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fuzzy Gorilla

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Join date: 9 May 2005

Posts: 1

10-24-2005 15:41

i try loging on but get a error meaage that says sl has encounterd a problem can some1 plz help me out

Alisa Honey

THE HONEYPOT

Join date: 2 Jul 2005

Posts: 93

10-24-2005 15:52

i am getting the same messege i see lots of my friends r in there but i cant get on even axceppted the new rules but still fail to conect it says they encontered a problem

Serph Albion

Registered User

Join date: 24 Oct 2005

Posts: 1

10-24-2005 15:53

Yea I got that problem too. I can't even email them for help cuz it won't let me. When I log in it'll say "Logging in. Secondlife may appear to be frozen" then I get that error popup.

allycat Sartre

Registered User

Join date: 23 Oct 2005

Posts: 6

10-24-2005 15:55

same here

mathew Horton

Registered User

Join date: 18 Sep 2005

Posts: 40

SAme

10-24-2005 15:57

Umm is there any lindens out there to help us fix this prob

DigiKatt Shaw

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Join date: 16 May 2005

Posts: 108

error message

10-24-2005 15:57

i'm getting the same message. despite our best efforts etc etc etc... what's up?

Elesha Aleixandre

Registered User

Join date: 26 Sep 2005

Posts: 1

Same can not log in.

10-24-2005 15:58

From: mathew Horton

Umm is there any lindens out there to help us fix this prob

Having same problem.

Porche Lewis

Registered User

Join date: 7 Oct 2005

Posts: 5

Me Too!!!!

10-24-2005 15:58

I have just D/Led the new 1.7 version and done everything possible to get in........seems alot are complaining of the same thing to me as well. HELP!!! I tried too send a log report to support but I am lonely. LOL. Paleeeeeeeeeeeeeez help us all.
Porche

Carsupra Jimador

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Join date: 15 Oct 2005

Posts: 12

Re.

10-24-2005 15:58

same here, so Ok here is the problem, after every update the logins are slow. so that means that Everyone from SL is trying to login which makes the server congested, and they said something like that two, so we just have to wait and see what happens after

Lordfly Digeridoo

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10-24-2005 16:00

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TXGorilla Falcone

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Join date: 4 May 2004

Posts: 176

10-24-2005 16:01

Ok Im gonna save the Lindens some time here by saying:
With every Major update the Login Servers will be overloaded by people trying to log in like yourself.
Also once in your controlls will be sluggish for a bit and the Teleport Servers may be also overloaded or even not online yet so bear with us it may even be wedsday before its running smoothly.

How do I know? Ive been here thru 3-4 Major updates all is under controll

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Friskles Echegaray

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Join date: 1 Oct 2005

Posts: 36

Is entertainment really that important???

10-24-2005 16:05

Calm down people. Jezzums it's just a game. Imagine thousands of people trying to fit through one door all at once. It's the same concept with the SL server. It's gonna take awhile before everyone can get back in again. Just give it a day or two and it should be fine.

mathew Horton

Registered User

Join date: 18 Sep 2005

Posts: 40

10-24-2005 16:08

From: Friskles Echegaray

Calm down people. Jezzums it's just a game. Imagine thousands of people trying to fit through one door all at once. It's the same concept with the SL server. It's gonna take awhile before everyone can get back in again. Just give it a day or two and it should be fine.

Yes your right but i actually pay money for the game and im not mad i was just curious to find out why i wasnt able to log inn

Kaila Languish

Registered User

Join date: 22 Oct 2005

Posts: 1

10-24-2005 16:09

I'm getting the same problem! Only managed to get on once since the upgrade and even then it wasn't working right.

Dakota White

Registered User

Join date: 3 Dec 2004

Posts: 7

10-24-2005 16:13

my message tells me that it's the connection. However, my web sites work, my yahoo works and every other "connection required" device works... I am hoping it is simply an over load of people trying to connect. But I am getting no where when I try.

