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Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:06 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

Thanks in advance for any help or feedback, it is greatly appreciated. I hope I can help some myself down the road.

Today I installed Google Earth, all seemed to go without issue except that the view area is cropped. I noticed that I can move around in that area but it is too small to be of any use.
Screenshot_2023-07-22_15-56-59.png
I have posted on Google Earth Community site as well.

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-24-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-24-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo November 11  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCEA46FM v: C608VVUV serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1170Y8 
           date: 01/28/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.4/57.2 Wh (86.2%) volts: N/A 
           min: 123.6 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20214 
           Speed: 2005 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2005 2: 1833 3: 1872 
           4: 1961 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 chip-ID: 5986:01a5 
           class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-24-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0087 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet with AVB] vendor: Sony 
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4381 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 
           chip-ID: 8086:0186 class-ID: 0000 
           IF: wmx0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 
           Adapter] 
           type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0489:e00f class-ID: fe01 
           serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 254 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 27.53 GiB (4.6%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MK6465GSX size: 596.17 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2H scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 594.14 GiB size: 583.74 GiB (98.25%) used: 27.53 GiB (4.7%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: 63.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2201 lib: 1125 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 2h 8m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.46 GiB used: 2.47 GiB (33.2%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 
           alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in 
           inxi: 3.3.06

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:14 pm
by Jerry3904
Installed it how? It has never failed for me using MX Package Installer

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:15 pm
by Stevo
Google Earth has been known to have problems with Intel graphics.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:24 pm
by BV206
I've seen that happen before several years ago. I think it was on 4.19 or earlier kernel that didn't have proper AMD Radeon support. I had to use the "nomodeset" boot parameter to fix it but that caused problems with other things.

I also remember Google Earth not working properly with Xfce compositor or compton, I don't remember which. You could try disabling compositing or change compositors and see what happens.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 11:29 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

I have used the MX Package Installer, GDeb, Synaptic, same results.

I believe Stevo is correct that it is an issue with the intel graphics

thanks for info, I will keep looking for solution.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:21 am
by mega
image832.png
Hello,
I can install Google Earth without problem. I use intel.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook 12_ASUS Laptop E203MAH_E203MAH v: 1.0 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E203MAH v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: E203MAH.302 date: 06/26/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.9 Wh (80.4%) condition: 34.7/42.1 Wh (82.4%) volts: 11.5 
           min: 11.5 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N4000 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Goldmont Plus 
           family: 6 model-id: 7A (122) stepping: 1 microcode: 3E cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4377 
           Speed: 988 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 988 2: 988 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 600] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3185 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2 
           chip-ID: 13d3:5a06 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7") 
           diag: 294mm (11.6") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:0e.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:3198 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Gemini Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl 
           port: f000 bus-ID: 00:0c.0 chip-ID: 8086:31dc class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1 
           sub-v: 100 hci-v: 5.1 rev: 100 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
           service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 223.14 GiB (49.9%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: V-Gen model: 10SM19AR480SDK 480GB size: 447.13 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 2B0 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 441.37 GiB size: 433.38 GiB (98.19%) used: 222.96 GiB (51.4%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.5 GiB used: 182.5 MiB (3.2%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2525 lib: 1308 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cudo.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://download.cudo.org/repo/apt/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
Info:      Processes: 214 Uptime: 3h 11m wakeups: 4 Memory: 3.65 GiB used: 2.06 GiB (56.3%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:14 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

mega, thanks for posting, I see that you are running MXLinux 21.3 which has newer Kernel too. I think I will give that a go.

Thanks

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:22 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

I just installed MXLinux 21.3 and Google Earth via MX Package Installer, still have the same issue.

Any ideas?

