Inserting Google Earth video

Hello,
I've downloaded the trial version of Google Earth Pro and created a couple of "tours", movements from locations with Google Eath imagery which I might like to use in a film. The Google Earth Pro information says their service, when licence is purchased, is designed to be used in films, yet I can not see how that would work. The files the "tours" create are .KMZ and are tiny. In short they are not the kind of data filled files that one could conceive of importing into FC. Does anyone know how this Google Earth service might work? Are there any on-line resources I could turn to? So far I've not been able to locate any.
Thanks.

Google also have a Pro version that you get to pay money for so you can use all the maps with all the zooming in and stuff. They even give you an option to convert it to an FCP comptible codec.
I just ask one of my English mates thats a wizzkid on Windows and he nicks it all off Bing for me.

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Working with WMV Google Earth Video

Howdy. I am attempting to integrate a Google Earth movie I recorded (WMV format) into my project and to put it lightly... it's not going well. Not only is it unable to render the timeline in the project window when it gets to the wmv footage (just gets stuck while audio continues), but it takes an insanely long time to render... six hours for a 30 second clip.
I took a shot at transcoding the clip using handbrake to mp4 but it crashed instantly when added to the premier timeline.
Sorry for the ametuerish question. As you can tell, I'm new at this. Any help is much appreciated.

Good news. AME is a good "converter" too, and is often overlooked. While it might not have the range of some dedicated conversion apps., when it can work with footage, it does a good job.
Thanks for reporting your success!
Good luck,
Hunt

[SOLVED] Google Earth doesn't work with xf86-video-ati

Hi all,
I'm having a problem with the open-source ATI drivers. I haven't had much luck finding out anything from anywhere else, so I'm hoping someone here can help.
Whenever I start Google Earth, the graphics run EXTREMELY slowly, almost as if it's running on a system with low memory. I'm running an Acer Extensa 4420 with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 64-bit processor with 2GB of RAM. As mentioned before, I'm running on the open-source xf86-video-ati drivers, but this is the only app that gives me problems. GL screensavers run fine, and glxgears runs without any significant input. Running Google Earth in terminal also gives no output.
And I'm not sure if this is related, but closing Google Earth also crashes X.
Here's xorg.conf:
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
#Free86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules
# Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
Load "dri"
Load "drm"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
# Server flags section.
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
Option "DontZap" "no"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# Option "Dont Zoom"
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.
# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.
# Option "DisableModInDev"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).
# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
# Input devices
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "acer_laptop"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,de"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:lwin_switch,grp_led:num,eurosign:e"
EndSection
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "AlwaysCore" "true" # send events to CorePointer
#Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "SHMConfig" "false" # configurable at runtime? security risk
Option "LeftEdge" "1700" # x coord left
Option "RightEdge" "5300" # x coord right
Option "TopEdge" "1700" # y coord top
Option "BottomEdge" "4200" # y coord bottom
Option "FingerLow" "25" # pressure below this level triggers release
Option "FingerHigh" "30" # pressure above this level triggers touch
Option "MaxTapTime" "180" # max time in ms for detecting tap
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" # enable vertical scroll zone
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" # enable horizontal scroll zone
Option "CornerCoasting" "true" # enable continuous scroll with finger in corner
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30" # corner coasting speed
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the vertical scroll
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the horizontal scroll
Option "MinSpeed" "0.10" # speed factor for low pointer movement
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60" # maximum speed factor for fast pointer movement
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020" # acceleration factor for normal pointer movements
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
EndSection
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Monitor section
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer Laptop"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-90
EndSection
# Graphics device section
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.
Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# Device configured by xorgconfig:
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
#VideoRam 262144
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"
Option "EXAVSync" "yes"
Option "ForceTVOut" "true"
Option "TVStandard" "ntsc"
EndSection
# Screen sections
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI Radeon"
Monitor "Acer Laptop"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1200x800"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# ServerLayout sections.
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.
Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
Screen "Screen 1"
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Here's my drirc:
<driconf>
<device screen="0" driver="r300">
<application name="Default">
<option name="force_s3tc_enable" value="false" />
<option name="texture_coord_units" value="8" />
<option name="fthrottle_mode" value="2" />
<option name="disable_stencil_two_side" value="false" />
<option name="tcl_mode" value="3" />
<option name="texture_depth" value="0" />
<option name="fp_optimization" value="0" />
<option name="def_max_anisotropy" value="1.0" />
<option name="no_rast" value="false" />
<option name="command_buffer_size" value="8" />
<option name="round_mode" value="0" />
<option name="dither_mode" value="0" />
<option name="disable_lowimpact_fallback" value="true" />
<option name="texture_image_units" value="8" />
<option name="disable_s3tc" value="false" />
<option name="color_reduction" value="1" />
<option name="vblank_mode" value="1" />
</application>
<application name="Google Earth" executable="googleearth">
</application>
</device>
</driconf>
Last edited by coolpyrofreak (2009-07-03 05:56:18)