Snakekiss Noir

japanese designer

Join date: 9 Dec 2003

Posts: 334

unable to log in

10-24-2005 16:15

Just get ever hanging screen and then the unable to connect something has gone wrong screen

Tried last hour or more no response

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Gryphin Richard

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Join date: 29 Sep 2005

Posts: 5

10-24-2005 16:16

From: Kaila Languish

I'm getting the same problem! Only managed to get on once since the upgrade and even then it wasn't working right.

your lucky then I dint even get on. But dont worry its going to take time just sit back and wait. I did evreything the fourm said. I unstailed the game then upgraded to the new verison (Meaing I down loaded the whole new game) and tryed agin. I even used the destroy cacth infromation option (still nothing). So What I am saying is your going to have to wait to play second life. I know its a bit of a pain but you (and me and a lot of other people) are going to have to wait.

Zonax Delorean

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Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 767

10-24-2005 16:18

Same here... says connection problem, but it's NOT!

ZombieWolf Overdrive

Graphic Designer

Join date: 5 Jul 2005

Posts: 44

Re:

10-24-2005 16:23

Ut oh. I get a message saying "system may be down" now.

Heuvadoches Naumova

Equus Exoticus

Join date: 6 Oct 2005

Posts: 174

10-24-2005 16:27

Out of sheer boredom, I just sent my SL logfile to them.....maybe they can figure out what's been buggered.

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Zonax Delorean

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Join date: 5 Jun 2004

Posts: 767

10-24-2005 16:28

Also, found this on a website, but probably too late

http://www1.slblogger.com/?q=node/128

From: someone

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A revised guide to SL on Linux

Introduction
It's been a while since I last wrote my Linux Guide, and in the meantime, things have changed. LL's begun work in earnest with their own Linux Client. But, for the next 6 months, Transgaming's WineX still remains the optimal solution. In this guide, we hope to take you through the steps of getting SL setup on a Linux machine.

Some notes

* ATI compatibility with WineX can be shaky. This is mostly due to the poor quality of availible drivers for ATI chipsets. We will discuss some workarounds later on.
* You should be running a 2.6 kernel with the latest ATI/nVidia drivers installed.
* Icculus Linden is the one doing the port to Linux, and no - he doesnt need testers yet, so dont bother him. LL will announce when they need testers.

* I strongly recommend getting a copy of WineX 3.3 from Transgaming via Point2Play. This will require a transgaming subscription however (which is $5/month for download access). We will discuss another source for getting WineX 3.2 below, however installing Second Life will take another step, which we will not discuss in detail.

Requirements
What you are going to need to run Second Life on Linux, and still be able to play. (These are recommended, not minimum specs, it's possible to run lower)

* 2Ghz Pentium 4, or equivilent.
* 512MB Physical Memory, 1GB Optimal.
* GeForce 3 or higher
* Network connection, capable of 256kbps or higher.
* WineX 3.2 or 3.3
* With either Cedega + Point2Play, or WINE, or Crossover Office.
* 2.6 Linux Kernel or greater
* Latest ATI or nVidia drivers with GLX support
* XOrg6.8.1 or XFree equivilent
* 24-bit display (16bit and lower will not work)

Getting started
This section is going to assume you have a transgaming account, and Point2Play installed. If you have neither, skip down to the second part of this section.

If you have Point2Play installed

* Download the latest Secondlife-X-XX.exe from the website.
* Using Point2Play, install the latest version of Cedega and WineX3.
* Click 'Install' and point it to your copy of the Second Life install executable, select your latest version of Cedega to handle the install.
* When the installer loads (this usually takes about 30 seconds before anything appears), the release notes will be missing. This is normal. Click install, and follow the prompts as usual.
* Now that Second Life is installed, select 'Configure' and change it from Cedega to the latest version of WineX 3.3.
* Run Second Life once, it will crash or freeze on startup - let it go. It should now have created a folder in your WineX c_drive folder. (This is normally ~/.point2play/Second Life/c_drive/) called ~/.point2play/Second Life/c_drive/windows/Application Data/SecondLife/user_settings/ - inside here there is a file called 'settings.ini'. Search for the line marked 'Fullscreen = true' and change it to 'Fullscreen = false'.
* Restart Second Life, and try loading it again, it should now work correctly.

