Google Earth Issues with nonfree fglrx drivers

It seems Google Earth does not play nice with ATI 28.8 drivers and later for Linux. Here is the workaround taken from n01getsout.com’s blog:

Apparently, all versions of ATI’s proprietary Linux (fglrx) drivers version 2.28 and newer will not work for Google Earth (at least on some systems). So here is how to get Google Earth working again:

1. Get a copy of libGL.so.1.2
2. Put the file in the Google Earth directory (usually /usr/local/google-earth)
3. Rename the file to libGL.so.1
4. Start Google Earth and enjoy!

Hope this helps. Special thanks to Josh from www.ground-impact.com for hosting the file.