I had the same problem (slow googleearth) with ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1 (IGP 320m).
This .drirc solves it. I don't have an xorg.conf.
- no need for the 'disable_lowimpact_fallback' option
- no need to turn off 'atmosphere'
cat .drirc
<driconf>
<device screen="0" driver="radeon">
<application name="Default">
<option name="force_s3tc_enable" value="false" />
<option name="no_rast" value="false" />
<option name="fthrottle_mode" value="2" />
<option name="tcl_mode" value="3" />
<option name="texture_depth" value="0" />
<option name="def_max_anisotropy" value="1.0" />
<option name="no_neg_lod_bias" value="false" />
<option name="texture_units" value="3" />
<option name="dither_mode" value="0" />
<option name="hyperz" value="true" />
<option name="round_mode" value="0" />
<option name="color_reduction" value="1" />
<option name="vblank_mode" value="0" />
<option name="allow_large_textures" value="1" />
</application>
</device>
</driconf>

Can you use Apple Maps to make guided tours and video recordings, similar to Google Earth Pro?

Hi Fellow Apple's
I am using Google Earth Pro to make tours, I'm using the build in Movie Maker function to export the tours as video clips. Now my question is if there's anyway to do the same in Maps.? Perhaps I'm not the only one looking for a feature like this?
Cheers,
Mick

No.

Google earth error: no video IRQ, terrible framerates

do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly.
Try running with LIBGL_THROTTLE_REFRESH and LIBL_SYNC_REFRESH unset.
glxgears seems fine. video is i810 and xorg7.1.

Same problem. Until today's upgrade (libgl-dri, mesa), gl didn't work well. Today, the framerates are up to normal (which for me means c. 1000), and Google Earth works correctly again, but the error message is still there. I could ignore it, of course...

Youtube videos under google earth

Hello guys!
I'm running arch64 and so far I've never been able to watch youtube videos around the world under google earth.
I'm running bin-32-google-earth but I've tried to install from the binarie too and same thing happens, when I want to watch these videso I only get get a white window and the video never starts.
I have to precise that I can see every youtube videos with firefox, even with google maps.
Maybe I have a clue about this, couldn't this be a 64bit/flash thing issue?
If someone is actually able to watch them under google earth (arch64) please let me know;)
Here is what I have:
Last edited by ronin (2010-06-12 13:18:55)

You are using Google Earth 32-bit edition so you should try to add the 32-bit flash plugin. A 64-bit plugin wont work with a 32-bit program or vice-versa.

Google Earth or other fun services for Flash C4

I´m wondering if I can integrate Googles API in Flash CS4.
I´ loolking for fun and useful API:s motsly for Sweden like:
- translating
- video upload and mapping
- maps with uploaded local potos.
- Gps position
- Google Earth - not Flash earth (it´s boring)
- ans so on.

yes Google maps can be inserted in flash using Google Api for Flash.
You can find more info on Google
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/

[ISSUE FOUND] Help Request Stabilizing Google Earth 7.1

Good Morning Fellow Archers,
Arch is my main OS, I have a Windows 7 partition for Games (Skyrim).
I am x86_64, running the 32bit libs, NVidia GTX-660 platform, with the "ck" kernel option for my Piledriver CPU with the associated "ck" nvidia modules. The system works very nicely. And I couldn't be happier with Arch as a distribution!
I have started cycling in the last 7 months for health reasons, and in preparation for a disabled veterans Sea to Shining Sea ride in 2014 that I want to participate in (San Fran to Virginia Beach). I use Google Earth (G.E.) to map out various long-distance trails/paths locally to take as training runs with my riding partner.
I use Google Earth in my Windows 7 partition because I cannot get Google Earth 7.1 running stably under Arch. And I openly acknowledge that the "path" section of G.E. is glitchy in and of itself....platform independent. I am OK with that.
Yesterday, I followed some other threads and downloaded from the AUR. I installed the one package I needed, "ld-lsb", installed, and then did the usual "makepkg -s" for Google Earth. What it brought down was the x86_64 version of Google Earth, instead of the i386 version that I was expecting, mentioned on the AUR page.
There was no resultant ".xz" package from which to do a "pacman -U". But the layout was kind obvious where to put things so I manually moved things around as indicated. There was a launcher script that came with the tarball that set environment variables and performed some font stuff before actually launching G.E.
I launched G.E. using the included launching script from a cli, so I could observe what was going wrong. G.E. came right up, and the fonts did not look wierd as in previous releases. There are a lot of repetitive errors showing up in the cli, but G.E. at least runs.....until....You click on a photo or a place, add more than a few "nodes" to a "path". Instant crash, no signal traps, no nothing...it just vanishes into thin air. And it will not launch again until I restart my D.E. and/or "zap" the "X" server. I am assuming this is necessary to clear out some environment variables that are temporary in nature that the launcher script setup, although I do not know this for sure.
I have included the copy-n-paste error trail from the cli at the bottom of this post.
I have also attempted to install the Windows version under Wine to get around the issue, with no luck. The G.E. installer can't seem to find the internet conenction and dies. The wine-gecko app is installed, as I have one other Windows specific reference software package installed under Wine...that uses the network to update itself. It works just fine....telling me that my Wine install is OK.
I see that others using Arch seem to have G.E. running stably......
I am requesting assistance to get my G.E. installation stable as well. I have no idea where to start....
Some assistance please?
Sincerely and respectfully,
Dave.
//----------------Begin cut-n-paste of typical errors leading up to a crash------------------//
[0514/101324:ERROR:net_util.cc(2195)] Not implemented reached in bool net::HaveOnlyLoopbackAddresses()
[0514/101325:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP handler.
[0514/101325:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP handler.
Last edited by dcbdbis (2013-05-15 01:54:26)

