googleearth requires running GNOME session ever since installing ubuntu-desktop

[ThorstenNY]

Google Earth used to work fine on my (KDE-only) Kubuntu Feisty installation.

However, after installing ubuntu-desktop, googleearth hangs with the splash screen and 100% CPU use when started in KDE, unless I have a GNOME session running (under a different user name.)

It seems as if GE now insists on (previously not installed) GNOME-related (GTK?) libraries, which only work when GNOME is running.

Graphics acceleration is still working (using fglrx on an ATI Radeon Mobility M300.) Nothing is written to the logs or the konsole (if googleearth is started from there.)

I'm not sure if I should file a bug against kubuntu, ubuntu, googleearth, or what!

Thorsten

[dibl]

Re: googleearth requires running GNOME session ever since installing ubuntu-desk

Hmmmmmmmmmm.

I have Google Earth working fine on my Kubuntu system, and also Google Earth working fine on my Ubuntu installation (on the same hardware platform). I guess your bug report is against "Kubuntu when corrupted with a Gnome desktop"!

[ThorstenNY]

Re: googleearth requires running GNOME session ever since installing ubuntu-desk

I guess your bug report is against "Kubuntu when corrupted with a Gnome desktop"!

Got a URL for that?

In any case, I'm not sure what is happening there. Thought somebody might have an idea...

Thorsten

[SheeEttin]

Re: googleearth requires running GNOME session ever since installing ubuntu-desktop

Tried starting it from a console to see if it says anything?

[ThorstenNY]

Re: googleearth requires running GNOME session ever since installing ubuntu-desk

Tried starting it from a console to see if it says anything?

As I was writing earlier, "Nothing is written to ... the konsole (if googleearth is started from there.)"