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Sinclair Moore

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Join date: 28 May 2006

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08-04-2006 16:03

Lo folks,

Just tried SL on Mandriva Linux will a total lack of anything good

This is Mandriva Linux 2006 Powerpack (comes with all needed proprietaty drivers) and is using kernel 2.6.12-12mdk i686.

I have included the output below of what I get when I run ./secondlife

Just so you know I am using Gnome 2.10, I extracted it with file-roller and I placed it at /usr/lib/secondlife/ and when I ran it, I ran it as a normal user (although I get the same message as root too).

{code}
[cyorxamp@unit1 secondlife]$ ./secondlife
tee: lastrun.log: Permission denied
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLDir_Linux not fully implemented!
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Error setting log file to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/SecondLife.log
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock...
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Marker file isn't locked.
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock...
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Failed to create marker file.
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Removing message.log
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Exiting init_marker_file().
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Opening debug file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/debug_info.log
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Opening debug file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/debug_info.log failed. Using stderr.
SL Log: /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/SecondLife.log
Second Life version 1.11.2 build 4
Can't get terse CPU information
RAM: 0
OS: Linux 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Second Life version 1.11.2
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Local time: 2006-08-04T23:44:34 BST
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: CPU info:
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1668.243 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3301.37
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Memory info:
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z MemTotal: 515444 kB MemFree: 32868 kB Buffers: 8368 kB Cached: 266364 kB SwapCached: 68 kB Active: 338064 kB Inactive: 104912 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 515444 kB LowFree: 32868 kB SwapTotal: 1052216 kB SwapFree: 1049520 kB Dirty: 156 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 250236 kB Slab: 20768 kB CommitLimit: 1309936 kB Committed_AS: 525600 kB PageTables: 2732 kB VmallocTotal: 511992 kB VmallocUsed: 14148 kB VmallocChunk: 497136 kB
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: OS info: Linux 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading feature tables.
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: RAM256MB
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: CPUSlow
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading configuration file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Failed to load settings from /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading legacy settings from /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.ini
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: LLControlGroup::loadFromFile unable to open.
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading art table from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/viewerart.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading base colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors_base.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading user colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Failed to load user colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.xml
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading legacy colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.ini
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Bad or missing vfx index file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Removing old vfs data file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Renaming /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1 to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.908061307
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Renaming /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1 to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.908061307
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Can't open VFS data file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.908061307 attempting to use alternate
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Couldn't open vfs data file after trying many alternates
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: VFS: Using index file /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/static_index.db2 and data file /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/static_data.db2
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: OSMessageBox: Second Life is unable to access a file that it needs.
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z
2006-08-04T22:44:35Z This can be because you somehow have multiple copies running, or your system incorrectly thinks a file is open. If this message persists, restart your computer and try again. If it continues to persist, you may need to completely uninstall Second Life and reinstall it.
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Naturally I am not running two copies at the same time

Any ideas most appreciated.

Sven Takashi

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Join date: 21 Feb 2006

Posts: 13

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08-04-2006 17:04

My guess is you extracted the archive as a different user than you are trying to run SL with.

SL needs read and write access to it's installation point.

A quick fix would be:
1> become root
2> run:
chown -R cyorxamp.cyorxamp /usr/lib/secondlife/
3> exit from root and try again.

(edited a couple of times to be more specific based on your post)

Sinclair Moore

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Join date: 28 May 2006

Posts: 5

08-05-2006 07:38

Nope sorry, I didn't start using linux yesterday you know.

Already tried all that.

Darkside Eldrich

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Join date: 10 Feb 2006

Posts: 200

08-07-2006 20:29

From: Sinclair Moore

Nope sorry, I didn't start using linux yesterday you know.

Actually, we don't know. A great variety of people ask questions here, with different levels of expertise. In fact, I recall several threads where the poster did start using Linux the day before, literally.

As for your question, I'm not sure, but a search of the forum for "multiple running copies" seems to indicate that your problem is the ole' missing directories issue. If you untar the archive with a graphical file-roller, it doesn't extract empty directories, which SL needs to create files in. So, untar from the command line instead.

If you untarred from the command line, then I dunno.

