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System: Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bit) and ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon]

@Stephen Bathgate - post #23
Thanks Stephen, and apols for the belated reply.

It's cured now... by following this procedure, most of which is from post #30 above, for which I'm extremely grateful.
Well done huizache!

If you're reading this and you're a Linux Guru then please forgive me
ungeekyness below - it's the best I can do.

Anyway, I did this: Go get GoogleEarth from:
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
You now have a file: GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Open a terminal and go to your download directory:
cd your-download-directory
Make executable:
sudo chmod 777 GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Install by running:
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

It'll install into ~/google-earth (btw there's an uninstall program in
that directory).

When I try to run this it opens the GoogleEarth page, and the 'Show tips
at startup' window on top. Then it crashes out.

However...

You need to be quick enough to close the 'Show tips at startup' window before it crashes.
Then Tools => Options => General => untick show tips at startup

And it works!

And on Ubuntu (Lucid, 10.4) there's a desktop icon. Delete it, and put
one in from Applications => Internet => rightclick GoogleEarth and add
launcher to desktop

Job done!

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