Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 22:01 +, Tyler wrote: > > This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, > > but you don't experience it as slow? > > > Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP > with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Tyler
This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, but you don't experience it as slow? Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus it doesn't crash, so... Anyway, first of all, make sure h

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 04:06 +, Tyler wrote: > Ok, it looks like I've sort of figured out my problem. > > I was using the "vesa" driver instead of the "i810" driver. So I changed > that field in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, gave and updated the identifier > appropriately(?). The modified lines in xo

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-07 Thread Tyler
Ok, it looks like I've sort of figured out my problem. I was using the "vesa" driver instead of the "i810" driver. So I changed that field in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, gave and updated the identifier appropriately(?). The modified lines in xorg.conf are: Section "Device" Identifier

google earth and graphics drivers

2006-12-07 Thread Tyler
Hi, I'm trying to use Google Earth. Every time I run it I get the following message: You are currently running Google Earth in 'OpenGL' with software emulation. In this mode, Google Earth will work but it will run very slowly. If you want to run Google Earth more quickly we suggest that you