SL on Mandriva Linux
Sinclair Moore Registered User Join date: 28 May 2006 Posts: 5	08-04-2006 16:03 Lo folks, Just tried SL on Mandriva Linux will a total lack of anything good This is Mandriva Linux 2006 Powerpack (comes with all needed proprietaty drivers) and is using kernel 2.6.12-12mdk i686. I have included the output below of what I get when I run ./secondlife Just so you know I am using Gnome 2.10, I extracted it with file-roller and I placed it at /usr/lib/secondlife/ and when I ran it, I ran it as a normal user (although I get the same message as root too). {code} [cyorxamp@unit1 secondlife]$ ./secondlife tee: lastrun.log: Permission denied 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLDir_Linux not fully implemented! 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: QUEUED THREAD STARTING 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Error setting log file to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/SecondLife.log 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock... 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Marker file isn't locked. 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock... 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Failed to create marker file. 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Removing message.log 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Exiting init_marker_file(). 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Opening debug file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/debug_info.log 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Opening debug file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/debug_info.log failed. Using stderr. SL Log: /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/logs/SecondLife.log Second Life version 1.11.2 build 4 Can't get terse CPU information RAM: 0 OS: Linux 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Second Life version 1.11.2 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Local time: 2006-08-04T23:44:34 BST 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: CPU info: 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1668.243 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3301.37 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Memory info: 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z MemTotal: 515444 kB MemFree: 32868 kB Buffers: 8368 kB Cached: 266364 kB SwapCached: 68 kB Active: 338064 kB Inactive: 104912 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 515444 kB LowFree: 32868 kB SwapTotal: 1052216 kB SwapFree: 1049520 kB Dirty: 156 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 250236 kB Slab: 20768 kB CommitLimit: 1309936 kB Committed_AS: 525600 kB PageTables: 2732 kB VmallocTotal: 511992 kB VmallocUsed: 14148 kB VmallocChunk: 497136 kB 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: OS info: Linux 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading feature tables. 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: RAM256MB 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: CPUSlow 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading configuration file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Failed to load settings from /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: Loading legacy settings from /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.ini 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z INFO: LLControlGroup::loadFromFile unable to open. 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:34Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading art table from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/viewerart.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading base colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors_base.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading user colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Failed to load user colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.xml 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Loading legacy colors from /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/colors.ini 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Bad or missing vfx index file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Removing old vfs data file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Renaming /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1 to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.908061307 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: Renaming /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1 to /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.908061307 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Can't open VFS data file /usr/lib/secondlife/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.908061307 attempting to use alternate 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: Couldn't open vfs data file after trying many alternates 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z INFO: VFS: Using index file /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/static_index.db2 and data file /usr/lib/secondlife/app_settings/static_data.db2 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z WARNING: OSMessageBox: Second Life is unable to access a file that it needs. 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z 2006-08-04T22:44:35Z This can be because you somehow have multiple copies running, or your system incorrectly thinks a file is open. If this message persists, restart your computer and try again. If it continues to persist, you may need to completely uninstall Second Life and reinstall it. [/code] Naturally I am not running two copies at the same time Any ideas most appreciated.
Sven Takashi Registered User Join date: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 13	permissions 08-04-2006 17:04 My guess is you extracted the archive as a different user than you are trying to run SL with. SL needs read and write access to it's installation point. A quick fix would be: 1> become root 2> run: chown -R cyorxamp.cyorxamp /usr/lib/secondlife/ 3> exit from root and try again. (edited a couple of times to be more specific based on your post)
Sinclair Moore Registered User Join date: 28 May 2006 Posts: 5	08-05-2006 07:38 Nope sorry, I didn't start using linux yesterday you know. Already tried all that.
Darkside Eldrich Registered User Join date: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 200	08-07-2006 20:29 From: Sinclair Moore Nope sorry, I didn't start using linux yesterday you know. Actually, we don't know. A great variety of people ask questions here, with different levels of expertise. In fact, I recall several threads where the poster did start using Linux the day before, literally. As for your question, I'm not sure, but a search of the forum for "multiple running copies" seems to indicate that your problem is the ole' missing directories issue. If you untar the archive with a graphical file-roller, it doesn't extract empty directories, which SL needs to create files in. So, untar from the command line instead. If you untarred from the command line, then I dunno.

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