Regarding this blog post: http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/03/28/1140-known-issues-drivers-vbo-ati-x300x600-notebooks-and-other-woes/#comments
I had hopes that those of us who took the time to post our system specs would at least receive a response and see this to a happy ending.
However, this isn't the case, instead it's ended worse.
Prior to 1.14.0 I had no issues in Second Life. In fact, I purchased an Island, have invested my USD in this, and generally my only compaint has been lag.
1.14.0 was then released. All of a sudden, my graphics driver is to blame. Ok, update graphics driver. Done. Hrm. Nope, not working. Ok I'll go back to 1.13.2 since 1.14.0 was optional. Woo hoo! Life is good again.
I had hopes that LL would listen to all of those in that thread who had issues. I was wrong.
1.15.0 was released, not as optional, thus my SL has been taken away.
I am able to login. After 5-10 attempts, crashing immeditately at login, getting a blue screen error, having to reboot, and attempt again. Why do I bother? Because I own an island, have vendors who expect me to be available when issues arise, money to be distributed and relationships to foster. I don't have a choice but sit for 45 min and keep trying.
Once in world, I'm unable to teleport anywhere. I can barely fly across my Island without crashing. It's completely unstable.
I sent support an email, to which I was responded to with a generic response which was essentially the same thing as what was listed in the blog. I responded asking for assistance again, never to have my email responded to.
My questions:
1. Why is it inconsistent? Why can I login and stay logged in for hours (minus the abilitiy to teleport or do anything other than hang out) after 5-10 attempts.
2. Will SL ever support other graphic cards, or should I consider selling my Island and counting my losses. (my laptop is less than a year old, with an embedded graphics card so updating my graphics card is not an option, purchasing another laptop is not an option, spending more money for this to work is not an option).
3. Is it possible to use an older version if you have issues, even though these updates are mandatory. Is it possible to make older versions available?
edited to add: It's not acceptable to me to be told to update my drivers or graphics cards, when, prior to this release, I had no issues at all. I have updated everything, I have spent many hours reading and trying to get this fixed. I know SL works on my system, as I had no problems before.
I had hopes that those of us who took the time to post our system specs would at least receive a response and see this to a happy ending.
However, this isn't the case, instead it's ended worse.
Prior to 1.14.0 I had no issues in Second Life. In fact, I purchased an Island, have invested my USD in this, and generally my only compaint has been lag.
1.14.0 was then released. All of a sudden, my graphics driver is to blame. Ok, update graphics driver. Done. Hrm. Nope, not working. Ok I'll go back to 1.13.2 since 1.14.0 was optional. Woo hoo! Life is good again.
I had hopes that LL would listen to all of those in that thread who had issues. I was wrong.
1.15.0 was released, not as optional, thus my SL has been taken away.
I am able to login. After 5-10 attempts, crashing immeditately at login, getting a blue screen error, having to reboot, and attempt again. Why do I bother? Because I own an island, have vendors who expect me to be available when issues arise, money to be distributed and relationships to foster. I don't have a choice but sit for 45 min and keep trying.
Once in world, I'm unable to teleport anywhere. I can barely fly across my Island without crashing. It's completely unstable.
I sent support an email, to which I was responded to with a generic response which was essentially the same thing as what was listed in the blog. I responded asking for assistance again, never to have my email responded to.
My questions:
1. Why is it inconsistent? Why can I login and stay logged in for hours (minus the abilitiy to teleport or do anything other than hang out) after 5-10 attempts.
2. Will SL ever support other graphic cards, or should I consider selling my Island and counting my losses. (my laptop is less than a year old, with an embedded graphics card so updating my graphics card is not an option, purchasing another laptop is not an option, spending more money for this to work is not an option).
3. Is it possible to use an older version if you have issues, even though these updates are mandatory. Is it possible to make older versions available?
edited to add: It's not acceptable to me to be told to update my drivers or graphics cards, when, prior to this release, I had no issues at all. I have updated everything, I have spent many hours reading and trying to get this fixed. I know SL works on my system, as I had no problems before.
Perhaps you should consider leaving SL?
