the output of typing
> glxinfo
> in a terminal? Also, try running googleearth from terminal and record
> any possible error messages. Run on console:
> googleearch &> /tmp/googlearth_errors &
> and after your freeze and reboot, take a look at the end of the file
> /tmp/googleearth_errors and report it here.
> Also, do you have any temperature reading from your processor? Maybe
> it's overheating.
> These actions may help the list identifying problems for you.
Thanks very much for your comments.
Basically, I was wondering if anyone had had problems
with the latest googleearth.
But these are the answers to the tests you suggest;
apologies for giving it all, but I'm not sure what is relevant:
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[tim@elizabeth ~]$ lspci
...
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)
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[tim@elizabeth ~]$ sudo glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: S3 Graphics Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI SuperSavage 20061110 AGP 1x x86/MMX/SSE
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 6.5.2
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object,
GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_MESA_window_pos,
GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_OES_read_format,
GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x27 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x28 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x29 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2c 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2e 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2f 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x30 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x31 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x4b 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon
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[tim@elizabeth ~]$ cat /tmp/googlearth_errors
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wait event returned -16
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[tim@elizabeth ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM0/temperature
temperature: 48 C
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