<snip>
>> So, if I am in my console, in wine's GoogleEarthg folder, and run
>
>> WINEDLLOVERRIDES="ole32,usp10,msvcrt=n" wine GoogleEarth.exe
>
>> it starts, but shuts down again - or freezing up my entire system.....the
>> error being graphical. "Connection to 0:0 not..."
>
> A full error message would be helpful.
</snip>

Yep...I've been trying to get one, but the entire system freezes up on me.
How can I extract errormessages?.

> Maybe your $DISPLAY is not set? Try
>
> echo $DISPLAY

That gives me, as expected;

stig@tux ~ $ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0

> Are you perhaps logged into a box via ssh? Or is it just a terminal
> window in KDE/Gnome/whatever? Do other graphical programs work, e.g.
> xclock?

No...no ssh. Just me and my PC, with a terminal window in KDE. Everything
else works fine....I've got KDE running, uses MPlayer for DivX, and plays
OpenGL based games.....

/Stig

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