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Snapshot created on: 20230415_1837
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 [5.10.162-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower April 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCEA46FM v: C608VVUV serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1170Y8 
           date: 01/28/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.1/57.2 Wh (85.8%) volts: N/A 
           min: 124.8 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 20214 
           Speed: 1463 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1463 2: 1463 3: 1463 
           4: 1463 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0087 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet with AVB] vendor: Sony 
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4381 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 
           chip-ID: 8086:0186 class-ID: 0000 
           IF: wmx0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 
           Adapter] 
           type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0489:e00f class-ID: fe01 
           serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 254 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 6.4 GiB (1.1%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MK6465GSX size: 596.17 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2H scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 588.16 GiB size: 577.86 GiB (98.25%) used: 6.4 GiB (1.1%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 58.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1970 lib: 990 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 238 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.44 GiB used: 1.8 GiB (24.2%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:37 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

Finally found a support post that describes the issue I am seeing.

https://support.google.com/earth/thread ... size?hl=en

Does anyone know if can update the drivers for the Intel Graphics I have. It is beyond my skill/knowledge level.

Thanks

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:08 pm
by CharlesV
Kelvin wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:37 pm Hello,

Finally found a support post that describes the issue I am seeing.

https://support.google.com/earth/thread ... size?hl=en

Does anyone know if can update the drivers for the Intel Graphics I have. It is beyond my skill/knowledge level.

Thanks
You can, I would suggest a couple of things first though.

1) Run mx Tweak and go to the Other tab. Make sure Use Intel driver instead of default... is checked. If not, then check it, reboot and test again.

2) In the same MX Tweak app, go to the compositor tab and change VBlank. If it is on default, try it on glx. (And if on glx already, then try default or none.) Again, reboot and test.

If neither of those work, then I would update to the 6.2.14 liqiuorx kernel. I found that that kernel ran much better on all of my computers, including the older ones. You will have to add the mx ahs repo, then update and then add the 6.2.14 kernel. You may have to adjust some drivers, but it was seriously worth it for me.

And the ahs repo will bring in another full firmware code set including i915.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:34 am
by Kelvin
Hello Charles,
Thanks for the detailed post. I tried the tweaks, one at time, rebooted and tested. Had no luck there, in a few cases actual lost view window in GE totally. If it would be useful I can step thru each option and document the results.

I will try adding MX AHS Repo and update Kernel tomorrow and get back to you with results.

Thanks Again!

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:27 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

Today upgraded Kernel to 6.2.14

Went through and tested GE as suggested, no luck. Details below.

VBlank: Auto Compositor: Xfwm
-- No GE view window
VBlank: glx Compositor: Xfwm
-- No GE view window
VBlank: xpresent Compositor: Xfwm
-- No GE view window
VBlank: off Compositor: Xfwm
-- No GE view window

VBlank: Auto Compositor: None
-- Small GE functional view window
VBlank: glx Compositor: None
-- Small GE functional view window
VBlank: xpresent Compositor: None
-- Small GE functional view window
VBlank: off Compositor: None
-- Small GE functional view window

VBlank: Auto Compositor: Compton
-- No GE view window
VBlank: glx Compositor: Compton
-- No GE view window
VBlank: xpresent Compositor: Compton
-- No GE view window
VBlank: off Compositor: Compton
-- No GE view window

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Snapshot created on: 20230415_1837
System:    Kernel: 6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 
           BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower April 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCEA46FM v: C608VVUV serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1170Y8 
           date: 01/28/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.0 Wh (34.6%) condition: 49.1/57.2 Wh (85.8%) volts: N/A 
           min: 106.3 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 20216 
           Speed: 933 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1161 2: 931 3: 1288 4: 931 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: compton v: 1 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 size: 309x174mm (12.2x6.9") 
           diag: 355mm (14") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.2.14-1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0087 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet with AVB] vendor: Sony 
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4381 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 
           Adapter] 
           type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0489:e00f class-ID: fe01 
           serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 254 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 7.4 GiB (1.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MK6465GSX size: 596.17 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2H scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 588.16 GiB size: 577.86 GiB (98.25%) used: 7.4 GiB (1.3%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 53.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1981 lib: 994 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates non-free contrib main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye non-free contrib main
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security non-free contrib main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye non-free main
           2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 229 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.43 GiB used: 1.32 GiB (17.7%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BI
OS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:30 am
by CharlesV
Interesting ... so, both my laptops close to yours I have
Compositor: Xfwm
Vblank: glx

On my HP (2018) I had installed firmware-codes as of march 23 I believe, the Dell I have not. , but both are on ahs so they should be on the latest.

