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diff --git a/gis/google-earth/README b/gis/google-earth/README index 941e5bece5060..a39cf206a7b18 100644 --- a/gis/google-earth/README +++ b/gis/google-earth/README @@ -19,32 +19,24 @@ This should be safe to ignore - it will use other fonts (and the DejaVu fonts included with Slackware are based on the Bitstream fonts). NOTES: -1) Google updates the GoogleEarth bin-file without changing the download - link location and they don't use version numbering in the filename - (the version is more an internal numbering). - - Therefore, this script is subject to failing (and a different MD5SUM) - at any time due to the fact that you might get a newer version - of GoogleEarth than what the script is designed to use. Please notify - the maintainer if this is the case. - -2) Google Earth 7 is "LSB compliant" meaning it was built on a LSB system. - Slackware however does not have that symlink which is part of the LSB 3.0 - specification. You'll need to create the symlink manually after installing - the package: - - 32-bit: ln -sf /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3 - 64-bit: ln -sf /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 - -3) Google Earth tends to crash when the 65-fonts-persian.conf is available on - the system. Please remove /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf prior to - launching this application. The easiest way to do this is: +1) Google Earth 7 is "LSB compliant" meaning it was built on a LSB + system. Slackware however does not have that symlink which is part + of the LSB 3.0 specification. Before, you had to add that symlink + manually; that is now handled in doinst.sh. + +2) Google Earth sometimes crashes when the 65-fonts-persian.conf is + available on the system. If you experience crashes, try removing + /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf prior to launching this + application. The easiest way to do this is: mv /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf \ /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf.old -4) GoogleEarth now requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on your +3) GoogleEarth requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on your system (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so will cause X to crash. -5) On 32 bit, the VERSION is still at 7.3.0.3832. +4) This is the legacy version 7.3.0, which is confirmed to run on + Slackware 14.2. The newer versions (7.3.1 and later) tend to hang + on 14.2. On startup, a nag screen will pop up advising you that a + new version is availble, which you can safely ignore. |