Google Earth won't run, maybe I installed it incorrectly?

[InsomniacAgent]

Google Earth will run for a few seconds, then it tries to load myplaces.kml and the application closes.

Anybody have any idea what I could do?

I installed it through the medibuntu repositories, I believe.

[Partyboi2]

Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and try starting it from their

googleearth
Then post the output from the terminal, this will hopefully provide some further information on what is happening.

[jacksaff]

You could be trying to load a corrupt myplaces file (though I would expect GE to handle it more gracefully).

Try renaming the hidden file .googleearth in your home directory. GE will then start as if it was a totally new install so if it runs then we've narrowed the problem and we can look at the next step...

[InsomniacAgent]

Here's what it returned.


ryan@ryan-laptop:~$ googleearth
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
wx=0.312690, wy=0.328990, rx=0.639990, ry=0.330000
gx=0.210000, gy=0.710000, bx=0.149990, by=0.059990
Google Earth has caught signal 11.

Stacktrace from glibc:
/usr/lib32/googleearth/googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x1e8) [0x8057fb4]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/googleearth-bin [0x8058399]
[0xf7f4b400]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth8SpinLock4lockEj+0x22) [0xf7f053fc]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth9LockGuardC1ERNS_8SpinLockE+0x 1f) [0xf7eeb27f]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net18CurlHttpConnection13remov eRequestEPNS0_15CurlHttpRequestE+0x25) [0xf7a8745b]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net15CurlHttpRequest4stopEv+0x 20) [0xf7a874aa]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net15CurlHttpRequestD0Ev+0x25) [0xf7a874d7]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net11HttpRequest5unrefEv+0x35) [0xf7a7f701]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth6RefPtrINS_3net11HttpRequestEED 1Ev+0x1e) [0xf7a769c2]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net14NetworkRequestD0Ev+0x28) [0xf7a77a70]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth8Referent8orphanedEv+0x10) [0xf7ee04fe]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth8Referent5unrefEv+0x17) [0xf7f071d5]
./libnet.so(_ZN5earth3net7FetcherD0Ev+0x42) [0xf7a7b332]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth8Referent8orphanedEv+0x10) [0xf7ee04fe]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth8Referent5unrefEv+0x17) [0xf7f071d5]
./libwmsbase.so(_ZN5earth6RefPtrINS_3net7FetcherEEaS EPS2_+0x27) [0xf7adc055]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll18NetworkLinkFetcher9fetc hDoneEv+0x890) [0xf2667486]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll18NetworkLinkFetcher12Pro cessWorkQEd+0x38) [0xf266756a]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll18GeobaseContextImpl8endF rameEd+0x1a) [0xf266760c]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext8endFrameE v+0x19b) [0xf2764ae7]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext4drawEbb+0 xb2) [0xf27669f8]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll17RenderContextImpl4drawE v+0xa1) [0xf2720b51]
./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget10paintEventEP11QPai ntEvent+0x24) [0xf62787d0]
./librender.so(_ZN5earth6render11RenderTimer4fireEv+ 0x14) [0xf626560c]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth5Timer10timerEventEP11QTimerEv ent+0x31) [0xf7ee09bb]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x82) [0xf6d54fc2]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication14internalNotifyEP7QObjec tP6QEvent+0xa1) [0xf6ce99a1]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent +0xef) [0xf6cea4af]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop14activateTimersEv+0x1ed) [0xf6cdd43d]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsEj+0x57b) [0xf6c8f24b]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsEji+0x5a) [0xf6d035ea]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication13processEventsEi+0x2c) [0xf6ce933c]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication13processEventsEv+0x26) [0xf6ce9376]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/liblayer.so(_ZN5earth5layer11LayerWindow12onFirstE arthERKNS_4evll11UpdateEventE+0x8e) [0xef4dd1ea]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth7EmitterINS_4evll14UpdateObser verENS1_11UpdateEventENS_19EmitterDefaultTraitIS2_ S3_EEE8doNotifyEMS2_FvRKS3_ES8_+0xa7) [0xf2729ed3]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth7EmitterINS_4evll14UpdateObser verENS1_11UpdateEventENS_19EmitterDefaultTraitIS2_ S3_EEE6notifyEMS2_FvRKS3_ES8_b+0x3e) [0xf2729f58]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libevll.so [0xf272331a]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth5Timer10timerEventEP11QTimerEv ent+0x31) [0xf7ee09bb]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x82) [0xf6d54fc2]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication14internalNotifyEP7QObjec tP6QEvent+0xa1) [0xf6ce99a1]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent +0xef) [0xf6cea4af]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop14activateTimersEv+0x1ed) [0xf6cdd43d]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsEj+0x57b) [0xf6c8f24b]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop9enterLoopEv+0xa9) [0xf6d034e9]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop4execEv+0x26) [0xf6d033e6]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication4execEv+0x1f) [0xf6ce939f]
./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3ru nEv+0x24f) [0xf7688821]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/googleearth-bin(main+0x11f) [0x8058817]
/lib32/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xf6004775]
/usr/lib32/googleearth/googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x75) [0x8057e41]




We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed.
This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal
circumstances. A bug report and debugging data are now being written
to this text file:

/home/ryan/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-16979F9A.txt

This bug report will be sent to Google automatically next time you run
Google Earth. Its data, which contains no personal information, will help
us correct problems without bothering you further. If you would rather
this info not be transmitted, please delete the above file before running
the program again. If you want bug reports to NEVER be sent, remove the
above 'crashlogs' directory's read/write permissions.

[InsomniacAgent]

jacksaff, it's a fresh install. I installed it, and then tried to run it, and got that message.