On 25/06/10 18:34, Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> It wasn’t that long ago that I configured a parallel cluster on Linux
> but now, I am ashamed to admit, I have a problem that must be so simple
> – it’s too simple.
>
> FWIW I’m running a 64-bit kernel on Ubuntu lucid (upgraded from jaunty
> the other day). It’s running fine apart from one quirk.
>
> I quite like google earth but the version in lucid had ridiculously
> small fonts. The sages suggested upgrading to a new version was
> preferable to trying to fix the font sizes so I did precisely this. New
> version installed and works wonderfully.
>
> The problem is that I can’t get at it from the gnome menu. To run it, I
> just do:
>
> ~/google-earth/googleearth &
>
> from a terminal and it’s fine – good as gold. I’ve edited the gnome menu
> so that the original menu entry points to the new path and not the old
> but when I try and launch from the menu (or a desktop launcher) – no
> dice. No error message or anything – it just doesn’t launch. I’ve tried
> “run in terminal”, adding an & to the end of the command in case it was
> that.
Have you tried creating a new desktop launcher, rather than tweaking the
old one?
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