And both run GE no issue. (I will put a fresh mx21 on my dell today and test it bare and see what i can find out. )

Try running GE from a terminal and see if you get any error messages. My path and a good command line is:

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/opt/google/earth/pro/google-earth-pro %f

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:29 am
by Kelvin
Hello,

Just ran from terminal, same results, small functional view window.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:39 am
by Eadwine Rose
Any output in the terminal?

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:09 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

I am still very much a beginner to Linux, I did not see anything in the terminal and not sure how make it show output either.

That being said, I will follow any instructions, articles suggested. I know it is painful sometimes for all of you that are advanced/knowledgeable to deal with us new-bees.

The sharing of your patience, knowledge and experience is GREATLY APPRECIATED. I hope to be able to play it forward in some way myself.

Thanks

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:13 pm
by CharlesV
No worries! everyone has to learn at some point :-)

If you open a terminal, and then run that command to launch / start google earth, you would see any messages in that same terminal window. (it may not show anything, but typically it will IF there is anything to display.)

And, when you say
same results, small functional view window.
Do you mean the Google earth window is really small, but it all seems to be working fine?
__ or
Do you mean there is a small window that opens, with nothing in it?

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:44 pm
by Kelvin
It does not display anything in terminal after the launch command.

Small Functional Window:
CORRECT --> Do you mean the Google earth window is really small, but it all seems to be working fine?

Do not want to muddy water her but I am also trying to get Spotify to work too.
I did notice that it did give some feedback in Terminal when I launched it.
May or may not be relevant or useful.

$ spotify
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:58 pm
by CharlesV
So, the closest machine I have to yours is this HP (10/2011 ) , the intel chip is different, but I tossed a fresh MX21.3 onboard and updated only the repos - then installed GE.

No issues, normal window etc.

I did look into the .config folder and copied out the GoogleEarthPro.conf that was sitting in the Google folder. (I have done nothing other than fire up GE on it, so it is full defaults. Notice, in that file ( attached real file name is GoogleEarthPro.conf ) are these lines in the [General] section.

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lastHeight=640
lastLeft=36
lastTop=30
lastWidth=960
My QSI if your interested.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-20-amd64 [5.10.158-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC 
           v: 058C110000244720001620100 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1659 v: 10.31 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard 
           v: F.1B date: 10/05/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 69.5 Wh (90.0%) condition: 77.2/73.3 Wh (105.3%) volts: 11.2 
           min: 11.1 model: Hewlett-Packard 6600 type: Unknown serial: <filter> 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2430M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19157 
           Speed: 2524 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2524 2: 1812 3: 2208 
           4: 1920 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: N/A alternate: radeon bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6760 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4") 
           s-diag: 485mm (19.1") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 106 size: 382x214mm (15.0x8.4") 
           diag: 438mm (17.2") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-20-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           modules: wl port: 4000 bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:008b class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 Bluetooth adapter type: USB driver: btusb 
           v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-1.5:3 chip-ID: 8086:0189 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0 
           sub-v: fc00 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 1b07 
           Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 6.32 GiB (1.4%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPLX-08ZNTT0 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A04 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 457.75 GiB size: 449.5 GiB (98.20%) used: 6.32 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1968 lib: 989 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mxpitemp.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 226 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.72 GiB used: 1 GiB (13.0%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:19 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

I just looked in /opt/google/earth/pro/ and I do not see a config file or folder.

will continue to look

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:26 pm
by CharlesV
No sorry, its in your Home ~/.config/google folder

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:34 pm
by timkb4cq
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3
chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: compton v: 1 driver: loaded: intel

All the people using Google Earth successfully with Intel Graphics have the i915 driver in the top position but loaded: modesetting on the x11 server line.