I did one more test......
I rebooted with the stock Arch kernel and stock modules for NVidia......The issue remains. The problem is not specific to the "ck" kernel series and their associated video modules.
One more tidbit...I am running pure systemd.......and 16Gb of ram that memtest86 "blesses". And I am not overclocked in any way. The AMD Piledriver (bulldozer Rev II) doesn't need it at all...and I don't like pushing things anyway. I use the "ck" kernels because I can get them compiled specifically for my CPU and I do notice significant responsiveness gains. A Thank You is in order to graysky for providing these kernels.
Dave.
Last edited by dcbdbis (2013-05-14 16:29:14)

Problems w/MS Office 2008 & Google Earth Ever Since Snow Leopard "Upgrade"

I probably should have checked this forum before taking my son's advice to upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6. Ever since this upgrade, I've had repeated and frustrating problems with two applications: MS Office 2008 for the Mac and Google Earth for the Mac.
Note that I did an "in-place" upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard, i.e., I inserted the installation DVD into my iMac and then double-clicked on "Install Mac OS X".
Office 2008: Ever since the Snow Leopard upgrade, MS Office 2008 has been crashing. Typically, it's Entourage crashing when a crash does occur because that's the office app that I run 95% of the time. However, whenever Entourage crashes and I try to launch Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, they won't launch either... The icons will bounce a few times in the dock but won't run. (The Entourage crash is the only Office App that actually generates a crash window.) Note that there are two identities configured on my iMac, both of which which use Entourage. The key thing about this situation is that when the Office 2008 crash does occur, restarting the iMac ALWAYS resolves the problem until the next time a crash occurs. I've tried to determine what combination of events, i.e., apps open/being used in either/both identities, etc. is the trigger, but I can't find anything obvious. Sometimes I can use the iMac for a whole day without a crash, but that's unusual. If Entourage is left open in both identities, maybe a couple of days will pass without a crash, but invariably it happens again, and then it's reboot time again. In cases where Entourage is left running (in one or both identities), we will still eventually get a crash in one of them if one of us tries to open a WinWord attachment (with a "Not enough memory to run Word" error). If at that point I close Entourage and try to restart it, it crashes. I've tried everything I could find on the Office for the Mac forums, including deleting duplicate fonts, doing a safe start-up, fixing disk permissions via Disk Utility, zapping the PRAM, turning filing sharing off then on (including deleting everything listed in the Shared Folders section), logging out/logging back in, etc., all to no avail. One of the Office 2008 for the Mac forum contributors suggested that the problem was with my Snow Leopard Install, but then a contributor to another more general Apple forum blames Office for Mac. (This is exactly the sort of finger-pointing exercise that I'd hoped to avoid when I made the plunge from being a long-time Windows user to becoming an OS X user...; - )
Google Earth: This just flat-out WILL NOT RUN ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard. When I try to run it, it bounces in the dock for about a minute then just stops, staying fixed to the dock until I do a Force-Quit. (I don't have it permanently tethered to the dock since I only use it occasionally.) I've tried deleting/reinstalling, including Google Earth's suggestions to remove files from my identity's Google Earth folder in the Library folder, but no dice.
My take on all of this is that despite all of Apple's advertising to the contrary, their OS (including updates to their OS) isn't necessarily as trouble-free/stable as their anti-Windows spots would have you believe. Sorry for this long post, but any help would be much appreciated.

