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I will not update (for now) to the latest version 7.3.6.9326 because it crashes continuously for me.

Thanks, unfortunate timing then.

For reference, with Gnome shell / wayland I need to

unset QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME
unset QT_QPA_PLATFORM

to avoid

Google Earth has caught signal 6.

✔ NOTE The "Free" Google Earth has been dropped: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/168344?hl=en

All future updates go to Google Earth Pro (also free): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-earth-pro/

Can't get this to work! All those lib32-* lib dependencies are required, and can be obtained only from x64 multilib repository (working on i686). What to do?

I searched the google forums previously, people with similar problems got solutions, which didnt work for me. I'll ask though, you're right.

Why don't you ask in the Google forums?

So, I tried everything I could find and think of: system libs on and off, install ms core fonts, editing the qt.conf file, setting the font in qtconf, deleting libs from /opt/google-earth, deleting ~/.config/Google, but nothing helped. I'm desperate now. What else can I do to have normal fonts back in GE 6? (In GE 5.2, the fonts look good)

@supernatendo, please read the pacman output when installing/updating stuff - that's what it's there for. In this particular case you were adviced to install either (lib32-)catalyst-utils or (lib32-)nvidia-utils to actually get some 3D acceleration. In addition what you should please-not-do is that you should please-not post such long build logs in _here_ because it really fills up the comment space. Use pastebin as adviced for everything else. @1LordAnubis, then don't keep your quality settings/the memory cache size limit so high. @Madek, it seems this kinda crash log is about _use_system_libs: http://aur.pastebin.com/tMAyUN1C - and this kinda about not having (lib32-)nvidia/-catalyst-utils: http://aur.pastebin.com/WmzuUX9Y

seems to be using WAY too much ram

did you try to change _use_system_libs in PKGBUILD

Shows the splash screen, then crashes and creates a crash log. Major Version 6 Minor Version 0 Build Number 0001 Build Date Dec 10 2010 Build Time 22:42:27 OS Type 3 OS Major Version 2 OS Minor Version 6 OS Build Version 36 OS Patch Version 0 Crash Signal 11 Crash Time 1295394176 Up Time 0.769111 Stacktrace from glibc: /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(+0xac2a3)[0xf769f2a3] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(+0xac423)[0xf769f423] [0xf76f0400] /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1(glXMakeCurrent+0x23)[0xf650cf93] /opt/google-earth/libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext19internalMakeCurrentEv+0x33)[0xf4351fc3] /opt/google-earth/libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext21internalCreateContextEv+0x1af)[0xf435431f] /opt/google-earth/libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext4openEv+0x93)[0xf435d303] /opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext11OpenContextEN3Gap3Gfx25igRenderDestinationFormatERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0xff)[0xf15d8d8f] /opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x18e)[0xf15db75e] /opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll17RenderContextImpl4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x7e)[0xf153a28e] /opt/google-earth/librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget6SetApiEPN5earth4evll3APIE+0x47)[0xf4a9f8c7] /opt/google-earth/librender.so(_ZN5earth6render12RenderWindow12createWidgetEv+0x16a)[0xf4a8430a] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client12ModuleWidget9showEventEP10QShowEvent+0x8d)[0xf7679b9d] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x770)[0xf6a2da60] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN19QApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xac)[0xf69ca69c] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x484)[0xf69d56c4] /opt/google-earth/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x78)[0xf7461ba8] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x145)[0xf6a2f6d5] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate14show_recursiveEv+0x7d)[0xf6a2f3cd] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xc5)[0xf6a2f4b5] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x170)[0xf6a2f560] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate14show_recursiveEv+0x7d)[0xf6a2f3cd] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xc5)[0xf6a2f4b5] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x170)[0xf6a2f560] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate14show_recursiveEv+0x7d)[0xf6a2f3cd] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xc5)[0xf6a2f4b5] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x170)[0xf6a2f560] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x170)[0xf6a2f560] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x170)[0xf6a2f560] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x61)[0xf6a2f5f1] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1db)[0xf6a2fa2b] /opt/google-earth/libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10showNormalEv+0x5c)[0xf6a1d16c] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN10MainWindow18readScreensizeInfoEv+0xd2f)[0xf766c08f] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application12SetupMainWinENS0_3Kvw7ProductEb+0x31c)[0xf76a625c] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3runEv+0x4d6)[0xf76a9406] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(+0xaad1b)[0xf769dd1b] /opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_free.so(earthmain+0x247)[0xf769eed7] ./googleearth-bin[0x804871b] /usr/lib32/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0xf5220c66] ./googleearth-bin[0x8048661]

You and your segfaults. I couldn't reproduce that even by using _use_system_libs="yes", changing the ownership of "~/.config/Google/" and "~/.googleearth" to 'root' or replacing lib32-nvidia-utils(-beta) with lib32-libgl. Did you screw up your installation files' permissions somehow?