I would try getting your machine to use modesetting by adding a boot code.
Reboot the machine. At the grub screen press the e key to edit the boot line (it will only affect this one boot so it's safe).
The line you're looking for will have quiet splash near the end of it. Add i915.modeset=1 on that line after the quiet splash.
Press F10 to boot.
If you're lucky, this will let Google Earth run properly, and you can use the MX Boot Options applet to add that boot code permanently.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:15 pm
by Kelvin
Charles V,

I was finally able to locate config file you referencing. The specific lines you highlighted are the same ...

lastHeight=640
lastLeft=36
lastTop=30
lastWidth=960

Not sure what else to look at in file.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:20 pm
by Kelvin
Hello timkb4cq,

First thanks for responding. I was able to locate the quiet splash line and add the i915 text as you instructed. It did not seem to make a difference, the view window was still small.

I am going to try again to dbl check my work.

Any other ideas.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:46 pm
by Kelvin
Here is a photo of my second attempt.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:56 am
by timkb4cq
Your screenshot is showing an an underscore ( _ ) right after the 1.
That could make it not work (unless that's the cursor, in which case it looks right - hard to tell in a screenshot).
It would be interesting to look at the Graphics section of QSI after booting with that boot code to see if it actually did force modesetting.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:18 am
by Kelvin
Hello

The underscore is the cursor.
How and where does one look at the QSI?

Thanks

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:24 am
by MXRobo
Graphics section of QSI

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:38 am
by Kelvin
Hello,

QSI = Quick System Info ... Didn't make the connection.

Thanks

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:39 am
by Eadwine Rose
When we ask for the QSI, everything please, thanks :)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:55 am
by timkb4cq
No, the boot code didn't force modesetting.
If you still have that Intel box set in MX Tweak it could be overriding the boot code. If not, I don't know why it didn't.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:17 am
by Kelvin
Hello,

I went into Tweak and did set every back to how I started. Did reboot no Grub text and one with, no difference as you indicated.

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
           
With Text added @ Grub

Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes


Just noticed this while booting

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[       0.158309] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:52 am
by timkb4cq
VMX is Virtual Machine Extensions.
If you want to run virtual machines with KVM, QMEU, or VirtualBox you should turn this on in the BIOS.
But it should have no effect except in relation to that use case.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:12 pm
by Kelvin
Oh ok, I am a loss. This laptop has been the most troublesome Linux conversion that I have ever had. Not sure why.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:29 pm
by Eadwine Rose
Just go in the BIOS and flick the switch for virtual machines or KVM or what it might be called.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:38 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

I enabled: Intel(R) Virtualization Technology in BIOS
Rebooted, Text: [ 0.158309] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS ; no longer present in boot sequence

Added: i915.modeset=1 to GRUB
No visual difference in QSI

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes

With Text added @ Grub after turn on Intel Virtualization Technology in BIOS

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Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:14 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

So I edited /etc/default/grub, adding i915.modeset=1, then update-grub

When I reboot I see the addition in GRUB when I hit e

System boots fine but I see no change in Graphics section of QSI, Google Earth still has small but functional view window.

Thoughts?

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:51 pm
by CharlesV
Full QSI please. That shows the kernel load settings etc.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:10 pm
by CharlesV
Not sure if any of this will be of help, but on my HP same vintage as yours, I had an issue at one point with loading the 6.0 and 6.1 kernels, and the issue was somehow memory / video related.

I tried each of these lines on kernel load separately like you are supposed to do, but nothing changed it. Out of desperation, I tried ALL of them on the kernel load line and it worked. No clue why and removing any one of them the system froze again. ( None of these were needed on the 6.2 kernel and later btw!)

The part of interest was that I was playing around in memory and video both... You can look up what each one is supposed to do, but maybe doing something like this would force it to use video differently and change what is going on?

