I'm having trouble, please help

I am a newbie to Linux. After trying to install SL several time on different Linux operating systems on my laptop, they did not work at all. Hopefully someone can help. If I can't get this to work then I prob won't be returning to Second Life in a while

Based on the log, it seems like it can't create a window because the screen needs to be 32-bit colors or something.

I'm a linux noob, so I only can help you if you're running (K)Ubuntu and have a GF 6800.

Can you play Penguin Racer at a decent frame rate? If not, you're video card hasnt been installed properly...

Yeah my Penguin Racer was a bit slow...went off the course real easily, lol.

I tried several like Knoppix, Linspire, and Ubuntu and they all give me the same message. I have Nvidia.

So what can I do? I guess I have to take it to a technician then

You probably need to:
a) Download and install the NVIdia Proprietary Linux Drivers from http://nvidia.com
b) Edit your (/etc/X11/)xorg.conf file to use the NVidia driver (look under Section "Device" for Driver and change it to nvidia)
c) Set your default color depth. Under Section "Screen" in xorg.conf, change DefaultColorDepth to 32
Hope this helps!
--Jesse

This worked for me under Kubuntu:
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Ok, I tried in Ubuntu with you guys' suggestions and it didn't work. One way I tried got me a link called 'NVIDIA settings' that doesn't do anything. Another way told me that my graphics card and the kernel were different (or something like that,don't exactly remember what was different). heheh

Just realized, maybe it's because my distribution in breezy instead of dapper (whatever that means).

I'm looking through these right now (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&subword=1&version=breezy&release=all&keywords=nvidia&sourceid=mozilla-search) but I have no idea at all if they would be helpful

First of all, doesn't matter too much what your distro is. All Linux is basically the same; the differences are fairly minor. The problem is more fundamental than that, and the first thing that occurs to me based on your problem is to change the DefaultDepth in xorg.conf and make sure direct rendering is working.

grep "DefaultDepth" /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should show
DefaultDepth 24
or
DefaultDepth 32

and

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
should show
direct rendering: Yes

If you can get your system to that stage, that problem should be gone...

If you are running Ubuntu Breezy have a look at Automatix http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405
A friend of mine got his hardware acceleration running by using Automatix

If you are running Ubuntu Breezy or Dapper (or even hoary if you are that far behind the times) getting Nvidia proprietary drivers running isn't that harsh (a breeze compared to ATI...damn ATI and their terrible linux support!). Go take a look at the Ubuntu forums and search for a tutorial or how to on how to switch to Nvidia's proprietary drivers.