Window Creation Error on FC6

I hav a Linux laptop that has the latest FC6 updates and when running secondlife, the program fails with a "Window Creation Error" dialog box. This is not the case on a similar FC6 desktop without all the FC6 updates.

Can someone let me know if there might be a workaround. Here are the last few lines from secondlife just before the "Window Creation Error"

Charles

2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: parseFile: Couldn't open file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: parseFile: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Unable to open control file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Failed to load settings from /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading legacy settings from /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.ini
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: loadFromFileLegacy: LLControlGroup::loadFromFile unable to open.
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: parseFile: Couldn't open file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: parseFile: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Unable to open control file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/user_settings/crash_settings.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading art table from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/viewerart.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading art table from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/skins/textures/textures.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading base colors from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/colors_base.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading user colors from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/colors.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Failed to load user colors from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/colors.xml
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Loading legacy colors from /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/colors.ini
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: purge_cache: Purging Texture Cache...
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: ll_apr_file_remove failed on file: /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/texture.cache
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: ll_apr_file_remove failed on file: /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/textures/texture.entries
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: purge_cache: Purging Cache...
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: initCache: TEXTURE CACHE: Headers: 139810 Textures size: 320 MB
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: init_cache: VFS CACHE SIZE: 100 MB
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: init_cache: Bad or missing vfx index file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.1
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: init_cache: Removing old vfs data file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.1
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: init_cache: Removing old vfs and re-sizing
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: presizeDataFile: Pre-sized VFS data file to 104857600 bytes
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: LLVFS: VFS: Using index file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.398607710 and data file /home/ckrinke/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.398607710
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: LLVFS: VFS: Using index file /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/static_index.db2 and data file /home/ckrinke/SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1/app_settings/static_data.db2
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: main: Initializing window...
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: Starting GTK Initialization.
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: GTK Initialized.
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Compiled against GTK version 2.4.14
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Running against GTK version 2.10.8
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: createContext, fullscreen=0 size=800x600
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: createContext: Compiled against SDL 1.2.5
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: createContext: Running against SDL 1.2.11
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: createContext: creating window 800x600x32
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z WARNING: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: destroyContext begins
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: destroyContext: shutdownGL begins
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: destroyContext: SDL_QuitSS/VID begins
2007-04-20T14:56:51Z INFO: OSMessageBoxSDL: Creating a dialog because we're in windowed mode and GTK is happy.

that output usually appears when it is trying to open a "do you want to submit a crash report" dialog. I am running SL atm on a FC6 machine so it should be working fine. What video card are you using and have you checked to make sure direct rendering is enabled and working?

This is a Dell Inspiron 9400 with the 1920x1200 super wide screen and works with all other common FC6 programs. I would have to ask, "how do I set direct rendering for SL when it wont initialize?".

$ glxinfo | grep direct

should say "direct rendering: yes"

it looks like it is having trouble initializing the rendering, hence the window not appearing.

if you just run glxinfo with no arguments theres another part near the top that states your drivers
ie

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6600 GT/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.55

it might help us help you

If I do a glxinfo, I get the following

[ckrinke@dellx SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 17
[ckrinke@dellx SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1]$

My assumption is that some library or package is probably not installed on this laptop thereby allowing my FC6 desktop to run secondlife and my laptop to not run secondlife. Before I start adding packages indiscrimately with yum, could I ask for a bit more knowledge of what is going on please?

It likely doesnt have the drivers for the video card installed.

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver

that will print the drivers listed in the xorg config. Mine returns:

13:06:31 [Adria.sakkaku]~ $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
        Driver      "kbd"
        Driver      "nvidia"

if your lists vga or nv it is likely not using an accelerated driver and you will need to install them.

if you want you can also post the lspci and it will list the devices and will hopefully solve the issue with just one command.

13:06:45 [Adria.sakkaku]~ $ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:07.0 PCI bridge: Hint Corp HB6 Universal PCI-PCI bridge (non-transparent mode) (rev 11)
01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7900 GS (rev a1)

notice the last line lists my card, or if you know what video card your laptop has you can just say it.

Here is the lspci for this Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. I am hopeful there may be a simple change to allow me to run secondlife on it.

[ckrinke@dellx SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1]$ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832
03:01.1 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
[ckrinke@dellx SecondLife_i686_1_14_0_1]$

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)

there is your video card, can you post your xorg config? The drivers for the intel video chips are included with xorg so it is likely something within the xorg config.

hmm i thought this was the video card

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400

crap my bad, my lappy shows up with that card :\

source: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon

//install the ati driver
# yum install kmod-fglrx

//shut down X
# /sbin/init 3

//enable the driver
# ati-fglrx-config-display enable

//then restart X
# /sbin/init 5

I dont own any ati cards so I dont know if the above will work, I would make a backup of /etc/X11/xorg.conf before you proceed so that you can roll back in the event of problems.

Add the following to the end of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file if you're trying to use an ATI-based video card:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "0"
EndSection

I believe that you'll be surprised.

Hi, I have a similar problem but a different graphics card.

Here are the diagnostics for my machine when I run cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver

Driver "kbd"
Driver "trident"

The graphics card I have is Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1

do I need simply a new graphics card, or can I run second life with direct rendering?

Martin

the system requirements need a 2 generation 256 bit gpu by NVIDIA or ATI with atleast 64mb of ram

your card is a 64 bit gpu with most likley 16 mb of ram, honestly those havent been all that usefull for anything 3d since the mid 90's

you can grab a middle of the road nvidia geforce 5-6 series for practcally nothing, practcally anywhere

it would probally be faster in your 2d enviroment also

nvidia's and SL seem to like eachother ... theres been a history of weirdness with ati, mainly becuase they just make weird software (ATI that is, they just dont wanna play ball with open GL, why ? who knows)