I left my system running all day in 64-bit kernel mode. (I left Entourage running the whole time.) Just now closed Entourage and tried reopening it. Same deal with Google Earth. They both crashed. Here's a screen paste of the entire Microsoft crash log for Entourage:
Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0
Error Signature:
Exception: EXCBADACCESS
Date/Time: 2010-01-29 16:28:12 -0500
Application Name: Microsoft Entourage
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Entourage
Application Signature: OPIM
Application Version: 12.2.3.091001
Crashed Module Name: EntourageCore
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00015ef4
Blame Module Name: EntourageCore
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: 0x00015ef4
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Thread 0 crashed:
# 1 0x0146cef4 in UContactUtils::GetMeContactID() + 0x00000014 (EntourageCore + 0x00015ef4)
# 2 0x00028ac1 in _mh_executeheader + 0x00027AC1 (Microsoft Entourage + 0x00027ac1)
# 3 0x00029df4 in _mh_executeheader + 0x00028DF4 (Microsoft Entourage + 0x00028df4)
# 4 0x0002a439 in _mh_executeheader + 0x00029439 (Microsoft Entourage + 0x00029439)
# 5 0x000191a4 in _mh_executeheader + 0x000181A4 (Microsoft Entourage + 0x000181a4)
# 6 0x00019ace in _mh_executeheader + 0x00018ACE (Microsoft Entourage + 0x00018ace)
# 7 0x0000264e in _mh_executeheader + 0x0000164E (Microsoft Entourage + 0x0000164e)
# 8 0x00002575 in _mh_executeheader + 0x00001575 (Microsoft Entourage + 0x00001575)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0146ceec ecx: 0x00000002 edx:0xbffff39c
edi: 0x29a3ced0 esi: 0x02620ac8 ebp: 0xbffff2c8 esp:0xbffff2b0
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x0146cef4 cs: 0x0000001b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00010282
Thread 1:
# 1 0x93f900ea in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD3162 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x000270ea)
# 2 0x93f8fcc3 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD2D3B (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026cc3)
# 3 0x93f8fa68 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD2AE0 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026a68)
# 4 0x93f8f4f1 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD2569 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x000264f1)
# 5 0x93f8f336 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD23AE (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026336)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x0000016b ebx: 0x93f9073e ecx: 0xb0080d5c edx:0x93f900ea
edi: 0xa04131ac esi: 0xb0080ed8 ebp: 0xb0080ef8 esp:0xb0080d5c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93f900ea cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000246
Thread 2:
# 1 0x93f8f182 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD21FA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026182)
# 2 0x93f8f336 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD23AE (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026336)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x00100170 ebx: 0x93f8f379 ecx: 0xb0102f6c edx:0x93f8f182
edi: 0x02820418 esi: 0xb0103000 ebp: 0xb0102fc8 esp:0xb0102f6c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93f8f182 cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000286
Thread 3:
# 1 0x93f699ee in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DACA66 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x000009ee)
# 2 0x9400a12c in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93E4D1A4 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x000a112c)
# 3 0x021bbd7d in _MerpCreateSession + 0x00000B07 (merp + 0x00002d7d)
# 4 0x021bb3e5 in _MerpCreateSession + 0x0000016F (merp + 0x000023e5)
# 5 0x021bb46c in _MerpCreateSession + 0x000001F6 (merp + 0x0000246c)
# 6 0x021bbf25 in _MerpCreateSession + 0x00000CAF (merp + 0x00002f25)
# 7 0x93f96fbd in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DDA035 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002dfbd)
# 8 0x93f96e42 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD9EBA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002de42)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0xffffffa6 ebx: 0x93ff18a0 ecx: 0xb0184a6c edx:0x93f699ee
edi: 0x00001b59 esi: 0x58a9e28c ebp: 0xb0184ad8 esp:0xb0184a6c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93f699ee cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000206
Thread 4:
# 1 0x93f8f182 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD21FA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026182)
# 2 0x93f8f336 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD23AE (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x00026336)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x00100170 ebx: 0x93f8f379 ecx: 0xb0291f6c edx:0x93f8f182
edi: 0x028204c0 esi: 0xb0292000 ebp: 0xb0291fc8 esp:0xb0291f6c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93f8f182 cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000286
Thread 5:
# 1 0x9403155a in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93E745D2 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x000c855a)
# 2 0x010e3b76 in _FWaitForConnection + 0x0000002A (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x00174b76)
# 3 0x00fefb50 in _McpFInitNetworkPIDChecking + 0x0000111C (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x00080b50)
# 4 0x91ccd7ae in __gTECMasterGlobals + 0x919A184A (CarbonCore + 0x000267ae)
# 5 0x93f96fbd in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DDA035 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002dfbd)
# 6 0x93f96e42 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD9EBA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002de42)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x000c0194 ebx: 0x00fefaff ecx: 0xb020fd4c edx:0x9403155a
edi: 0x04000000 esi: 0xb020ff34 ebp: 0xb020fd68 esp:0xb020fd4c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x9403155a cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000286
Thread 6:
# 1 0x93fa46ca in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DE7742 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0003b6ca)
# 2 0x010e3c01 in _FReceiveMessage + 0x00000077 (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x00174c01)
# 3 0x00fef7fe in _McpFInitNetworkPIDChecking + 0x00000DCA (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000807fe)
# 4 0x91ccd7ae in __gTECMasterGlobals + 0x919A184A (CarbonCore + 0x000267ae)
# 5 0x93f96fbd in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DDA035 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002dfbd)
# 6 0x93f96e42 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD9EBA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002de42)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0x00000193 ebx: 0x00fef76f ecx: 0xb0313cbc edx:0x93fa46ca
edi: 0xb0313ed4 esi: 0xb0313f44 ebp: 0xb0313ce8 esp:0xb0313cbc
