[nzlug] Google Earth on Linux

[Cliff Pratt]

Denise Bates wrote:
> Cliff Pratt wrote:
>> Has anyone got this to work? I have 4.0.2693 (Beta) and I can't 
>> persuade it to contact the servers. The machine Dual-boots Windows and 
>> GE works from Winders.
>>
> It works on my machine, running Slackware 11.0. As I am still on dialup, 
> the 3D stuff is pretty tragic (the faster I go through the landscape, 
> the more of the detail gets left behind: I need to stop frequently to 
> let enough of the details to catch up to make any sense!).
> 
I partially solved it. I've a firewall that redirects all port 80 
traffic to Squid on the same machine on port 3128. Why this should be 
breaking GE I've so far no idea.

Cheers,

Cliff