Google Earth 4.3 crashes X

bobaye · 09-26-2008, 05:04 PM

I've very recently upgraded my slack desktop from version 11.0 to 12.1
The new install seems to work very well and I'm overall very pleased with it.
Then I re-installed the latest Google Earth and ........ no fun anymore!
The install seemed to go well, no error messages that I recall, but launching it brings up the initialization window, and then locks up X.
Hard lockup too, black screen - no keys work, have to reboot by turning the power off.
I have been searching around for something obvious but I'm not finding much that seems pertinent.
I have read about having OpenGL drivers and xorg configured, but I'm not sure how to check that.
Last thing I checked was glxgears to see if that was Ok, and no it isn't I get "glXCreateContext failed"
I have the Nvidia driver installed, and X still seems to run Ok otherwise.
I did install swfdec last night which I haven't done before. I used SlackBuild packages and took care of dependencies as needed. Firefox plugins show them installed and working. I wonder if that's affecting this?
I'll put up any other revelent info as asked.
Don't know where to go from here though.

raconteur · 09-26-2008, 05:21 PM

The first place to check would be log files.
There may be nothing pertinent in them, but then again, maybe there is.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/messages
/var/log/debug

bobaye · 09-26-2008, 06:38 PM

Here's the logs requested, I do see some items that don't look right, I D/K what they mean -
well anyway -

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X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux <machine_name> 2.6.24.5-smp #2 SMP Wed Apr 30 13:41:38 CDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2008  11:57:32PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 26 13:47:34 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) |   |-->Device "VESA Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local/" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" does not exist.
    Entry deleted from font path.
(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/OTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled.
(**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Speedo/,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
    /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/OTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81d0280
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
    X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
    X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
    X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
    X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)

(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: XXXXXXX
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
   XXXXXXXXXX
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:20:3), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:20:4), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0000 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ XXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) All system resource ranges:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxx
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "type1" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded by default.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.2
    Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
    ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.1.0
    Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
    ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.13.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.2
    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  177.13  Tue Jun 10 16:49:34 PDT 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module.  If
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 7600 GT (G73) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.73.22.51.45
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 7600 GT at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     DELL M992 (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): DELL M992 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (74, 75); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
   XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) GLX: Initialized MESA-PROXY GL provider for screen 0
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse1: Buttons: 9
(**) Mouse1: Sensitivity: 1
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard1: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard1)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) evaluating device (Mouse1)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled

I'll have to post the other logs in another post - this ones at the limit even with some random deletions.

raconteur · 09-26-2008, 07:03 PM

No need to post all of the logs, in fact some of them you may not want public.
Just look through them for anything that might indicate an error.

That being said, I don't see anything wrong with the Xorg log.

bobaye · 09-26-2008, 08:06 PM

Ok, thanks for taking a look though raconteur.
I do know about not posting hardware info - and I'll have to look through that file a little closer.
I guess it seemed mildly humorous to me to be posting memory address's from a video card.
Hacking that could really give someone a headache...........
I'm thinking the OpenGL driver thing might be where I'm headed.
I did see some similar posts from folks running other distro's and I'll have to take a closer look at some of them.

T3slider · 09-28-2008, 09:21 PM

If my memory serves me correctly (which it may not), Google Earth absolutely requires that DRI is enabled. Your X log doesn't suggest that it is, but to check definitively to make sure that is the cause, what is the output of the following command:

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$ glxinfo | grep direct

It *should* say "direct rendering: Yes". However, if it says, no, you must get DRI up and running before you can use Google Earth. You mentioned the nVidia drivers; I'm assuming these are the proprietary drivers. Which version are you using, and how did you install the drivers? What model is your video card? Looking through your log, it suggests reinstalling your nVidia drivers if DRI is not enabled (which I believe is the case). You may wish to try that.

bobaye · 09-29-2008, 12:03 AM

Here's the output -
<machine_name>~$ glxinfo | grep direct
Error: glXCreateContext failed
I was asking around a bit about from local folks I know and the popular opinion seems to be that OpenGL must be working for Google Earth.
The Error above prints on any glx check I've done so far, not so big a deal really, I'm curious though.
The rest of the desktop works without issues (well the taskbar lock up thing, but that's a three year old bug now on KDE).
I just wonder if I didn't kill GLx with the swfdec install. I haven't been able to find much info on that yet.
My Nvidia X-server settings give no hint about DRI. The help window shows me the page where it should be, but has no specs there.

adriv · 10-01-2008, 04:40 PM

Reinstall the Nvidia driver, as suggested in the log:

Code:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module.  If
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.

Also, There are other reports of Google Earth crashing X (+ solution), read this.