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Nevets Tibbett

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Join date: 18 Nov 2008

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12-08-2008 22:42

Hello, I have not used the forums before, and I don't play the game very often. I do, however, make sure that I keep up-to-date with the latest versions of SL. With the latest release, however, it doesn't work on my comp like it used to. Whenever I boot up SL, all I get is a white empty window. I once had the game running in the background for 5 hours, and all I got was the white empty window. Clicking on it gives me the "Not Responding" error. Whenever I close it, then reboot it, I get the Crash logger, and the whole process repeats.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling... Nothing. I tried a Windows repair... Nothing. I tried Cool Viewer... Nothing. I tried a complete wipe of SL and reinstalling... Nothing. I even did a few System Restores... Nothing.

Here is my computer specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, Single core
OS: Windows XP Professional 32-bit Service Pack 3
Memory: 1.5 GB RAM, 103 GB HDD (Partition)
Video Card: ATi Radeon X1650 Pro

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you for listening.

Osprey Therian

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12-08-2008 23:08

Make sure a firewall isn't blocking your connection to SL.

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Baloo Uriza

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12-09-2008 11:31

From: Nevets Tibbett

Hello, I have not used the forums before, and I don't play the game very often. I do, however, make sure that I keep up-to-date with the latest versions of SL. With the latest release, however, it doesn't work on my comp like it used to. Whenever I boot up SL, all I get is a white empty window. I once had the game running in the background for 5 hours, and all I got was the white empty window. Clicking on it gives me the "Not Responding" error. Whenever I close it, then reboot it, I get the Crash logger, and the whole process repeats.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling... Nothing. I tried a Windows repair... Nothing. I tried Cool Viewer... Nothing. I tried a complete wipe of SL and reinstalling... Nothing. I even did a few System Restores... Nothing.

Here is my computer specs:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, Single core
OS: Windows XP Professional 32-bit Service Pack 3
Memory: 1.5 GB RAM, 103 GB HDD (Partition)
Video Card: ATi Radeon X1650 Pro

This is probably a driver issue; recent ATi drivers for Windows don't seem to properly support vertex buffer objects. Any program I try in Windows with my Radeon that uses VBO does the same thing. The Linux drivers are not affected.

Open SL, but do not log in. Go to Edit > Preferences > Graphics > Custom > Hardware Settings and make sure the checkbox mentioning VBO or vertex buffer objects is not checked. Click OK until you're back to the login screen, and try logging in.

Nevets Tibbett

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Join date: 18 Nov 2008

Posts: 4

12-13-2008 20:53

From: Osprey Therian

Make sure a firewall isn't blocking your connection to SL.

It wasn't blocking it. SL worked fine until I installed the newest version.

From: Baloo Uriza

This is probably a driver issue; recent ATi drivers for Windows don't seem to properly support vertex buffer objects. Any program I try in Windows with my Radeon that uses VBO does the same thing. The Linux drivers are not affected.

Open SL, but do not log in. Go to Edit > Preferences > Graphics > Custom > Hardware Settings and make sure the checkbox mentioning VBO or vertex buffer objects is not checked. Click OK until you're back to the login screen, and try logging in.

That's the problem. When I open SL, I get an empty white window. No SL logo. No menu. Nothing.

Baloo Uriza

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Join date: 19 Apr 2008

Posts: 895

12-14-2008 13:04

From: Nevets Tibbett

That's the problem. When I open SL, I get an empty white window. No SL logo. No menu. Nothing.

Do you even get a login screen? If you can get that far, see if my fix works and report back, please.

Nevets Tibbett

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Join date: 18 Nov 2008

Posts: 4

12-17-2008 19:52

From: Baloo Uriza

Do you even get a login screen?

No, I don't get a login screen. I get the SL viewer window to show up, but where the login screen would be is completely white, with nothing on it. That empty white screen remains empty, even when I have the program running for hours.

SuezanneC Baskerville

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12-17-2008 23:00

Just a comment, just because a firewall wasn't blocking an earlier version of SL doesn't mean it won't start blocking SL if you install a new version of SL.

You can try different versions of video driver.

Did you delete the settings.xml file?

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Nevets Tibbett

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12-23-2008 23:46

My firewall is not the problem, it's been set to accept SL, and the only times settings.xml got deleted was when I did the uninstalls.

How do I change the video driver version?

