He probado todo lo que aparece en este sitio. El suyo es mi registro de fallos:
Major Version 7
Minor Version 1
Build Number 0004
Build Date Mar 30 2015
Build Time 22:42:31
OS Type 3
OS Major Version 3
OS Minor Version 13
OS Build Version 0
OS Patch Version 0
Crash Signal 11
Crash Time 1462077456
Up Time 1.84002
Stacktrace from glibc:
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x23924c)[0x7fdeb75e424c]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x2394ad)[0x7fdeb75e44ad]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x10340)[0x7fdeb82b1340]
./libbase.so(_ZN5earth15GfxCardInfoUnix25GetGraphicsCardMemoryInMBERi+0xe)[0x7fdeb186754e]
/opt/google/earth/free/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext26DetectHardwareCapabilitiesEv+0x450)[0x7fdea568b250]
/opt/google/earth/free/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext11OpenContextEN3Gap3Gfx25igRenderDestinationFormatERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x1f4)[0x7fdea568b694]
/opt/google/earth/free/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x123)[0x7fdea568b7f3]
/opt/google/earth/free/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll17RenderContextImpl4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0xeb)[0x7fdea5538b9b]
./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget6SetApiEPN5earth4evll3APIE+0x7a)[0x7fdeaed6a64a]
./librender.so(_ZN5earth6render12RenderWindow12createWidgetEv+0x17c)[0x7fdeaed5912c]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client12ModuleWidget9showEventEP10QShowEvent+0x86)[0x7fdeb75c4956]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x599)[0x7fdeb66eb299]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN19QApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xac)[0x7fdeb669449c]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x20f)[0x7fdeb669c73f]
./libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x8c)[0x7fdeb49dda6c]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x12a)[0x7fdeb66ed2ca]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xb1)[0x7fdeb66ed0e1]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0x7fdeb66ed176]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xb1)[0x7fdeb66ed0e1]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0x7fdeb66ed176]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0xb1)[0x7fdeb66ed0e1]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0x7fdeb66ed176]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0x7fdeb66ed176]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0x7fdeb66ed176]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x3f)[0x7fdeb66ed1df]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x1aa)[0x7fdeb66ed5da]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10showNormalEv+0x3d)[0x7fdeb66dec0d]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN10MainWindow18readScreensizeInfoEv+0xbc5)[0x7fdeb75c11c5]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application12SetupMainWinENS0_3Kvw7ProductEb+0x323)[0x7fdeb766d783]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3runEv+0x700)[0x7fdeb7674250]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x238c62)[0x7fdeb75e3c62]
./libgoogleearth_free.so(earthmain+0x1dc)[0x7fdeb75e3e6c]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7fdeb7bf7ec5]
./googleearth-bin[0x4008a9]
Respuesta1
Elimine la instalación defectuosa con:
$ sudo apt-get remove google-earth*
Luego instálelo nuevamente. Parece que estás ejecutando la versión deb actual, por lo que puedes probar primero con la versión que instalaste antes. Si eso falla, intente realizar una nueva descarga de Google.