Second Life Forums Archive - We *had* SL working under Win ME....

Liona Clio

Angel in Disguise

Join date: 30 Aug 2004

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04-02-2005 22:57

My roomie has been playing Second Life under Windows ME....but now that version 1.6 is out, the program won't even come up when the icon is clicked.

Is 1.6 totally incompatiable with Win ME now? Or is there a way to get ME to run 1.6....at least until we can get this station upgraded to XP? Any input would be appreciated.

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Adam Zaius

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Join date: 9 Jan 2004

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04-02-2005 23:02

That's the same symptoms I'm getting with WineX (linux) on one of my two SL machines, simply refuses to 'launch'. I'd give debug info, but even WineX isnt giving me any.

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Kali Dougall

Purple and Spikey

Join date: 5 Feb 2005

Posts: 98

04-02-2005 23:04

I believe LL has never supported running SL on ME, the fact that one could do so was just... incidental. 1.6 adds features that require later versions of the Windows OS. They didn't exactly "break" compatibility with older versions of Windows... compatibility was never intended.

Maerou Czukor

Ouriye Mærou

Join date: 16 Jan 2005

Posts: 30

04-02-2005 23:25

Windows ME. bleh

Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

04-03-2005 22:29

From: Adam Zaius

That's the same symptoms I'm getting with WineX (linux) on one of my two SL machines, simply refuses to 'launch'. I'd give debug info, but even WineX isnt giving me any.

-Adam

What version of Windows are you having WineX emulate? I can get 1.6 to run to the point of giving me a black screen and a great deal of status output.

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Adam Zaius

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04-04-2005 06:43

From: Carnildo Greenacre

What version of Windows are you having WineX emulate? I can get 1.6 to run to the point of giving me a black screen and a great deal of status output.

The machine that's working has Windows files loaded from a legitimate windows directory (installed with VMware and setup as wine's resource dir), the other one however is virtually stock Point2Play running WineX 3.3.2-1 set to emulate Windows2000.

-Adam

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We had SL working under Win ME....

We had SL working under Win ME....
Liona Clio Angel in Disguise Join date: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 1,500	04-02-2005 22:57 My roomie has been playing Second Life under Windows ME....but now that version 1.6 is out, the program won't even come up when the icon is clicked. Is 1.6 totally incompatiable with Win ME now? Or is there a way to get ME to run 1.6....at least until we can get this station upgraded to XP? Any input would be appreciated. _____________________ "Well, my days of not taking you seriously have certainly come to a middle."
Adam Zaius Deus Join date: 9 Jan 2004 Posts: 1,483	04-02-2005 23:02 That's the same symptoms I'm getting with WineX (linux) on one of my two SL machines, simply refuses to 'launch'. I'd give debug info, but even WineX isnt giving me any. -Adam _____________________ Co-Founder / Lead Developer GigasSecondServer
Kali Dougall Purple and Spikey Join date: 5 Feb 2005 Posts: 98	04-02-2005 23:04 I believe LL has never supported running SL on ME, the fact that one could do so was just... incidental. 1.6 adds features that require later versions of the Windows OS. They didn't exactly "break" compatibility with older versions of Windows... compatibility was never intended.
Maerou Czukor Ouriye Mærou Join date: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 30	04-02-2005 23:25 Windows ME. bleh
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	04-03-2005 22:29 From: Adam Zaius That's the same symptoms I'm getting with WineX (linux) on one of my two SL machines, simply refuses to 'launch'. I'd give debug info, but even WineX isnt giving me any. -Adam What version of Windows are you having WineX emulate? I can get 1.6 to run to the point of giving me a black screen and a great deal of status output. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Adam Zaius Deus Join date: 9 Jan 2004 Posts: 1,483	04-04-2005 06:43 From: Carnildo Greenacre What version of Windows are you having WineX emulate? I can get 1.6 to run to the point of giving me a black screen and a great deal of status output. The machine that's working has Windows files loaded from a legitimate windows directory (installed with VMware and setup as wine's resource dir), the other one however is virtually stock Point2Play running WineX 3.3.2-1 set to emulate Windows2000. -Adam _____________________ Co-Founder / Lead Developer GigasSecondServer