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Fluf Fredriksson

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Join date: 8 Feb 2007

Posts: 248

04-01-2007 17:45

Not a bug fix or anything, but a way of making sure SL gets all the resources it can squeeze out of your Linux box.

If your machine always boots to a graphical login, use a text console as root and go to /etc/init.d and run "kdm stop" or "gdm stop" or whatever login shell you use.
That should drop you back to glorious text console only mode.

Now back as your regular user, change to the SL directory and run... "startx ./secondlife"

It should run an Xsession with only SL running, no window manager at all. So no overheads.
You can edit ~/.secondlife/user_settings/... files to make the X & Y resolutions fit your desktop and woo! A full screen full resolution "windowed" linux client.

Now that's the kind of trick you just can't pull off in windows land

PS. Oddly and perhaps totally by coincidence... I managed a fairly lengthy 14.0.1 session running the client like this... I even logged out before it crashed! The omen's are good for this week!

Roslyn Korobase

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Join date: 3 Mar 2007

Posts: 23

04-02-2007 01:23

Hi

I also describe a method of starting SL without a window manager in this thread
"Connection problem related to ALSA and viewer minimise workaround". This allows you to login as user sl from kdm and it kicks you directly into SL no window manager. Same results slightly different method

Roz

Fluf Fredriksson

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Join date: 8 Feb 2007

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04-02-2007 10:35

/me goes hunting for that post. It sounds crafty!

Fluf Fredriksson

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Join date: 8 Feb 2007

Posts: 248

04-03-2007 16:36

A follow up to the original handy hint...
For anyone running SL with:
startx ./secondlife
You can add...
startx ./secondlife /usr/bin/twm
(or startx ./secondlife /usr/bin/olwm) or others...
Which gives you a very minimal window manager alongside SecondLife. Why'd you want to do that? So if you do click on something that wants to open a browser window, you get a browser window.
Ok so it doesn't have any fancy widgets, but it's a window and it works!

Antonius Misfit

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Join date: 13 Jun 2006

Posts: 97

An even handier hint!

04-05-2007 17:17

How about having a "Second Life" X session selectable under GDM/KDM? See here: http://antoniusmisfit.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-run-second-life-with-no.html

Fluf Fredriksson

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Posts: 248

04-06-2007 01:41

Antonius that's a crafty way to do it! And thanks for the mention on the blog!
Just a slight variation:
I keep the most recent FirstLook in a FL folder and previous one in FL.old
Then have a SL folder for the official release.
So I just need a fl.desktop and a sl.desktop and I'm running.
And as a bonus, this way you can point "icon" to /some/path/SL/secondlife.ico in the desktop file.
Cheers!

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Fluf Fredriksson Registered User Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 248	04-01-2007 17:45 Not a bug fix or anything, but a way of making sure SL gets all the resources it can squeeze out of your Linux box. If your machine always boots to a graphical login, use a text console as root and go to /etc/init.d and run "kdm stop" or "gdm stop" or whatever login shell you use. That should drop you back to glorious text console only mode. Now back as your regular user, change to the SL directory and run... "startx ./secondlife" It should run an Xsession with only SL running, no window manager at all. So no overheads. You can edit ~/.secondlife/user_settings/... files to make the X & Y resolutions fit your desktop and woo! A full screen full resolution "windowed" linux client. Now that's the kind of trick you just can't pull off in windows land PS. Oddly and perhaps totally by coincidence... I managed a fairly lengthy 14.0.1 session running the client like this... I even logged out before it crashed! The omen's are good for this week!
Roslyn Korobase Registered User Join date: 3 Mar 2007 Posts: 23	04-02-2007 01:23 Hi I also describe a method of starting SL without a window manager in this thread "Connection problem related to ALSA and viewer minimise workaround". This allows you to login as user sl from kdm and it kicks you directly into SL no window manager. Same results slightly different method Roz
Fluf Fredriksson Registered User Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 248	04-02-2007 10:35 /me goes hunting for that post. It sounds crafty!
Fluf Fredriksson Registered User Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 248	04-03-2007 16:36 A follow up to the original handy hint... For anyone running SL with: startx ./secondlife You can add... startx ./secondlife /usr/bin/twm (or startx ./secondlife /usr/bin/olwm) or others... Which gives you a very minimal window manager alongside SecondLife. Why'd you want to do that? So if you do click on something that wants to open a browser window, you get a browser window. Ok so it doesn't have any fancy widgets, but it's a window and it works!
Antonius Misfit Certifiable Linux Addict Join date: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 97	An even handier hint! 04-05-2007 17:17 How about having a "Second Life" X session selectable under GDM/KDM? See here: http://antoniusmisfit.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-run-second-life-with-no.html
Fluf Fredriksson Registered User Join date: 8 Feb 2007 Posts: 248	04-06-2007 01:41 Antonius that's a crafty way to do it! And thanks for the mention on the blog! Just a slight variation: I keep the most recent FirstLook in a FL folder and previous one in FL.old Then have a SL folder for the official release. So I just need a fl.desktop and a sl.desktop and I'm running. And as a bonus, this way you can point "icon" to /some/path/SL/secondlife.ico in the desktop file. Cheers!