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93fa46ca cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000286
Thread 7:
# 1 0x93f6992e in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DAC9A6 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0000092e)
# 2 0x00feff13 in _McpFInitNetworkPIDChecking + 0x000014DF (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x00080f13)
# 3 0x91ccd7ae in __gTECMasterGlobals + 0x919A184A (CarbonCore + 0x000267ae)
# 4 0x93f96fbd in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DDA035 (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002dfbd)
# 5 0x93f96e42 in _dispatch_hwconfig + 0x93DD9EBA (libSystem.B.dylib + 0x0002de42)
X86 Thread State:
eax: 0xffffffda ebx: 0x91cfff32 ecx: 0xb0395e6c edx:0x93f6992e
edi: 0xb0395f46 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xb0395e98 esp:0xb0395e6c
ss: 0x00000023 eip: 0x93f6992e cs: 0x0000000b ds:0x00000023
es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f eflags:0x00000246
Loaded modules:
0: Microsoft Entourage (12.2.3.091001 Reg=en Loc=0x0409): /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Entourage
1: Netlib: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Netlib.framework/Versions/12/Netlib
2: MicrosoftComponentPlugin: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftComponentPlugin.framework/V ersions/12/MicrosoftComponentPlugin
3: PowerPlant: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/PowerPlant.framework/Versions/12/Pow erPlant
4: EntourageCore: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/ EntourageCore
5: EntourageLegacy: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/EntourageLegacy.framework/Versions/1 2/EntourageLegacy
6: merp: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/merp.framework/Versions/12/merp
7: PowerPlantCore: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/PowerPlantCore.framework/Versions/12 /PowerPlantCore
8: OpenTransport: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/OpenTransport.framework/OpenTransport
9: Smart Crash Reports (1.5 Reg=English Loc=0x0000): /Library/InputManagers/Smart Crash Reports/Smart Crash Reports.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Smart Crash Reports
10: libTraditionalChineseConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libTraditionalChineseConverter.dylib
11: libSimplifiedChineseConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libSimplifiedChineseConverter.dylib
12: ATSHI.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ATSHI.dylib
13: libFontRegistryUI.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Resources/libFontRegistryUI.dylib
14: vImage: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vImage.fr amework/Versions/A/vImage
15: ImageCapture: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageCapture. framework/Versions/A/ImageCapture
16: liblangid.dylib: /usr/lib/liblangid.dylib
17: DirectoryService: /System/Library/Frameworks/DirectoryService.framework/Versions/A/DirectoryServi ce
18: OpenCL: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/Versions/A/OpenCL
19: CarbonSound: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonSound.f ramework/Versions/A/CarbonSound
20: HIServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ HIServices.framework/Versions/A/HIServices
21: Accelerate: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Accelerate
22: HTMLRendering: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HTMLRendering .framework/Versions/A/HTMLRendering
23: CommonPanels: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CommonPanels. framework/Versions/A/CommonPanels
24: SpeechRecognition: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechRecogni tion.framework/Versions/A/SpeechRecognition
25: libobjc.A.dylib: /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
26: SearchKit: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SearchK it.framework/Versions/A/SearchKit
27: CoreVideo: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Versions/A/CoreVideo
28: libvDSP.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libvDSP.dylib
29: ColorSync: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ColorSync.framework/Versions/A/ColorSync
30: libGFXShared.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGFXShared.d ylib
31: vecLib: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/vecLib
32: libresolv.9.dylib: /usr/lib/libresolv.9.dylib
33: libGIF.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libGIF.dylib
34: CFNetwork: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CFNetwo rk.framework/Versions/A/CFNetwork
35: SpeechSynthesis: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/SpeechSynthesis
36: CoreFoundation: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
37: libPng.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib
38: DiskArbitration: /System/Library/Frameworks/DiskArbitration.framework/Versions/A/DiskArbitration
39: TrustEvaluationAgent: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/TrustEvaluationAgent.framework/Versions/A/Tru stEvaluationAgent
40: libGLU.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLU.dylib
41: libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib: /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib
42: PrintCore: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/PrintCore
43: FamilyControls: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyControls.framework/Versions/A/FamilyCon trols
44: AppKit: /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
45: CoreData: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
46: LangAnalysis: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ LangAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/LangAnalysis
47: CarbonCore: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonC ore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore
48: libBLAS.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
49: ApplicationServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Application Services
50: QuartzCore: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore
51: libxml2.2.dylib: /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
52: AGL: /System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL
53: OpenGL: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL
54: libcups.2.dylib: /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
55: libTIFF.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libTIFF.dylib
56: libJPEG.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libJPEG.dylib
57: WebCore: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
58: Help: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Help.framewor k/Versions/A/Help
59: libGL.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib
60: OSServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OSServi ces.framework/Versions/A/OSServices
61: Security: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security
62: IOKit: /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
