hi there..
i had google earth working on my linux.
I have just compiled xorg 7.1, and now google earth freezes in the initializing screen..
I have already uninstalled ge and removed the cache files and all other google earth files. Then reinstalled and got the same problem.

Some info that might be useful

Distro: Slackware 10.2
kernel: 2.6.16.20
glib packages installed: glib-1.2.10-i386-2 ; glib2-2.10.3-i486-1 ; glibc-2.3.6-i486-3
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4
RAM: 768Mb
Video Card: S3 Savage (S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266])

in xorg i am using savage driver but had to disable tile (Option "DisableTile" "true")

well.. i guess this is it..

thanks in advance