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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:17:11 -0400
From:      Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner <lopisaur@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net>, Adi Pircalabu <apircalabu@bitdefender.com>, flz@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Google Earth for Linux works on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <1150287431.79709.4.camel@hellion.clcw>
In-Reply-To: <20060614114451.fyq7wc1rvs4o0w0s@netchild.homeip.net>
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On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 11:44 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> (from Wed, 14 Jun 2006  
> 18:08:56 +0900):
> 
> > Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> >> Quoting Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> (from Wed, 14 Jun 2006   
> >> 14:12:56 +0900):
> >>
> >>> Works here with some glitch.
> >>> I got one time crash and probably it is not related to FreeBSD. Did
> >>> portupgrade few days ago.
> >>>
> >>> -----------------------------------------------------
> >>> gdaemon# googleearth
> >>> Google Earth has caught signal 11.
> >>>
> >>> Stacktrace from glibc:
> >>> ./googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x212) [0x804ab32]
> >>> ./googleearth-bin [0x804b133]
> >>> /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0x29d289ad]
> >>> [0xbfbfffbf]
> >>
> >>> /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0x29d22aea]
> >>> /lib/libc.so.6(__clone+0x57) [0x29cc8017]
> >>
> >> Please tell us the linux_base port and linux-X11 port you use with   
> >> every bug report.
> > Sorry about that. When I installed google-earth from ports there were
> > installed following as  a dependency packages:
> >
> > linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7 XFree86 libraries, Linux binary
> > linux_base-8-8.0_15 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for   
> > i386/amd64)
> > linux_dri-4.4.0     Binary Linux DRI libraries for 3D hardware   
> > acceleration of
> >
> >
> >>
> >> This may be a problem with the linux base port you are using.
> >>
> >> If you use any linux_base port different from the default one or   
> >> from fc4, please deinstall it it and install a "good one".
> >
> > Which one is "good one" then? I thought it could pick up the good one
> 
> The default one and the fcX ones are "good" (as in "officially  
> supported by FreeBSD"). But the default one is outdated (the fc4 one  
> is on the ports build cluster for testing it as an replacement ATM).  
> Maybe you want to give the fc4 one a try (since it is withhin the  
> range of supported distributions listed in the google earth  
> requirements). To do this you have to add
>    OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=fc4
> to /etc/make.conf and replace "linux-XFree86-libs" with  
> "linux-xorg-libs" in ports/Mk/bsd.port/mk. After this you can update  
> with:
>    portupgrade -f -o emulators/linux_base-fc4 linux_base
>    portupgrade -f -o x11/linux-xorg-libs linux-XFree86-libs
> 
> > during the installation as a dependency. Maybe I'm wrong here or
> > google-earth port should be updated to use good linux_base port.
> 
> We should see fc4 as the new default one "soon".
> 
> >> If you use fc4, you also have to use the linux-xorg libs instead of  
> >>  the XFree86 ones (you most likely will not have hardware   
> >> acceleration then, we haven't updated the linux_dri port yet).
> >
> > Google-earth complained using OpenGL with software emulation.  FYI, I
> > have i945G board with integrated graphic card.
> 
> Updating the linux_dri port after switching the default linux base  
> port is on the TODO list. But you need working hardware acceleration  
> with a native program first.
> 
> Bye,
> Alexander.
> 

I'm using rh-9 and XFree86. Yesterday I tried fc3 to no avail, went back
to rh-9.
Once I'm done with work later today, I'll go with fc4 and the linux-xorg
libs; will report back thereafter.

Guys, thanks a lot for the quick responses!


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Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner
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lopisaur@acelerate.com
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