SL Linux 1.18.0.6 not working in Feisty Fox 7.04

After the power outage this week in San Francisco, when Second Life came back up, I was unable to do anything. My Avatar is partially dressed, doesn't move, my inventory is almost totally unavailable (the folders are there, but most of the contents appears to be missing), I can't see friends on line, I can't transport, and I can't see my profile or change appearance.

I wiped my hard drive and reinstalled Ubuntu 7.04 from scratch, and then reinstalled the Linux client v. 1.18.0.6 - same exact problems/symptoms.

Is anyone else suffering in the same way? Did my character get damaged in the server database, do you think? There was no cache to clear because I had completely wiped my hard drive and reinstalled fresh and new.

I've had similar issues on a new Feisty Install

The weird login you mentioned happened to me once, but mostly I get this predictable hang in the log-in process 1 in 10 tries. The same place each time in the terminal messaging.

When I can log-in SL performs very ok, but the login issue is quite emotionally trying.


sigh

I have been able to get onto SL once in a while, for a few minutes. And then, all of a sudden, my bandwidth (as indicated on that little thermometer thingy in the upper right corner of the client window) goes from 300+ to 400+ down to ZERO. I have tried playing with the port selection (tried values like 13000, 13001, and 13004). I have tried clearing the cache.

I have opened the debugging option, and when the bandwidth drops to zero I see that there is an IP address that is requested by SL Client that seems to be cut off from the internet -- at which point I try pinging that address from my system, and I get 100% of the packets being pinged back - so it seems to be something happening in the SL client, and not on my PC.

Anyone have other things that I can try, or look at?

Helen Yoshikawa

I'd usually say kill that firewall that comes by default, but we're on Linux here

What does netstat or tcpdump say? (bearing in mind i've no clue)

NETSTAT and TCPDUMP produce so much information -- I don't know what I am looking at or looking for, or when to run it, or anything much. I am not a Linux techie; I am one of those people for which Ubuntu was intended: "Ubuntu - Linux for human beings"

I am willing to learn, so any advice, hints, instructions, etc you are willing to send my way, I will attempt to work with.

-Helen