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Nevets Tibbett Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 4	12-08-2008 22:42 Hello, I have not used the forums before, and I don't play the game very often. I do, however, make sure that I keep up-to-date with the latest versions of SL. With the latest release, however, it doesn't work on my comp like it used to. Whenever I boot up SL, all I get is a white empty window. I once had the game running in the background for 5 hours, and all I got was the white empty window. Clicking on it gives me the "Not Responding" error. Whenever I close it, then reboot it, I get the Crash logger, and the whole process repeats. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling... Nothing. I tried a Windows repair... Nothing. I tried Cool Viewer... Nothing. I tried a complete wipe of SL and reinstalling... Nothing. I even did a few System Restores... Nothing. Here is my computer specs: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, Single core OS: Windows XP Professional 32-bit Service Pack 3 Memory: 1.5 GB RAM, 103 GB HDD (Partition) Video Card: ATi Radeon X1650 Pro Any help would be greatly appreciated Thank you for listening.
Osprey Therian I want capslocklock Join date: 6 Jul 2004 Posts: 5,049	12-08-2008 23:08 Make sure a firewall isn't blocking your connection to SL. _____________________ http:www.atomic-raygun.com Combat Cards in Europa [url=http://slurl.com/secondlife/grignano/118/116/]The Photography Studio in Grignano[/url] Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow, And there let us wallow in glorious mud. Flanders and Swan
Baloo Uriza Debian Linux Helper Join date: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 895	12-09-2008 11:31 From: Nevets Tibbett Hello, I have not used the forums before, and I don't play the game very often. I do, however, make sure that I keep up-to-date with the latest versions of SL. With the latest release, however, it doesn't work on my comp like it used to. Whenever I boot up SL, all I get is a white empty window. I once had the game running in the background for 5 hours, and all I got was the white empty window. Clicking on it gives me the "Not Responding" error. Whenever I close it, then reboot it, I get the Crash logger, and the whole process repeats. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling... Nothing. I tried a Windows repair... Nothing. I tried Cool Viewer... Nothing. I tried a complete wipe of SL and reinstalling... Nothing. I even did a few System Restores... Nothing. Here is my computer specs: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.20 GHz, Single core OS: Windows XP Professional 32-bit Service Pack 3 Memory: 1.5 GB RAM, 103 GB HDD (Partition) Video Card: ATi Radeon X1650 Pro This is probably a driver issue; recent ATi drivers for Windows don't seem to properly support vertex buffer objects. Any program I try in Windows with my Radeon that uses VBO does the same thing. The Linux drivers are not affected. Open SL, but do not log in. Go to Edit > Preferences > Graphics > Custom > Hardware Settings and make sure the checkbox mentioning VBO or vertex buffer objects is not checked. Click OK until you're back to the login screen, and try logging in.
Nevets Tibbett Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 4	12-13-2008 20:53 From: Osprey Therian Make sure a firewall isn't blocking your connection to SL. It wasn't blocking it. SL worked fine until I installed the newest version. From: Baloo Uriza This is probably a driver issue; recent ATi drivers for Windows don't seem to properly support vertex buffer objects. Any program I try in Windows with my Radeon that uses VBO does the same thing. The Linux drivers are not affected. Open SL, but do not log in. Go to Edit > Preferences > Graphics > Custom > Hardware Settings and make sure the checkbox mentioning VBO or vertex buffer objects is not checked. Click OK until you're back to the login screen, and try logging in. That's the problem. When I open SL, I get an empty white window. No SL logo. No menu. Nothing.
Baloo Uriza Debian Linux Helper Join date: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 895	12-14-2008 13:04 From: Nevets Tibbett That's the problem. When I open SL, I get an empty white window. No SL logo. No menu. Nothing. Do you even get a login screen? If you can get that far, see if my fix works and report back, please.
Nevets Tibbett Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 4	12-17-2008 19:52 From: Baloo Uriza Do you even get a login screen? No, I don't get a login screen. I get the SL viewer window to show up, but where the login screen would be is completely white, with nothing on it. That empty white screen remains empty, even when I have the program running for hours.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	12-17-2008 23:00 Just a comment, just because a firewall wasn't blocking an earlier version of SL doesn't mean it won't start blocking SL if you install a new version of SL. You can try different versions of video driver. Did you delete the settings.xml file? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Nevets Tibbett Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 4	12-23-2008 23:46 My firewall is not the problem, it's been set to accept SL, and the only times settings.xml got deleted was when I did the uninstalls. How do I change the video driver version?