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1.6 under Linux
Carnildo Greenacre
Flight Engineer
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,044
03-25-2005 23:31
Has anyone succeeded in running the 1.6 preview under Linux?
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GigasBan King
Registered User
Join date: 12 Dec 2004
Posts: 6
03-25-2005 23:55
Runs fine under WineX 3.3-1 - grab a copy via Point2Play.

Nothing really special required.

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Serie Gullwing
Registered User
Join date: 9 Jul 2004
Posts: 5
03-26-2005 00:37
What about with the free version that's been floating around the forums?
Zonax Delorean
Registered User
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 767
03-26-2005 06:39
Are you sure it works?

I'm trying Point2Play, install only went fine with Cedega 4.2.1, but when I run the game, it gets to the "send crash reports in the future" dialog, then the "no directx 9" dialog, then it crashes.

The console shows this:

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INFO Loading user colors from colors.ini
INFO Attempting to poll DirectX for hardware info
INFO CoCreateInstance IID_IDxDiagProvider
INFO dx_diag_providerp->Initialize
INFO dx_diag_providerp->GetRootContainer
INFO dx_diag_rootp->GetChildContainer
WARNING DX9 probe failed
INFO DirectX probe failed, alerting user.
INFO Done polling DirectX for hardware info
WARNING Unknown Windows major version 4, aborting detection!
INFO Detected VRAM: 0
INFO Default vfs data file not present, found C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\SecondLife\cache\data.db2.x.1638
INFO Old salt: 1638
INFO Renaming C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\SecondLife\cache\data.db2.x.1638 to C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\SecondLife\cache\data.db2.x.1785
INFO Renaming C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\SecondLife\cache\index.db2.x.1638 to C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\SecondLife\cache\index.db2.x.1785
INFO Initializing window...
INFO Begin crash reporter
INFO Starting Second Life Viewer Crash Reporter
INFO Got userserver userserver.colo.lindenlab.com
INFO Show the user dialog


I have an ATI card, with GL drivers (that works well, according to Point2Play).
splat1 Edison
Registerd Nut
Join date: 6 Sep 2004
Posts: 353
03-26-2005 08:12
It helps to have a windows install to pickup the dx9 libs from but sadly iv not got mine tp work :(

ow well we will hopfully have a client by 1.7 acording to LL :D
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Steve Patel
Registered User
Join date: 4 May 2004
Posts: 39
03-26-2005 21:52
I've been using SL under WineX for a while now, I never did get it to work with Cedega. So far with the 1.6 preview test, I can only get to Verifying Protocol Version, at which point it wants to update itself, even though I'm using the most current version.

I'm hoping this doesn't happen when 1.6 is really out, but we'll see. It might just be my WineX setup.

I wish they'd just give us a Linux client already... >_<

It's been my experience that when you go with an operating system that isn't mainstream, you get treated as secondary, at least with gaming. I used to play Neverwinter Nights, they promised us a Linux client at the start and it took quite a while for them to actually release it. I think it was about a year. They never did release a toolset for it, the community ended up creating their own down the road... So I'm used to this. ;)

It's worth the hassle to me though, although I do hope it gets better as more people discover the alternatives. :D