If you dont have Point2Play installed, and presumably dont have a transgaming account

* Download http://www.fetedinnercore.com/sl/winex-3-3-2.zip and unzip it into a directory of your choice. Run the following from a commandline, inside the directory concerned. (You will need to run the command as root, use su first)

./configure && make && make install && make clean
* Download and install WINE from http://www.winehq.com
* Download the latest SecondLife-X-XX.exe from the Second Life website.
* Install Second Life using WINE, transfer the data files to your WineX c_drive directory.
* Run Second Life once, wait for it to crash.
* Edit the C:\Documents and Settings\XYZ\Application Data\Second Life\user_settings\settings.ini file (inside your configured WineX C_drive), change "Fullscreen = true" to "Fullscreen = false" inside this file.
* Restart Second Life, and try loading it again, it should now work.

Troubleshooting
Sadly the above procedure does fail with frequency. It's now time to start debugging what's gone wrong.

"Second Life is running extremely slow". Run `glxgears` on the commandline, and check you are getting over 500fps. If you are not, your OpenGL accelleration isnt working right. Reinstall your drivers. With nVidia, check nVidia-GLX is setup right, and that Enable GLX is in your xorg.conf / XFree86Config.

Error message "Second Life must be run in 32-bit colour". This message most commonly appears with ATI drivers, add -ignorepixeldepth into your Second Life commandline switches. If it now crashes on startup, or still shows that message, double check you are running at 24-bit colour, then try upgrading your ATI / nVidia drivers, if this fails to work. Upgrade to XOrg 6.8.1 if it is availible in your distrobution.

My screen has gone into a myriad of funky colours! This happens when you try run Second Life in Cedega. Dont. Use WineX 3.X instead.

Second Life crashes on startup without any message, or fails to load. This one is a hard one to track down, however a few pointers can be checking you have a 2.6 kernel, have a recent version of WineX, and that you have appropriate permissions set. Running WineX in debug / verbose mode can give you some indicators. as to what's happening. I believe the issue has been fixed, however reports up to 1.6.5 have indicated renaming SecondLife.exe to newview.exe can sometimes allow Second Life to run.

-Adam
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Heuvadoches Naumova

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Join date: 6 Oct 2005

Posts: 174

10-24-2005 16:31

although interesting, it doesn't help those of us who are attached to Mr. Gates' Microsoft appendage.

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Circe Broom

Registered User

Join date: 2 Aug 2004

Posts: 26

10-24-2005 16:32

ME TOO. Here I am again. AGAIN. Waiting to get in. ALWAYS waiting to get in. You'd THINK that the odds would be with me for a change. OTHER people get in. I pay just like .. no, MORE than most of the users.. And I want to get into this program I pay to get IN to.

ZombieWolf Overdrive

Graphic Designer

Join date: 5 Jul 2005

Posts: 44

Re:

10-24-2005 16:32

Dang, hope this update is worth it because I'm freaking out here trying to get logged in now for 6 1/2 hours.

- Z

Soleil Mirabeau

eh?

