[AuckLUG] Google Earth re boot problem

[Ron Johns]

Mark Foster wrote:
> Ron's description isnt 100% clear - Ron is it crashing your entire 
> system (hardware reboot) or is it just forcing XWindows to restart?
>
>
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> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Steve Withers wrote:
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>> No issues on Xandros 4.0 (Debian) Nvidia binary drivers.
>>
>> Works fine.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Ron Johns <ronaldj at orcon.net.nz> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> Just tried installing Google Earth on my desktop (Fedora 7
>>> Moonshine). As with previous installs ,trying to run it has exactly the
>>> same effect as hitting my re-boot button.Computer just drops out goes
>>> through the whole start up procedure to the log on screen.Anyone else
>>> experiencing this ?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ron
>>>
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Yes indeed, entire system goes right down and restarts ,blackscreen-the 
normal udev etc and then the boot in username log in screen.Exactly and 
without exception what you could expect if you were running normally and 
hit the re-boot button.

Is doing this before and after a full reinstall of my O/S and is 
repeatable every time.

Much puzzled.
Regards
Ron