63: libTrueTypeScaler.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libTrueTypeScaler.dylib
64: libCGXType.A.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGXType.A.dylib
65: SecurityInterface: /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityInterface.framework/Versions/A/SecurityInter face
66: WebKit: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
67: ImageIO: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO
68: NetFS: /System/Library/Frameworks/NetFS.framework/Versions/A/NetFS
69: DesktopServicesPriv: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv
70: libSystem.B.dylib: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
71: OpenScripting: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OpenScripting .framework/Versions/A/OpenScripting
72: AudioToolbox: /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/Versions/A/AudioToolbox
73: Ink: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Ink.framework /Versions/A/Ink
74: Carbon: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
75: RawCamera (505 Reg=English Loc=0x0000): /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera
76: libFontRegistry.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libFontRegistry.dylib
77: libRIP.A.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRIP.A.dylib
78: JavaScriptCore: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
79: libFontParser.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libFontParser.dylib
80: libCoreVMClient.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libCoreVMClien t.dylib
81: libauto.dylib: /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
82: DictionaryServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Diction aryServices.framework/Versions/A/DictionaryServices
83: libmathCommon.A.dylib: /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
84: libbsm.0.dylib: /usr/lib/libbsm.0.dylib
85: HIToolbox: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fra mework/Versions/A/HIToolbox
86: CoreServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
87: MultitouchSupport: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MultitouchSupport.framework/Versions/A/Multit ouchSupport
88: libGLImage.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLImage.dyl ib
89: libLAPACK.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libLAPACK.dylib
90: OpenDirectory: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenDirectory.framework/Versions/A/OpenDirectory
91: SystemConfiguration: /System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfi guration
92: ColorSyncDeprecated.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ColorSync.f ramework/Versions/A/Resources/ColorSyncDeprecated.dylib
93: Kerberos: /System/Library/Frameworks/Kerberos.framework/Versions/A/Kerberos
94: ATS: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/ATS
95: Metadata: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Metadata
96: AudioUnit: /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioUnit.framework/Versions/A/AudioUnit
97: libicucore.A.dylib: /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
98: libCSync.A.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCSync.A.dylib
99: LaunchServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices
100: libRadiance.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRadiance.dylib
101: QD: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ QD.framework/Versions/A/QD
102: Foundation: /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
103: CFOpenDirectory: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenDirectory.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CFOpen Directory.framework/Versions/A/CFOpenDirectory
104: libGLProgrammability.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLProgramma bility.dylib
105: vecLib: /System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/vecLib
106: libkxld.dylib: /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib
107: SecurityHI: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SecurityHI.fr amework/Versions/A/SecurityHI
108: QuickTime: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
109: CoreUI: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/CoreUI
110: IOSurface: /System/Library/Frameworks/IOSurface.framework/Versions/A/IOSurface
111: libsasl2.2.dylib: /usr/lib/libsasl2.2.dylib
112: PasswordServer: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PasswordServer.framework/Versions/A/PasswordS erver
113: CoreGraphics: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics
114: Print: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framewo rk/Versions/A/Print
115: libvMisc.dylib: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libvMisc.dylib
116: CoreText: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreText.framework/Versions/A/CoreText
117: CoreAudio: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/CoreAudio
118: libstdc++.6.dylib: /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
119: AE: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/AE.fram ework/Versions/A/AE
120: Cocoa: /System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa
121: libsqlite3.dylib: /usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib
122: NavigationServices: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/NavigationSer vices.framework/Versions/A/NavigationServices
123: libz.1.dylib: /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
124: libxslt.1.dylib: /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib
125: SecurityFoundation: /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityFoundation.framework/Versions/A/SecurityFoun dation
126: libCyrillicConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libCyrillicConverter.dylib
127: libGreekConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libGreekConverter.dylib
128: libJapaneseConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libJapaneseConverter.dylib
129: libKoreanConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libKoreanConverter.dylib
130: libLatin2Converter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libLatin2Converter.dylib
131: libLatin5Converter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libLatin5Converter.dylib
132: libLatinSuppConverter.dylib: /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libLatinSuppConverter.dylib
Operating System Information
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Build 10C540)
CPU: Intel Core Duo, Number: 2, Speed: 2147 MHz
gestaltPhysicalRAMSize err = 0, result = 2047 MB
gestaltSystemVersion err = 0, result = 0x1062
Screen: 1920 x 1200, depth = 32, ltbr = 0, 0, 1200, 1920
Microsoft Application Information:
Error Reporting UUID: A50CE3D6-2E3B-41D7-8BDF-E28D8D6AED8D
Time from launch: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 10 seconds
Total errors on this client: 3
There's no crash log for GE; it just sits on the dock. The only option is a Force Quit.
Any other suggestions?

