[solved] Google Earth does not show embedded pictures

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-12 11:56:17

I'm using the Google Earth AUR package.
When I click on the little blue squares in the satellite view, only a big white placeholder window for the picture is shown, but no picture is embedded. Only a small question mark is shown in the middle of a the rather large white window, clicking on it brings me to Firefox, showing the picture in Panoramio. Please help me! How can I enable the embedded pictures?

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2009-03-31 07:53:17)

signor_rossi · 2009-03-12 15:22:52

What is the output of these commands?

ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin

Sorry that I cannot be more specific, I had this issue too but don't remember exactly how I or what solved it. I know that for me with the same package GE wouldn't even start without specifying the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Maybe it could also only be a missing dependency.

Duologic · 2009-03-13 08:39:40

I had strange issues with Google Earth too, I just blame my graphical drivers. I updated those a few days ago and it worked great. I also changed my window manager from Openbox to Awesome, that may have something to do with it. I'll check it later when I get home.

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-13 13:33:49

signor_rossi wrote:

What is the output of these commands?
ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin

frank@HomeC ~> ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb7f1a000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7eea000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7df9000)
        libQtCore.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 (0xb7c35000)
        libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 (0xb74e6000)
        libQtNetwork.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 (0xb7424000)
        libQtWebKit.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4 (0xb6d25000)
        libgoogleearth_lib.so => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb6cff000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6bb8000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6b9f000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f1b000)
        libbase.so => not found
        libge_net.so => not found
        libgeobase.so => not found
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb6b8b000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb6b86000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb6b7d000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb6ac8000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb6ac4000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb6a9e000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb6a95000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb6a7d000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb6a75000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb6a6d000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb6a67000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb6a62000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb6a58000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb6a55000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb69d0000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb69a5000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb6996000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb6878000)
        libssl.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 (0xb6831000)
        libcrypto.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 (0xb66db000)
        libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb6661000)
        libpcre.so.0 => /lib/libpcre.so.0 (0xb6630000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb662b000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb6605000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb6602000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb65e9000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb65e4000)

Does this help?

signor_rossi · 2009-03-13 14:06:47

SanskritFritz wrote:

libgoogleearth_lib.so => not found
libbase.so => not found
libge_net.so => not found
libgeobase.so => not found

Now start it with
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-13 14:27:52

oops, forgot this, sorry

[frank@HomeC ~]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" ldd /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb8011000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7fe1000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7ef0000)
        libQtCore.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 (0xb7d2c000)
        libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 (0xb75dd000)
        libQtNetwork.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 (0xb751b000)
        libQtWebKit.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4 (0xb6e1c000)
        libgoogleearth_lib.so => /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_lib.so (0xb6d04000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb6cde000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6b97000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6b7f000)
        libbase.so => /opt/google-earth/libbase.so (0xb6acb000)
        libge_net.so => /opt/google-earth/libge_net.so (0xb6a7c000)
        libgeobase.so => /opt/google-earth/libgeobase.so (0xb6759000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb8012000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb6745000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb6741000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb6737000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb6682000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb667e000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb6658000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb6650000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb6637000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb662f000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb6627000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb6621000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb661c000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb6613000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb660f000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb658a000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb655f000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb6550000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb6433000)
        libssl.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 (0xb63eb000)
        libcrypto.so.0.9.8 => /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 (0xb6295000)
        libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb621b000)
        libIGCore.so => /opt/google-earth/libIGCore.so (0xb6124000)
        libIGUtils.so => /opt/google-earth/libIGUtils.so (0xb60fc000)
        libapiloader.so => /opt/google-earth/libapiloader.so (0xb60f8000)
        libauth.so => /opt/google-earth/libauth.so (0xb6061000)
        libcommon.so => /opt/google-earth/libcommon.so (0xb5f7c000)
        libcomponentframework.so => /opt/google-earth/libcomponentframework.so (0xb5f72000)
        libmath.so => /opt/google-earth/libmath.so (0xb5f3c000)
        libmoduleframework.so => /opt/google-earth/libmoduleframework.so (0xb5f2e000)
        libport.so => /opt/google-earth/libport.so (0xb5f24000)
        librender.so => /opt/google-earth/librender.so (0xb5e8f000)
        libIGMath.so => /opt/google-earth/libIGMath.so (0xb5e46000)
        ./libminizip.so => not found
        libfusioncommon.so => /opt/google-earth/libfusioncommon.so (0xb5e40000)
        libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4 (0xb5dfe000)
        ./libminizip.so => not found
        ./libminizip.so => not found
        libpcre.so.0 => /lib/libpcre.so.0 (0xb5dcc000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb5dc8000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb5da2000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb5d9e000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb5d85000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xb5ccb000)
        libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 (0xb5c5c000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb5c56000)
        libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0xb4d40000)
        libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0xb4d3e000)

signor_rossi · 2009-03-13 16:10:49

Oh, I forgot, do the pictures show up with
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
?

vacant · 2009-03-13 16:58:10

With kde4.2 settings->desktop "enable desktop effects", I got a similar problem in googleearth with the proprietory ATI graphics driver. I had to turn off desktop effects or switch to xorg radeonhd. I switched to radeonhd as it handles dual monitors more to my liking (external HD 42 inch TV). Googleearth works but is obviously slower.