Join date: 6 Oct 2005

Posts: 995

10-24-2005 16:33

I'm getting the Critical message with the "big six" then the error. Then nadda. :\

help me i cant log on sl
fuzzy Gorilla Registered User Join date: 9 May 2005 Posts: 1	10-24-2005 15:41 i try loging on but get a error meaage that says sl has encounterd a problem can some1 plz help me out
Alisa Honey THE HONEYPOT Join date: 2 Jul 2005 Posts: 93	10-24-2005 15:52 i am getting the same messege i see lots of my friends r in there but i cant get on even axceppted the new rules but still fail to conect it says they encontered a problem
Serph Albion Registered User Join date: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 1	10-24-2005 15:53 Yea I got that problem too. I can't even email them for help cuz it won't let me. When I log in it'll say "Logging in. Secondlife may appear to be frozen" then I get that error popup.
allycat Sartre Registered User Join date: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 6	10-24-2005 15:55 same here
mathew Horton Registered User Join date: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 40	SAme 10-24-2005 15:57 Umm is there any lindens out there to help us fix this prob
DigiKatt Shaw Registered User Join date: 16 May 2005 Posts: 108	error message 10-24-2005 15:57 i'm getting the same message. despite our best efforts etc etc etc... what's up?
Elesha Aleixandre Registered User Join date: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 1	Same can not log in. 10-24-2005 15:58 From: mathew Horton Umm is there any lindens out there to help us fix this prob Having same problem.
Porche Lewis Registered User Join date: 7 Oct 2005 Posts: 5	Me Too!!!! 10-24-2005 15:58 I have just D/Led the new 1.7 version and done everything possible to get in........seems alot are complaining of the same thing to me as well. HELP!!! I tried too send a log report to support but I am lonely. LOL. Paleeeeeeeeeeeeeez help us all. Porche
Carsupra Jimador Registered User Join date: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 12	Re. 10-24-2005 15:58 same here, so Ok here is the problem, after every update the logins are slow. so that means that Everyone from SL is trying to login which makes the server congested, and they said something like that two, so we just have to wait and see what happens after
Lordfly Digeridoo Prim Orchestrator Join date: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 3,628	10-24-2005 16:00 /108/42/67143/1.html _____________________ ---- http://www.lordfly.com/ http://www.twitter.com/lordfly http://www.plurk.com/lordfly
TXGorilla Falcone KWKAT Planetfurry DJ Join date: 4 May 2004 Posts: 176	10-24-2005 16:01 Ok Im gonna save the Lindens some time here by saying: With every Major update the Login Servers will be overloaded by people trying to log in like yourself. Also once in your controlls will be sluggish for a bit and the Teleport Servers may be also overloaded or even not online yet so bear with us it may even be wedsday before its running smoothly. How do I know? Ive been here thru 3-4 Major updates all is under controll _____________________ Drunken Monkeys danceing on the tables. Falling from the sky just like in a fable.
Friskles Echegaray Serious Furry Join date: 1 Oct 2005 Posts: 36	Is entertainment really that important??? 10-24-2005 16:05 Calm down people. Jezzums it's just a game. Imagine thousands of people trying to fit through one door all at once. It's the same concept with the SL server. It's gonna take awhile before everyone can get back in again. Just give it a day or two and it should be fine.
mathew Horton Registered User Join date: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 40	10-24-2005 16:08 From: Friskles Echegaray Calm down people. Jezzums it's just a game. Imagine thousands of people trying to fit through one door all at once. It's the same concept with the SL server. It's gonna take awhile before everyone can get back in again. Just give it a day or two and it should be fine. Yes your right but i actually pay money for the game and im not mad i was just curious to find out why i wasnt able to log inn
Kaila Languish Registered User Join date: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 1	10-24-2005 16:09 I'm getting the same problem! Only managed to get on once since the upgrade and even then it wasn't working right.
Dakota White Registered User Join date: 3 Dec 2004 Posts: 7	10-24-2005 16:13 my message tells me that it's the connection. However, my web sites work, my yahoo works and every other "connection required" device works... I am hoping it is simply an over load of people trying to connect. But I am getting no where when I try.