Google Earth Flight Simulator

Is my system capable of operating the Google Earth flight simulator?
I have the pre-Intel version of the Mac Mini upgraded to 1MB Ram, recently purchased 19" View Sonic monitor with DVI connection.
The Google Earth flight simulator has a slow prop plane and an F-16.
I do not have a joy stick but would get one if my Mac Mini is up to handling the requirements of a flight simulator.

I notice you say you have the 'pre-Intel' Mac mini, which would make your mini a PPC first generation system. I think you mis-stated your memory (RAM) @ 1mb, which should probably say 1gb. If you had 1mb it'd be a massive downgrade and your system most certainly wouldn't run.
That being the case, you'd have the ATI Radeon 9200 32mb built in video card. That card uses it's own discreet video memory, and is actually a bit better than the early Intel GMA950 integrated video.
You thus meet the specs for Google Earth, but it's probably not going to run all that quickly on the system, mainly because of the relatively slow processor. The main snag would be the load time, as it loads slowly even on my Intel mini. I've not tried it on this PPC mini, but it should work - just don't expect crisp video game play type results. The flight simulator in Google Earth is not really meant to be a full video game though, so you may find the performance adequate.

Google Earth glitches

After a long time not using it I installed Google Earth 5. What is strange is that the maps render OK, speed is acceptable, but the fonts in some menu entries get garbled up, as well as the text that appears in the map (like e.g. city names, map data etc). Characters are missing or distorted. The same happens with text that appears when hovering over an icon that indicates pictures or wiki entries.
It looks like an overlay proble, but I am not sure how to fix it.
I run it under KDE4 on an HP laptop with Intel 945 GM chip. Have already tried disabling Kwin effects, changing fonts in Google Earth and changed some settings in xorg.cong (AccelMethod EXA) but no difference.
Starting in a terminal gives no errors either. Any ideas?

I'm having the exact same problem (GE5.0, KDE4.3, Dell Inspiron 6400 with Intel 945GM). I believe it started when the X system video driver "i810" was replaced with the new "intel" driver, during the upgrade of kernel 2.6.27-2 -> 2.6.27.10 (I'm now using 2.6.28).
There appear to be two categories of fonts in the text overlays: a slightly larger font used for placemarks, labels of picture and wiki entry icons and for the text at the bottom of the screen, and a smaller font that's used for street names. Often now, one of these two font categories is intact, i.e. all the letters are there, but many of them are missing in the other, and then again, after I clear the cache or change a font or do some other things, the situation is reversed. As for numbers, all of them but the numbers 8 and 9 are always missing, and I can't read the calibration on the distance ruler nor the elevation or the geographical location. The most usable 3D font I've found is Helvetica Bold 12; others are even worse, in terms of legibility. But with all of them, there is always something missing.
This is not a problem with GE but rather with font rendering in Linux that is probably specific to the new "intel" video driver. I.e. when I replace the "intel" video driver with the "vesa" driver (in /etc/X11/xorg.conf), i.e. run GE in OpenGL with software emulation, then all the text in the overlays is there, but GE runs very slowly. I can't use the older "i810" driver either because that one was removed during the upgrade to the "intel" driver with kernel 2.6.27.10. It's not compatible anymore with the newer kernel: the "i810" driver would crash the system and X windows would never start up.
This problem is extremely annoying, and it seems to be fairly widespread with GE for Linux but nobody seems to have come up with a solution.
Some pertinent (?) entries from my xorg.conf:
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Option "AIGLX" "true"
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "DRI" "true"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Any help would be appreciated.

