On Monday 11 August 2008 19:46:22 Dale wrote: > Matthew R. Lee wrote: > > Google earth upgraded over the weekend to version 4.2.205.5730. It > > installed fine but it runs like shit. The rendering is so slow as to be > > completely unusable. The previous version worked fine so I tried to go > > back to it but it's gone, at least according to eix. > > Anybody else having the same problem? Nobody's mentioned it on this list > > or on the forums sofar. > > Where do I start to find a solution? > > Hardware: Compaq Presario V5000 laptop > > Precessor: Celeron M 1.46GHz > > RAM: 2GB > > Graphics: Intel 945GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Controller > > > > Saludos > > Matt > > Well, I'm not going to lock myself into a agreement but you can try > starting here: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html I would > start close to the bottom where it says this: "Download the previous > version". That may help. It may go back a little farther or you may > want to try moving to a even newer version where your "issue" may be fixed. > > Hope that helps. Just wish I could get off this stinking dial-up so I > can play with it too. :-( > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Just a follow up to this short thread. Sorry it's been a couple of weeks but I've been away doing field work. The problem with the new version of google earth is the atmosphere. Rendering thin air appears to be a resource hog. To restore normal function, deselect Atmosphere in the view menu. Saludos Matt -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Dr. Matthew R. Lee Instituto Biologia Marina 'Jurgen Winter' Universidad Austral de Chile Campus Isla Teja Valdivia [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