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-13 23:24:00

signor_rossi wrote:

Oh, I forgot, do the pictures show up with
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
?

Well, this is my output (no pictures are shown):

[frank@HomeC ~]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/" /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
/opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: ./libminizip.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[frank@HomeC ~]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/google-earth/"
[frank@HomeC ~]$ /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin
/opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgoogleearth_lib.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[frank@HomeC ~]$ /opt/google-earth/googleearth
bash: /opt/google-earth/googleearth: No such file or directory
[frank@HomeC ~]$ which googleearth
/usr/bin/googleearth
[frank@HomeC ~]$ googleearth
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Warning: Unable to create prefs directory '/home/frank/.googleearth'. File exists.
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".

signor_rossi · 2009-03-14 17:12:59

I am sure I used the same PKGBUILD. So one last try could be to deinstall Google Earth, delete the hidden Google folder in the home directory and also /opt/google-earth should it be still present.

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-14 22:17:03

Unfortunately that didnt help either :-(
Any more ideas please?

Ranguvar · 2009-03-15 05:06:44

Have you logged in/out since installing Google Earth? Always do this if you have issues with a package that installs in /opt; there's some variables that need updating.

mightyjaym · 2009-03-15 09:27:40

Just edit /opt/google-earth/qt.conf , delete its contents and paste this into it :

for i686 :

[Paths]
Documentation=/usr/share/doc
Libraries=/usr/lib
Plugins=/usr/lib/qt/plugins
Translations=/usr/share/qt/translation

for x86_64 :

[Paths]
Documentation=/usr/share/doc
Libraries=/opt/lib32/usr/lib
Plugins=/opt/lib32/usr/lib/qt/plugins
Translations=/usr/share/qt/translations

And then the Panoramio pictures are back

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-16 19:13:39

mightyjaym thank you, this indeed was the solution!
How did you find this out?

mightyjaym · 2009-03-17 06:43:39

Well it's due to the fact that the packagers decided to remove the embedded libs provided by google earth in order to make it rely on the default system libraries. That results in a smaller package that fixes many issues such as the crappy fonts or the infamous libssl bug, but the only problem was that googleearth could not find the additional directories used by system qt and tried to load its own qt plugins for image reading, which automatically resulted in failure. By editing qt.conf, you provide googleearth with the real paths and so you can fully rely on full system qt with all its functionalities.

Glad it worked for you

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-17 08:16:00

mightyjaym thank you for your explanation. Could this qt.conf be generated somehow during the install? I'd like to send a patch to the packager of GoogleEarth on AUR.

mightyjaym · 2009-03-17 15:17:19

Well, just adding the custom qt.conf in the sources and replacing the original file that comes shipped with the googleearth archive after extraction should do the job, I guess. This fix is already included in the bin32-google-earth package for x86_64.

djgera · 2009-03-17 16:18:34

or simply delete the qt.conf from GE directory

SanskritFritz · 2009-03-17 21:30:42

djgera true, you're right! Thank you!

fettouhi · 2009-03-28 06:48:17

I'm still getting those awful stretched fonts even after removing qt.conf.

Regards

André

djgera · 2009-03-28 14:05:57

fettouhi wrote:

I'm still getting those awful stretched fonts even after removing qt.conf.
Regards
André

Try using my suggested PKGBUILD @ comments,

It deletes many files from GE dir that are already in Arch Linux
http://djgera.pastebin.com/f7befd5c2

Or simply execute the following commands

cd /opt/google-earth
rm -f lib{crypto.so.*,Qt*,GLU.so.*,curl.so.*,gcc_s.so.*,stdc++.so.*,z.so.*}
rm -rf plugins
rm -f qt.conf

Last edited by djgera (2009-03-28 14:06:20)

fettouhi · 2009-03-28 14:18:34

Yup that worked, many thanks!

Regards

André

djgera · 2009-03-28 15:59:46

Excelent. Then please post that worked on the comments in AUR.

AlbertJohn · 2009-08-06 11:21:50

Excellent discussion. I found it very useful. It also works fine for me.

Thanks a lot.

Pret immobilier

Mark_SW · 2013-08-22 03:06:26

Just edit /opt/google-earth/qt.conf , delete its contents and paste this into it :
for x86_64 :
[Paths]
Documentation=/usr/share/doc
Libraries=/opt/lib32/usr/lib
Plugins=/opt/lib32/usr/lib/qt/plugins
Translations=/usr/share/qt/translations
And then the Panoramio pictures are back

I have the same problem with photos in google earth, but there is no qt.conf file in my /opt/google/earth/free directory.
/opt/lib32/ also doesn't exist.
Maybe I didn't install something or... the paths changed since then?
Heeelp! My newbie non-linux brain doesn't know what to do!

Arch Linux

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