Google Earth Freezes with Intel Graphics

I'm using an I7 K2700 Sandy Bridge. Google Earth shows funny fragments before a picture stabilizes and if you dare to zoom to quick it freezes the whole X-server.
Unfortunately also no log entry. My previous PC with NVIDIA video and closed source driver worked perfectly with Google Earth.
Doubting the 3D acceleration I tried using "Neverball", which works perfectly.
Any suggestions I could try out?

Thanks, that's my trouble too!
"When i downgrade lib32-intel-dri lib32-libgl to 7.11 version everything seems to be OK."
Since so far this is the only conclusion which is not a really clean solution we might keep this issue open.
If Google Earth is incompatible to the latest versions of lib32-intel-dri and lib32-libg there isn't much the AUR maintainer can do.

Google earth crashing[SOLVED]

The current AUR PKGBUILD doesn't run on this system. I have an ati x200m using opensource drivers (radeon). I installed an older package 5.0.xx and I get less errors but it still crashes. I am guessing this is a video issue, but whatever it is I can't google a way to fix it. Any suggestions?
Failed to load "/opt/google-earth/libevll.so" because "/opt/google-earth/libevll.so: undefined symbol: gluNewTess"
EDIT: I've also rebuilt with this version - google-earth-5.1.3535.3218-1, I am getting the same error message.
EDIT SOLVED: I needed to install freeglut. This was not necessary on my desktop because I am using nvidia drivers.
Last edited by empthollow (2010-07-19 05:45:53)

The current AUR PKGBUILD doesn't run on this system. I have an ati x200m using opensource drivers (radeon). I installed an older package 5.0.xx and I get less errors but it still crashes. I am guessing this is a video issue, but whatever it is I can't google a way to fix it. Any suggestions?
Failed to load "/opt/google-earth/libevll.so" because "/opt/google-earth/libevll.so: undefined symbol: gluNewTess"
EDIT: I've also rebuilt with this version - google-earth-5.1.3535.3218-1, I am getting the same error message.
EDIT SOLVED: I needed to install freeglut. This was not necessary on my desktop because I am using nvidia drivers.
Last edited by empthollow (2010-07-19 05:45:53)

[SOLVED] Google Earth signal 11 again

I'm getting the now infamous 'signal 11' error when trying to run Google Earth.
I've tried the suggestions in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=114992 with no luck and also reinstalling GE and all its dependencies.
Does anyone have any more ideas I can try?
System is i686 with nvidia graphics. Crash log is at http://pastebin.com/W4X4AgXd
Many thanks,
David Shaw
Last edited by dtmc (2013-01-02 22:28:37)

I was caught out by "GE has caught signal 11" a couple of days ago (using nouveau driver with nvidia hardware). I don't have any .drirc or dri file (as mentioned in old thread 114992). However, I copied librarian.launchpad.net/7037027/libGL.so.1 into the directory /opt/google/earth/free/, and this got GE working, although the video quality wasn't so good. Then I installed ia32-libs in my copy of debian in virtualbox, then copied /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1.2 from there, as libGL.so.1, back to arch to replace the one from launchpad.net. GE is now working perfectly.
I don't really understand any of the above. This is my 2nd installation, on a separate drive, but otherwise using the same hardware as the first, which was done using the official media. This one is from releng.archlinux.org, 2012/04/10_04, netinstall, x86_64. On the first, I couldn't get alsa to work and had to use oss for sound. With this one, alsa worked out the box, which is very nice. However, in addition to this google earth thing, I had significant trouble configuring an automatic wireless connection, and a problem with my samba server.
Oops - I had failed to install lib32-nouveau-dri !!!
Last edited by pralias47 (2012-05-07 06:10:39)

Google earth 3d plug in

I want to view a 3d fly over map of a golf course at golffrontier.com When I click on it a window comes up saying I need to download the google earth 3d plug in to be able to view the video. Does that plug in cause any problems on the mac computer? My mac processor is 2.7 GHz Int Core i5 with 8 GB 1333 MHzDDR 3. I am running Safari 6.0.4 with Lion 10.7.5. Thank you.

No, you should have no troubles. Just go to:
http://earth.google.com
to download the installer and the plug-in. One test site (after you've installed the plug-in) is:
http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/3dbuildings.html#tab=skyscrapers
Jim

Inserting Google Earth video

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