googleearth doesn't load map images

[Emmanuel Averty]

I can't see any map in googleearth, a white "picture" replace the actual map images (as you can see in the attachment).
Something important : while the Medibuntu package was installed, I install the Google distribution of googleearth (which goes in /opt directory). This distribution worked fine (I could see the maps). But, at the same time so do the Medibuntu package ! So I tried to remove the Google package by deleting the googleearth directory in /opt. Then, the medibuntu package didn't work anymore.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: medibuntu
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: googleearth 5.0.11337.1968-0medibuntu10
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: googleearth
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
UnreportableReason: Ceci n'est pas un authentique paquet Ubuntu

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report. Since it works with a manually installed version, this is probably a packaging issue. I'll try to look into it.

[Emmanuel Averty (manal)]

Sorry, I made a mistake in my bug report. I thought the medibuntu package did work while the Google one was too. But it doesn't. I always see the white pictures.

[Farvil (farvil)]

Hi,
As Manal said, the problem is not due to the medibuntu package because the problem is the same with the google installator.
A bypass solution is to set fail-safe graphical mode ("utiliser le mode sans echecs" in french) in google earth options.

[Jean Pierre Becker (jeanpierre-becker)]

Same problem.

The ("utiliser le mode sans echecs" in french) in google earth options works bab. En redémarant le logiciel, la case ne reste pas cochée.

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Remarque

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 Google Earth n'a pas pu écrire
dans l'emplacement actuel du cache ou du fichier Mes Mes lieux préféres. Les valeurs seront définies de la valeur suivante

Chemin Mes lieux préférés: "/home/xxxx/.googleearth"
Chemin du cache : "/home/xxxx,/.googleearth/Cache

[Jérémy Subtil (bigmadwolf)]

Farvil's workaround worked for me, I got rid of the white map. I am using the Medibuntu package in Karmic.

For information, here is my graphic card description from lspci :

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600] (rev a3)

I'm using the nvidia-96 drivers.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Could you check that you have the correct permissions on googleearth's cache dir? ($HOME/.googleearth should be owned by your user, not root)

[Emmanuel Averty (manal)]

Fail-safe graphical mode works for me too.

[Julian Klein (margin-auto)]

I've got the same problems on my system. After installing with Google's own installer, it displays the warning, that it can't write to the cache and the settings directory:

"Google Earth konnte nicht in den aktuellen Speicherort der Datei im Cache oder in "Meine Orte" schreiben. Die Werte werden wie folgt festgelegt:
"Meine Orte"-Pfad: "/home/user/.googleearth"
Cache-Pfad: "/home/user/.googleearth/Cache""

No changes in the settings or in My Places are saved, they're gone on next program startup.
When I start Google Earth as root, the dir /root/.googleearth/ is created and the settings are saved correctly there.
The dir ~/.googleearth exits, belongs to my standard user and is writable.

Additionally: After I tried the medibuntu package (previous deinstallation of the Google version), no Image (earth, stars, whatever) is displayed in the Google Earth window.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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