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googleearth-package package

GoogleEarth Not Working ?

Bug #580023 reported by Bruce R
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Bug Description

Having just installed LinuxMint-9 RC version and found most favourites that I have added to be working, I thought I'd try a favourite in LinuxMint-7 and LinuxMint-8, ie GoogleEarth.
Package or Software Manager offered googleearth, googleearth-data and googleearth-package (and dependencies), but no matter what I then do, only the Hints and Tips window appears and operates, with the main Google Earth window being blank, so is a vital dependency link missing or something ?

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Bruce R (bm007a0030) wrote :

Thank you someone.

Today's Updates or repository dependency changes have resulted in the added Google Earth initialising properly and the main window springing into life !

I can once again enjoy one of my favourite 'toys' in installed 'justDVD', 64-bit LinuxMint-9.

For the record, Problem solved !

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Bruce R (bm007a0030) wrote :

Oops, spoke too soon, it's stopped working !
Start-Up Tip working, with a blank main window again.

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Bruce R (bm007a0030) wrote :

A belated afterthought.

Could the current Isadora version packages have an embedded 'run only once' hidden flag capability, unlike the Gloria and Helena versions ?

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Bruce R (bm007a0030) wrote :

Wow, this is really weird.

Having 'left it running', displaying a blanked window, decided to 'drag'n'drop' reduce the blanked window size and it then suddenly sprang into life !

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Bruce R (bm007a0030) wrote :

I am now used to maximise/un-maximise/maximise a few seconds after invoking it, so I'd now call it 'a quirk', not 'a serious bug'.

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Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre) wrote :

Hi Bruce R,

Thanks for reporting this bug to us. It looks like there could be a problem either in the googleearth package or the graphics drivers you're using.

Marking as upstream.

Changed in linuxmint:
status: New → Triaged
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