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 iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:48 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

Here is the full QSI

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Snapshot created on: 20230415_1837
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower April 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCEA46FM v: C608VVUV serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1170Y8 
           date: 01/28/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.1/57.2 Wh (85.8%) volts: N/A 
           min: 123.6 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20216 
           Speed: 1344 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1344 2: 1419 3: 1272 
           4: 1362 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0087 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet with AVB] vendor: Sony 
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4381 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 
           chip-ID: 8086:0186 class-ID: 0000 
           IF: wmx0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 
           Adapter] 
           type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0489:e00f class-ID: fe01 
           serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 254 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 7.21 GiB (1.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MK6465GSX size: 596.17 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2H scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 588.16 GiB size: 577.86 GiB (98.25%) used: 7.21 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: 47.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1975 lib: 990 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 221 Uptime: 1h 49m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.43 GiB used: 1.54 GiB (20.7%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:53 pm
by Kelvin
CharlesV wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:10 pm Not sure if any of this will be of help, but on my HP same vintage as yours, I had an issue at one point with loading the 6.0 and 6.1 kernels, and the issue was somehow memory / video related.

I tried each of these lines on kernel load separately like you are supposed to do, but nothing changed it. Out of desperation, I tried ALL of them on the kernel load line and it worked. No clue why and removing any one of them the system froze again. ( None of these were needed on the 6.2 kernel and later btw!)

The part of interest was that I was playing around in memory and video both... You can look up what each one is supposed to do, but maybe doing something like this would force it to use video differently and change what is going on?

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 iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0
Want make sure I understand. You are suggesting I insert the code above into GRUB at boot edit "e"?

If that is correct, where do I insert this in the existing text?

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:01 pm
by CharlesV
I personally, use MX Boot Options - kernel Parameters edit box

And the complete line I used from my notes was :

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quiet splash iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:26 pm
by Kelvin
So added the code to GRUB via boot edit

No change with Google Earth

Here is the QSI, did not seem to make any change.

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Snapshot created on: 20230415_1837
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-2] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower April 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCEA46FM v: C608VVUV serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R1170Y8 
           date: 01/28/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 49.1/57.2 Wh (85.8%) volts: N/A 
           min: 123.6 model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20215 
           Speed: 1209 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1209 2: 1170 3: 1209 
           4: 1134 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0087 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet with AVB] vendor: Sony 
           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4381 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 
           chip-ID: 8086:0186 class-ID: 0000 
           IF: wmx0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Foxconn T77H114 BCM2070 [Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 
           Adapter] 
           type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 0489:e00f class-ID: fe01 
           serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 
           sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 254 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 7.22 GiB (1.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MK6465GSX size: 596.17 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2H scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 588.16 GiB size: 577.86 GiB (98.25%) used: 7.22 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 
           maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 58.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1975 lib: 990 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 219 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.43 GiB used: 937.4 MiB (12.3%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:32 pm
by CharlesV
and still it is using the i915 driver. Lets add that back in as Tim suggested

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 quiet splash iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0 i915.modeset-1
and then another QSI please.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:41 pm
by CharlesV
Also, lets make sure there is nothing resetting that driver...

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grep -r intel /etc/X11/xorg.conf* /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf*
If it shows any files, then rename those and restart.

Re: Google Earth  [Solved]

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:42 pm
by Kelvin
Hello,

Sweatness!!!!!!!!!!
Sweatness.png
First I renamed /etc/X11/xorg.conf to xorg_conf.bak which was returned by the grep search

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grep -r intel /etc/X11/xorg.conf* /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf*
So I edited /etc/default/grub, adding the following after quiet splash

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 iommu=calgary intel_iommu=on intel_iommu=igfx_off vesa=0

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Previous
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: intel 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
           
Working Results         
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Acer USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 
           chip-ID: 5986:01a5 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
I cannot explain why this worked, maybe someone more knowledgeable can elaborate.

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:27 pm
by CharlesV
Excellent!! Most likely it was that xorg.conf was forcing the intel driver to be reloaded!

If you want to experiment a little more, you can start attempting to unload those grub additions. But if your all good with everything.. I woudl say run it a while and see how it all works out!!

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:33 pm
by Kelvin
I want thank everyone who weighed in on this, I appreciate you giving your time, knowledge and experience!

I will experiment more and post experience here.

Thanks everyone!

Re: Google Earth

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:38 pm
by CharlesV
Your very welcome! And when your comfortable with the fix, please mark the solution as solved. (upper right check mark on the post that resolved it. ) You can still keep posting.. if you like.
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