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@@ -13,12 +13,20 @@ The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points
of interest, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at
least 15 meters of resolution.
-Note that Google updates the GoogleEarth executable without changing
-the download link location. Therefore, this script is subject to
-failing at any time due to the fact that you might get a newer version
-of GoogleEarth than what the script is designed to use.
-
When running GoogleEarth for the first time, you will see an error
message stating that it is unable to find the Bitstream Vera fonts.
This should be safe to ignore - it will use other fonts (and the
DejaVu fonts included with Slackware are based on the Bitstream fonts).
+
+NOTES:
+1) Google updates the GoogleEarth executable without changing
+ the download link location and they don't use version numbering in
+ the filename (the version is more an internal numbering).
+
+ Therefore, this script is subject to failing (and a different MD5SUM)
+ at any time due to the fact that you might get a newer version
+ of GoogleEarth than what the script is designed to use.
+
+2) GoogleEarth requires you you have OpenGL drives installed on your system
+ (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so, will cause X to crash.
+