Snakekiss Noir japanese designer Join date: 9 Dec 2003 Posts: 334	unable to log in 10-24-2005 16:15 Just get ever hanging screen and then the unable to connect something has gone wrong screen Tried last hour or more no response _____________________ Whatever happened to Important Basic Feature Improvements including improving the outdated 5 year old AV Body Appearance system to Poser standard? What happened to the 'see for miles' graphical visions we were shown of Havok Engine? Instead we got moral crusades to please American businesses. OPPOSE LOCAL TAXES ON VIRTUAL WORLDS !! THE BRAVE NEW WORLD HAS BECOME A BIG NEW SHOP
Gryphin Richard Registered User Join date: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 5	10-24-2005 16:16 From: Kaila Languish I'm getting the same problem! Only managed to get on once since the upgrade and even then it wasn't working right. your lucky then I dint even get on. But dont worry its going to take time just sit back and wait. I did evreything the fourm said. I unstailed the game then upgraded to the new verison (Meaing I down loaded the whole new game) and tryed agin. I even used the destroy cacth infromation option (still nothing). So What I am saying is your going to have to wait to play second life. I know its a bit of a pain but you (and me and a lot of other people) are going to have to wait.
Zonax Delorean Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 767	10-24-2005 16:18 Same here... says connection problem, but it's NOT!
ZombieWolf Overdrive Graphic Designer Join date: 5 Jul 2005 Posts: 44	Re: 10-24-2005 16:23 Ut oh. I get a message saying "system may be down" now.
Heuvadoches Naumova Equus Exoticus Join date: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 174	10-24-2005 16:27 Out of sheer boredom, I just sent my SL logfile to them.....maybe they can figure out what's been buggered. _____________________ Respectfully yours, Heuvadoches [I try to be in character as much as possible.] [left]Obligitory Advertisement: Pixel Crack Productions - Rainbow Tiger Island Mall [/left]
Zonax Delorean Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 767	10-24-2005 16:28 Also, found this on a website, but probably too late http://www1.slblogger.com/?q=node/128 From: someone SLBlogger Navigation SLBlogger Home » blogs » Adam Zaius's blog A revised guide to SL on Linux Introduction It's been a while since I last wrote my Linux Guide, and in the meantime, things have changed. LL's begun work in earnest with their own Linux Client. But, for the next 6 months, Transgaming's WineX still remains the optimal solution. In this guide, we hope to take you through the steps of getting SL setup on a Linux machine. Some notes * ATI compatibility with WineX can be shaky. This is mostly due to the poor quality of availible drivers for ATI chipsets. We will discuss some workarounds later on. * You should be running a 2.6 kernel with the latest ATI/nVidia drivers installed. * Icculus Linden is the one doing the port to Linux, and no - he doesnt need testers yet, so dont bother him. LL will announce when they need testers. * I strongly recommend getting a copy of WineX 3.3 from Transgaming via Point2Play. This will require a transgaming subscription however (which is $5/month for download access). We will discuss another source for getting WineX 3.2 below, however installing Second Life will take another step, which we will not discuss in detail. Requirements What you are going to need to run Second Life on Linux, and still be able to play. (These are recommended, not minimum specs, it's possible to run lower) * 2Ghz Pentium 4, or equivilent. * 512MB Physical Memory, 1GB Optimal. * GeForce 3 or higher * Network connection, capable of 256kbps or higher. * WineX 3.2 or 3.3 * With either Cedega + Point2Play, or WINE, or Crossover Office. * 2.6 Linux Kernel or greater * Latest ATI or nVidia drivers with GLX support * XOrg6.8.1 or XFree equivilent * 24-bit display (16bit and lower will not work) Getting started This section is going to assume you have a transgaming account, and Point2Play installed. If you have neither, skip down to the second part of this section. If you have Point2Play installed * Download the latest Secondlife-X-XX.exe from the website. * Using Point2Play, install the latest version of Cedega and WineX3. * Click 'Install' and point it to your copy of