This is an older bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/35741
but seems to indicate that nvidia drivers interfere with mesa. One of
the posters corrected the problem by removing xorg-driver-fglrx and
fglrx-control. These packages are not installed on my Dell, and I have
GE worki
Do another update/upgrade today. Some of the Xorg packages were broke
yesterday, and seem to be fixed today.
-Original Message-
From: ImChipBrown
Reply-to: Bug 295934 <295...@bugs.launchpad.net>
To: a...@sailor.nu
Subject: [Bug 295934] Re: [i965GME] missing characters in Google Earth
wit
It's not necessary to upgrade from an iso. You can just change the
references in /etc/apt/sources.list from hardy to jaunty, do apt-get
update, then apt-get dist-upgrade. Aside from my Dell hanging up for a
couple of minutes when kernel nfs drivers are loaded (I subsequently
disabled them), Jaunt
I can confirm that upgrading to Jaunty seems to have fixed the problem.
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[GME965] missing characters in Google Earth with DRI enabled
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Supplement to previous report. Replaced libgl1-mesa-glx with libgl1
-mesa-swx11. Google Earth works perfectly but slow.
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[GME965] missing characters in Google Earth with DRI enabled
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Same on Dell Inspiron 1525, Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c).
Lost characters and corrupted display of earth image, even with
atmosphere turned off, 16 bit color, safe mode, etc.
Ubuntu 8.10, upgrade from Hardy and all additional updates applied.
Googl
