Passing cmd line arguments to Linux client

Unfortunately I am not in front of the linux setup in question right now, so I'm sorry if this turns out trivial

- I need to pass two environment variables to the Linux client in order to get it to use the ESD sound system (the client hangs at login otherwise). So from within the SecondLife application folder, I can invoke the startup script as follows:

LL_BAD_ALSA=x LL_BAD_OSS=x ./secondlife



- Two questions: Can I use a ./secondlife -set <variable> <value> syntax instead, i.e. something like

./secondlife -set LL_BAD_ALSA=x LL_BAD_OSS=x

- Is there (can I create) a settings file similar to arguments.txt for the Windows/Mac clients where I can dump my command line arguments / environment vars in one place (and stop typing them out for the umpteenth time)

Many thanks

You can edit the 'secondlife' script, is that what you mean?

Hm - as I said I can't look at the script right now, sorry. So I don't know what the script looks like. It would be fantastic if you could post an adjusted version of the script here..

Also, can somebody comment on the -set <variable> <value> command option? The LSL wiki with the list of command line options doesn't really help, unfortunately..

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I suppose I could just wrap my env vars into a script, drop it into /usr/local/bin or ~/bin and add it to the panel launcher; this way, no fiddling with the startup script (but I would still need to change the new script to point at the correct folder when Tofu releases a new version) but.. I am still interested to hear about command line options..

I'd say put any extra goodies you want in the secondlife script itself.

Tofu already has LL_BAD_ALSA=x and LL_BAD_OSS=x in the script, they're just commented out (the line begins with a #)

Uncomment those lines (delete the #) and you'll be set to just run the secondlife script normally!

Also, you can put any flags or arguments you want in there. My wife and I use the -port # flag which really has helped SL load faster (and with much less packet loss) when we're both on the grid.

Just edit ./secondlife. It's a normal shell script.

Ok that's great. And thanks!