Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

[txHarleyMan]

Hi all,

I just installed Googleearth 4.3 from the Medibuntu repo. Runs fine except the fonts inside the menu on the left side are way too small to read. Anyone know how to correct this?

Mike

[Guest]

Re: Googleearth fonts

Solved !!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...47&mode=linear

[txHarleyMan]

Re: Googleearth fonts

Thank you! That did it. I also had to remove msttcorefonts to make the fonts readable.

[alpinist]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

Way Better. I had searched for this before but didn't find this answer to tiny fonts. Thanks.

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

grrr the link posted above is in a "closed" archive..
could someone tell me which setting I need to change..

AnimSpeed=1
CachePath=/root/.googleearth/Cache
ClampBegin=false
ControllerEnabled=false
ControllerMode=2
DisableNavCheckbox=false
InvertMouseWheel=false
KMLPath=/root/.googleearth
Key="KF2vnIDUh1c="
LogoutClean=true
NavMode=0
NavigatorShow=0
PolyEditXPos=69
PolyEditXSize=422
PolyEditYPos=74
PolyEditYSize=552
RepeatMode=1
ReverseControls=false
SMode=true
SwoopEnabled=true
TimeFolderRestrict=false
TimeShow=1
TimeZoneHours=-6
TimeZoneMinutes=0
TimeZoneMode=1
TimeZoneName=Local
UID="0TsuRF0Wp27Uw6ss7bWoaQ=="
VID="AAAADTQuMy43MjA0LjA4MzY="
currentVersion=4.3.7204.0836
defaultBrowser=true
enableTips=true
hiddenWindows-4_3=@Invalid()
lastHeight=693
lastLeft=0
lastTip=7
lastTop=0
lastWidth=1024
layersOpen=true
mouseWheelSpeed=1
osName=Linux
placesOpen=true
renderWarning-OGLsoftwareEmulated=false
searchOpen=true
shown_GPS=false
shown_LeftPanel=true
shown_RenderFrame=true
shown_Ruler=false
visibleWindows-4_3=RenderWindow, ServerWindow
wasFullScreen=false
wasMaximized=true

[Render]
CompassVisible=true

[UsageStatistics]
firstRun\day=13
firstRun\hour=21
firstRun\minute=1
firstRun\month=8
firstRun\second=55
firstRun\year=2008

[dibl]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

Did you install GoogleEarth from the Medibuntu repo or from a downloaded tarball?

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

It came from the repositories.
I found a thread directing me to try installing ms fonts from the repository to fix it, too.
Have tried that to no avail also.

[dibl]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

I had not installed GoogleEarth on this Intrepid Ibex experimental system, so I just now did. Since there is no Medibuntu repo for Intrepid yet, I downloaded and installed the new 4.3 Beta version. It worked flawlessly, and it looks just great here -- the fonts in the left panel are small, but very readable. My desktop is 1600x1200 -- that's probably relevant to the appearance of things.

Here is the ~/.config/Google/GoogleEarthPlus.conf file that it wrote in my home directory:

[General]
CachePath=/home/dibl/.googleearth/Cache
ControllerEnabled=false
ControllerMode=2
InvertMouseWheel=false
KMLPath=/home/dibl/.googleearth
Key="5u1wLlFmjys="
LogoutClean=false
ReverseControls=false
SMode=true
SwoopEnabled=true
UID="xmI28y87I1IaoABVuje1ZQ=="
VID="AAAADTQuMy43Mjg0LjM5MTY="
currentVersion=4.3.7284.3916
defaultBrowser=true
enableTips=true
lastTip=2
mouseWheelSpeed=1
osName=Linux
renderWarning-OGLsoftwareEmulated=false

[Layer]
FlySpeed=0.171
drivingDirectionsRange=1000
drivingDirectionsSpeed=150
drivingDirectionsTilt=45
pauseTime=1.6
tourBalloonShow=false
tourCycles=1
tourSpeed=0.171

[Render]
CompassVisible=true

[autoupdate]
InstalledVersion=4.3.7284.3916

If you don't have a lot of places marked and saved, you might want to consider remove --purging your existing GoogleEarth and installing the downloaded tarball -- your mileage may vary from mine, of course .....

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

hmmm.. my screen res' is set at 1024x768... I think I'll try changing that.

I don't have anything "marked or saved"..
I can't 'see' the menue to do so..

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

well, by setting the screen res to 1792x1344, .. I can almost read the GE text.

[dibl]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

The conf file that is shown in the Ubuntu Forums thread is for an earlier version, and it has a "GUI" font definition line in it, that yours and mine doesn't have, in the "Render" stanza of settings. So apparently the later versions are getting their screen font information from elsewhere in our system (or not ....).

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

that is what I noticed too.
I'm assuming by "tarball" ?.. you mean DLing from the google earth site, or a 'mirror'??

Too, "purge" the present GE. Removing it through the synap manager should do that??
thanks for your time ..

[dibl]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

Yes, I meant downloaded the 4.3 Beta tarball from the GoogleEarth site here:

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Save it on your Desktop, open the Konsole, cd to ~/grouch/Desktop and then issue

sudo sh ./Goo

and touch the tab key to get it to finish the tarball name for you. Hit Enter, give your password, and it all happens automagically.

To remove the present installation, I would open the Konsole and issue

sudo apt-get remove --purge googleearth*

and perhaps say a little prayer to the monkey-god -- don't hold me accountable for the results. :P

You can also try it with Synaptic -- hopefully it will show you what all it is going to rip out.

[grouchyolddude]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

..looks like I solved it for now, by adding a couple of lines to the [render] file
I added

GuiFontFamily=Arial
GuiFontSize=18

just below the "compassvisable=true"

I can read the menue and text now!!!

[dibl]

Re: Googleearth fonts - SOLVED

Excellent -- well that's an easier thing than re-installing. Nice job!