Re: ge kills my machine

[Bongani Hlope <bonganilinux@mweb.co.za>]

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 15:14:00 Thomas Meyer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Shortly after starting google earth my machine is dead.
> Google earth version is unknown. Strings command tells: "Jul  8 2008"
> and "18:49:53".
> Before I was able to start google earth I needed to do:
> "chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /opt/googleearth/lib*.so"
> Because selinux prevented the execution of the libraries.
>

Switch to a terminal Ctrl+Alt+Fn

run google earth from there to see if X is dying or the kernel is dying

DISPLAY=:0 google-earth (or whatever the binary is called)

if you can switch between terminals, the X is your problem (try a stable 
driver)


> Kernel version I encountered the hang is:
> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
> and
> v2.6.29-rc3-430-gb1792e3
>
> x11 driver is a self compiled radeonhd:
> 1.2.4-24-gb76bfbd
>
> libdrm version is
> $ yum info libdrm
> Installierte Pakete
> Name       : libdrm
> Architektur : i386
> Version    : 2.4.0
> Ausgabe    : 0.21.fc10
> Grösse     : 68 k
> Repo       : installed
>
> I tried to capture a possible oops via netconsole (eth0), but I got
> nothing back.
>
> Ideas for solving this problem are welcome!
>
> Greets
> thomas
>
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