Google Earth for Linux works on FreeBSD

[Matt Reimer]

On 6/14/06, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander at leidinger.net> wrote:
> Quoting Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner <lopisaur at gmail.com> (from
> Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:26:37 -0400):
>
> >> > I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm using linux_base-rh-9, could
> >> > this be the problem?
>
> Yes. The port is known to not behave well.
>
> >> I'm using linux_base-8 and google-earth "just works".
> >> Do you have an up-to-date linux-XFree86-libs port installed? Did you
> >> read the note at /usr/ports/x11/linux-XFree86-libs/files/pkg-install.in?
>
> > As for linux-XFree86-libs, yes.
> > linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7     =   up-to-date with port
> > I used ldconfig as
> > per /usr/ports/x11/linux-XFree86-libs/files/pkg-install.in, but I keep
> > on getting the same error (libXext.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid).
> > Maybe it's because of linux-gtk2? I'm running 2.4.14_3 (port has
> > 2.4.14_4).
>
> No, it's not because of linux-gtk2.
>
> Please install a linux base port which is known to behave well. Either
> the default one, or linux_base-fc4 (you should install the linux-xorg
> port then, but you will not have hardware acceleration then, since the
> linux_dri port is not updated).

Works for me with hardware acceleration on nvidia GeForce FX 5500 and
the following linux ports:

ls -d /var/db/pkg/linux*
/var/db/pkg/linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_7/
/var/db/pkg/linux-atk-1.8.0_2/
/var/db/pkg/linux-expat-1.95.7_1/
/var/db/pkg/linux-firefox-1.5.0.4/
/var/db/pkg/linux-flashplugin-7.0r63/
/var/db/pkg/linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_4/
/var/db/pkg/linux-glib2-2.4.8_2/
/var/db/pkg/linux-gtk2-2.4.14_4/
/var/db/pkg/linux-hicolor-icon-theme-0.5/
/var/db/pkg/linux-jpeg-6b.33_1/
/var/db/pkg/linux-pango-1.6.0_2/
/var/db/pkg/linux-panorama-tools-2.6b1_3/
/var/db/pkg/linux-png-1.2.8_1/
/var/db/pkg/linux-realplayer-10.0.7.785.20060201/
/var/db/pkg/linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.10/
/var/db/pkg/linux-tiff-3.6.1_6/
/var/db/pkg/linux_base-8-8.0_15/
/var/db/pkg/linux_dri-4.4.0/
/var/db/pkg/linuxpluginwrapper-20051113/

Matt