OK Call Me Stupid But i'm confused...

Ok I admit i'm a wicked n00b to Linux so i have no idea what i'm doing in the slightest. Ok so i downloaded the Linux file for secondlife onto my comp and got it out of its archive file and now i'm stuck. I'm sure i'm missing something really simple but how the hell do i open Second life itself? because when i open the Second Life dirrectory and try and click anything, non of them will open the Second Life cliant.

There are quite a few threads about how to get the linux client to work. Basically it's always the best not to start second life by clicking on an icon but to use the command line terminal, change into the second life folder and run ./secondlife by hand.

If you're new to Linux, this might be a little confusing at first, but you get used to it fairly quickly.

Some references you might find helpful:
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http://stux.wikiinfo.org/ (especially the FAQ part)
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/263/1f/98210/1.html
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/263/9c/86253/1.html

If you get errors or strange behaviour, try the forum search on the error message first. Most of the problems have been discussed already and offer solutions. If that doesn't help, feel free to ask, of course. Specify your distribution (SuSE, Fedora, ubuntu, knoppix, debian ...), your CPU type (P4, AMD, AMD64...) and graphics card model (ATi, NVidia, Intel...).

Good luck!

Open a terminal.

# cd  directory/where/you/put/Secondlife_1_9_0_21/
# ./secondlife

Running it in a terminal makes you see any errors generated, you may have clicked on the correct thing. If you have any further problems please copy and paste the output from secondlife here

Ok I figured it out and it's i got it to start to load in the Terminal window. Some of the problems i have a fealing i can fix but others i'm not even sure are even arrors.

Thankies again for all your help...

LLErrorStream::crashOnError() failed to get mutex for log
LLErrorStream::crashOnError() failed to get mutex for log
LLErrorStream::crashOnError() failed to get mutex for log
2006-05-09T20:07:17Z WARNING: LLDir_Linux not fully implemented!
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock...
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Marker file isn't locked.
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Checking marker file for lock...
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Marker file created.
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Removing message.log
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Exiting init_marker_file().
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Opening debug file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/logs/debug_info.log
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Second Life version 1.9.0
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: Local time: 2006-05-09T16:07:18 EDT
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z INFO: CPU info:
2006-05-09T20:07:18Z processor  : 0 vendor_id   : GenuineIntel cpu family      : 6 model                : 8 model name  : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping    : 3 cpu MHz              : 698.012 cache size    : 256 KB fdiv_bug       : no hlt_bug            : no f00f_bug   : no coma_bug   : no fpu                : yes fpu_exception     : yes cpuid level       : 2 wp          : yes flags            : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips       : 1384.44
2006-05-09T20:07:19Z INFO: Memory info:
2006-05-09T20:07:19Z MemTotal:       126092 kB MemFree:          2712 kB Buffers:           260 kB Cached:          38264 kB SwapCached:      36100 kB Active:         92716 kB Inactive:         6524 kB HighTotal:           0 kB HighFree:           0 kB LowTotal:       126092 kB LowFree:          2712 kB SwapTotal:    376824 kB SwapFree:       219560 kB Dirty:              32 kB Writeback:     188 kB Mapped:          90988 kB Slab:            10012 kB CommitLimit:    439868 kB Committed_AS:   323200 kB PageTables:       1484 kB VmallocTotal:   901112 kB VmallocUsed:      4044 kB VmallocChunk:   896712 kB
2006-05-09T20:07:19Z INFO: OS info: Linux 2.6.12-9-386 #1 Mon Oct 10 13:14:36 BST 2005 i686
2006-05-09T20:07:19Z INFO: Loading feature tables.
2006-05-09T20:07:20Z INFO: Using configuration file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/user_settings/settings.ini
2006-05-09T20:07:20Z INFO: LLControlGroup::loadFromFile unable to open.
2006-05-09T20:07:20Z INFO: LLControlGroup::loadFromFile unable to open.
2006-05-09T20:07:20Z INFO: Loading art table from viewerart.ini
2006-05-09T20:07:20Z INFO: Loading base colors from colors_base.ini
2006-05-09T20:07:21Z INFO: Loading user colors from colors.ini
2006-05-09T20:07:21Z INFO: Default vfs data file not present, found /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/.
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: Old salt: 1
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z WARNING: Bad or missing vfx index file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z WARNING: Removing old vfs data file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/.
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: Renaming /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/. to /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1824857030
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: Renaming /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1 to /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1824857030
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: Pre-sized VFS data file to 524288000 bytes
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: VFS: Using index file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/index.db2.x.1824857030 and data file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/SecondLife/cache/data.db2.x.1824857030
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: VFS: Using index file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/app_settings/static_index.db2 and data file /home/perttu/SecondLife_1_9_0_21/app_settings/static_data.db2
2006-05-09T20:07:22Z INFO: Initializing window...
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z INFO: createContext: creating window 800x600x32
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z INFO: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z INFO: Unloading all GL symbols...
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z WARNING: OSMessageBox: Window creation error
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z INFO: Unloading all GL symbols...
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z WARNING: LLWindowManager::create() : Error creating window.2006-05-09T20:07:24Z WARNING: Unable to create window, be sure screen is set at 32-bit color in Control Panels->Display->Settings
2006-05-09T20:07:24Z INFO: remove_marker_file()

window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

This usually means, your graphics card drivers are not / incorrectly installed. Please make sure you're usind 3D accellerated drivers (most of them are binary drivers provided by the vendor of your card's chipset). Please tell us your system's specifications as requested in my earlier post.

Keep trying

Merf, Ok yah well apparently this computer doesn't have a graphic CARD, it has a crapy graphics contoler built into the mothor board. So i have to search through my pile of broken computers for a graphics card that doesn't suck so it could be a while before i attempt running Second Life again.

Thankies again for all the help, *kisses for all*
~Lilly Noodle
=^_^=

The onboard graphics controller might be sufficient if you can get hardware acceleration to work. Paste the output of "glxinfo" and "lspci", and we'll see what's what.

At the moment you dont need that much of a graphics card from a GPU standpoint, You just need to have plenty of memory on the card.