the Second Life install executable, select your latest version of Cedega to handle the install. * When the installer loads (this usually takes about 30 seconds before anything appears), the release notes will be missing. This is normal. Click install, and follow the prompts as usual. * Now that Second Life is installed, select 'Configure' and change it from Cedega to the latest version of WineX 3.3. * Run Second Life once, it will crash or freeze on startup - let it go. It should now have created a folder in your WineX c_drive folder. (This is normally ~/.point2play/Second Life/c_drive/) called ~/.point2play/Second Life/c_drive/windows/Application Data/SecondLife/user_settings/ - inside here there is a file called 'settings.ini'. Search for the line marked 'Fullscreen = true' and change it to 'Fullscreen = false'. * Restart Second Life, and try loading it again, it should now work correctly. If you dont have Point2Play installed, and presumably dont have a transgaming account * Download http://www.fetedinnercore.com/sl/winex-3-3-2.zip and unzip it into a directory of your choice. Run the following from a commandline, inside the directory concerned. (You will need to run the command as root, use su first) ./configure && make && make install && make clean * Download and install WINE from http://www.winehq.com * Download the latest SecondLife-X-XX.exe from the Second Life website. * Install Second Life using WINE, transfer the data files to your WineX c_drive directory. * Run Second Life once, wait for it to crash. * Edit the C:\Documents and Settings\XYZ\Application Data\Second Life\user_settings\settings.ini file (inside your configured WineX C_drive), change "Fullscreen = true" to "Fullscreen = false" inside this file. * Restart Second Life, and try loading it again, it should now work. Troubleshooting Sadly the above procedure does fail with frequency. It's now time to start debugging what's gone wrong. "Second Life is running extremely slow". Run `glxgears` on the commandline, and check you are getting over 500fps. If you are not, your OpenGL accelleration isnt working right. Reinstall your drivers. With nVidia, check nVidia-GLX is setup right, and that Enable GLX is in your xorg.conf / XFree86Config. Error message "Second Life must be run in 32-bit colour". This message most commonly appears with ATI drivers, add -ignorepixeldepth into your Second Life commandline switches. If it now crashes on startup, or still shows that message, double check you are running at 24-bit colour, then try upgrading your ATI / nVidia drivers, if this fails to work. Upgrade to XOrg 6.8.1 if it is availible in your distrobution. My screen has gone into a myriad of funky colours! This happens when you try run Second Life in Cedega. Dont. Use WineX 3.X instead. Second Life crashes on startup without any message, or fails to load. This one is a hard one to track down, however a few pointers can be checking you have a 2.6 kernel, have a recent version of WineX, and that you have appropriate permissions set. Running WineX in debug / verbose mode can give you some indicators. as to what's happening. I believe the issue has been fixed, however reports up to 1.6.5 have indicated renaming SecondLife.exe to newview.exe can sometimes allow Second Life to run. -Adam Trackback URL for this post:
Heuvadoches Naumova Equus Exoticus Join date: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 174	10-24-2005 16:31 although interesting, it doesn't help those of us who are attached to Mr. Gates' Microsoft appendage. _____________________ Respectfully yours, Heuvadoches [I try to be in character as much as possible.] [left]Obligitory Advertisement: Pixel Crack Productions - Rainbow Tiger Island Mall [/left]
Circe Broom Registered User Join date: 2 Aug 2004 Posts: 26	10-24-2005 16:32 ME TOO. Here I am again. AGAIN. Waiting to get in. ALWAYS waiting to get in. You'd THINK that the odds would be with me for a change. OTHER people get in. I pay just like .. no, MORE than most of the users.. And I want to get into this program I pay to get IN to.
ZombieWolf Overdrive Graphic Designer Join date: 5 Jul 2005 Posts: 44	Re: 10-24-2005 16:32 Dang, hope this update is worth it because I'm freaking out here trying to get logged in now for 6 1/2 hours. - Z
Soleil Mirabeau eh? Join date: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 995	10-24-2005 16:33 I'm getting the Critical message with the "big six" then the error. Then nadda. :\

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