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Kat Cartier

Registered User

Join date: 4 May 2003

Posts: 31

07-23-2003 06:14

Ok, everything was fine until the update yesterday to a new version of SL. Once I had installed that and tried to run SL I got a window saying my drivers were out of date, and in the release notes that SL was now capable of running with my video card and updated drivers.
This is apparently not so!
I installed the new catalyst driver 3.6, and it made SL crash every couple minutes. So I downgraded back to catalyst 3.1 which is what fixed this problem before.. but to no avail.
I read the knowledge base and tried the catalyst 3.5 driver as it says to, but that didnt help either.
Im out of ideas now.. anyone?

Kat Cartier

Registered User

Join date: 4 May 2003

Posts: 31

07-23-2003 06:33

I feel as though I should add that I am also living in an Acid trip SL once again.
Meaning AVs go all back with beady green eyes, white walls get black stripes.. anything with color looks tye dyed.. all very very sucky.
Im taking this to mean its slowly getting worse like it did before. All I need now is for James Linden to come and fix everything like he did last time hehe..

Jon Protagonist

Junior Member

Join date: 21 Jul 2003

Posts: 3

07-23-2003 09:24

I have an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro running under XP Pro and get similar acidesque textures as noted by the previous poster.

I am currently running the 3.6 Catalyst drivers.

It's not always discolored and trippy, but when flying around it's not uncommon.

-jon protagonist

Kat Cartier

Registered User

Join date: 4 May 2003

Posts: 31

07-23-2003 10:10

yeah the acid trip thing shows up everywhere for me, mostly on colored objects (like blue or something)

We should start a group in game, the acid trippers or something..

James Linden

Linden Lab Developer

Join date: 20 Nov 2002

Posts: 115

07-23-2003 17:32

<sigh> There still appear to be some driver problems with Catalyst 3.6 on ATI 8500 and 9000 cards. Catalyst 3.6 fixes most problems for 9500, 9600, 9700, and 9800 users.

Kat, I agree that falling back to Catalyst 3.1 is probably the right thing to try. I'm not sure why it isn't fixing the problem... any chance that 3.6 didn't uninstall properly?

For Catalyst 3.1, the file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\atioglxx.dll should have a version number ending in 3561. This is the core OpenGL driver for ATI cards. For Catalyst 3.6 is has version 3842.

The other thing to try is going into the debug menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) and under Avatar selecting "Force Software Rendering". That may or may not help.

Let me know how things turn out,

James

BlackAdder York

Charter Member

Join date: 22 May 2003

Posts: 283

Radeon 9200

07-25-2003 21:44

Catalyst 3.6 seems to be completely stable on the VisionTek Xtasy 9200, as was the 3.5 driver which came with the card. No distortion...so far.

Christopher Omega

Oxymoron

Join date: 28 Mar 2003

Posts: 1,828

07-26-2003 16:04

When I first ran 1.0.3 I got a similar message, that 3.6 was needed. I used a hack to get 3.6 to work with mobility radeon, and SL continually crashed right after I logged in, and took a few steps.

I rolled back my driver to my OEM (dell)'s Catalyst 3.1, everything started working again, no continual crashes (other then the norm. Alt-Zoom rapid camera movement crash).

I began having really bad object rendering problems, more then with previous versions. Objects that I knew were there, that I could collide with were not showing on my screen (were empty space). It now happens occasionally when I create an object, it wont appear for about 2 minutes.

I dont think this is supposed to happen... im not lagging (fps is around 20) and I dont seem to be dropping any packets.

-Chris

EDIT: forgot my specs

Specs:
Laptop - Dell Inspiron 8200
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 64 mb
ISP: Ameritech.net/SBC Yahoo DSL
Connection: DSL, 768/128 (Dwn/Up)

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Radeon 9000 Pro
Kat Cartier Registered User Join date: 4 May 2003 Posts: 31	07-23-2003 06:14 Ok, everything was fine until the update yesterday to a new version of SL. Once I had installed that and tried to run SL I got a window saying my drivers were out of date, and in the release notes that SL was now capable of running with my video card and updated drivers. This is apparently not so! I installed the new catalyst driver 3.6, and it made SL crash every couple minutes. So I downgraded back to catalyst 3.1 which is what fixed this problem before.. but to no avail. I read the knowledge base and tried the catalyst 3.5 driver as it says to, but that didnt help either. Im out of ideas now.. anyone?
Kat Cartier Registered User Join date: 4 May 2003 Posts: 31	07-23-2003 06:33 I feel as though I should add that I am also living in an Acid trip SL once again. Meaning AVs go all back with beady green eyes, white walls get black stripes.. anything with color looks tye dyed.. all very very sucky. Im taking this to mean its slowly getting worse like it did before. All I need now is for James Linden to come and fix everything like he did last time hehe..
Jon Protagonist Junior Member Join date: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 3	07-23-2003 09:24 I have an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro running under XP Pro and get similar acidesque textures as noted by the previous poster. I am currently running the 3.6 Catalyst drivers. It's not always discolored and trippy, but when flying around it's not uncommon. -jon protagonist
Kat Cartier Registered User Join date: 4 May 2003 Posts: 31	07-23-2003 10:10 yeah the acid trip thing shows up everywhere for me, mostly on colored objects (like blue or something) We should start a group in game, the acid trippers or something..
James Linden Linden Lab Developer Join date: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 115	07-23-2003 17:32 <sigh> There still appear to be some driver problems with Catalyst 3.6 on ATI 8500 and 9000 cards. Catalyst 3.6 fixes most problems for 9500, 9600, 9700, and 9800 users. Kat, I agree that falling back to Catalyst 3.1 is probably the right thing to try. I'm not sure why it isn't fixing the problem... any chance that 3.6 didn't uninstall properly? For Catalyst 3.1, the file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\atioglxx.dll should have a version number ending in 3561. This is the core OpenGL driver for ATI cards. For Catalyst 3.6 is has version 3842. The other thing to try is going into the debug menu (Ctrl-Alt-D) and under Avatar selecting "Force Software Rendering". That may or may not help. Let me know how things turn out, James
BlackAdder York Charter Member Join date: 22 May 2003 Posts: 283	Radeon 9200 07-25-2003 21:44 Catalyst 3.6 seems to be completely stable on the VisionTek Xtasy 9200, as was the 3.5 driver which came with the card. No distortion...so far.
Christopher Omega Oxymoron Join date: 28 Mar 2003 Posts: 1,828	07-26-2003 16:04 When I first ran 1.0.3 I got a similar message, that 3.6 was needed. I used a hack to get 3.6 to work with mobility radeon, and SL continually crashed right after I logged in, and took a few steps. I rolled back my driver to my OEM (dell)'s Catalyst 3.1, everything started working again, no continual crashes (other then the norm. Alt-Zoom rapid camera movement crash). I began having really bad object rendering problems, more then with previous versions. Objects that I knew were there, that I could collide with were not showing on my screen (were empty space). It now happens occasionally when I create an object, it wont appear for about 2 minutes. I dont think this is supposed to happen... im not lagging (fps is around 20) and I dont seem to be dropping any packets. -Chris EDIT: forgot my specs Specs: Laptop - Dell Inspiron 8200 Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 64 mb ISP: Ameritech.net/SBC Yahoo DSL Connection: DSL, 768/128 (Dwn/Up) _____________________ October 3rd is the Day Against DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm

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