New Linux enhanced viewer: The Cool SL Viewer

Boy, this patch?
http://jira.secondlife.com/secure/attachment/21511/VWR-508-InventoryWornTab.patch

Yup

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Toshiba laptop and used to being the collaterally damaged spectator of the constant fight between my graphic card and any of the latest viewer releases.

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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
Memory: 999 MB
OS Version: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686
Graphics Card Vendor: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
Graphics Card: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM 20061102 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 1.4 Mesa 7.2
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The 1.19.05 with the CoolRelease_44-diff_files as my hope for salvation crashes in RLV mode without fail in the last phase of the login

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2009-01-25T13:26:30Z INFO: addRegion: Adding new region (1117:1054)
2009-01-25T13:26:30Z INFO: addRegion: Host: 8.2.33.241:12035
2009-01-25T13:26:30Z INFO: process_enable_simulator: simulator_enable() Enabling 8.2.33.241:12035 with code 586237224
2009-01-25T13:26:30Z INFO: LLVoiceClient::parcelChanged: not logged in yet, deferring
2009-01-25T13:26:30Z INFO: purgeTextureFilesTimeSliced: TEXTURE CACHE: 0 files scheduled for deletion
2009-01-25T13:26:31Z INFO: LLMuteList::processMuteListUpdate()
2009-01-25T13:26:31Z INFO: initializeRequest: Requesting xfer from 63.210.157.154:13000 for file: /home/nodons/.secondlife/cache/mute_b988e236-63df-4713-b1fd-a3e7979cc086.tmp
2009-01-25T13:26:32Z INFO: processEOF: xfer from 63.210.157.154:13000 complete: /home/nodons/.secondlife/cache/mute_b988e236-63df-4713-b1fd-a3e7979cc086.tmp
2009-01-25T13:26:32Z INFO: onFileMuteList: LLMuteList::processMuteListFile()
2009-01-25T13:26:33Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 19 to 20
2009-01-25T13:26:33Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 20 to 21
2009-01-25T13:26:33Z INFO: setStartupState: Startup state changing from 21 to 22
2009-01-25T13:26:34Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Creating crash marker file /home/nodons/.secondlife/logs/SecondLife.error_marker
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In non RLV-mode the crash rate at this point is extremely low, I was surprised as it actually happened at the final testing stage.

It is, maybe that helps somebody, ideally me at the long run, the very stage where the default 1.21 viewer crashes to 100% when it tries to open the stack trace file.

Disabling the GL Extensions (only tried all at once) overcomes that problem with the CoolViewer, but as I am using the 1.20-07 with Marine's 1.13.1 patch smoothly over that cliff I have a bit of hope that somebody might tip me off in direction of a more satisfying solution.

Help would be greatly appreciated

Regards
Cerowain



2009-01-25T13:26:34Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Created crash marker file /home

Now i'm running the 22.6 Cool, and it still stucks when changing groups tag, same problem as before.
I just extract cool package into the official (or Rc) release folder.
Where can i find the secondlife.log?
Bye!

Well, if the viewers work fine without the GL extensions and if, from your own admission, the official viewers also crash with them on, it is is obviously a problem with your graphic card and drivers.

Please, note that Intel graphic cards are *not* supported by LL and will not be supported by me either (IMO they are crap: buy Nvidia. ATI also has problems, or at least the Mobility 9700 did (hardware bug leading to crashes of the viewers, see the LL_ATI_MOUSE_CURSOR_BUG define in the secondlife script), since ATI provided *zero* support for this problem, I don't recommend ATI any more, even if their newer cards might work fine in this respect).

If v1.20 works for you, then try and stick with it. Else, you may use the viewer with GL disabled, or you may try to disable specific features in GL, using the "export LL_GL_BLACKLIST=abcdefghijklmno" line in the secondlife script (remove one letter after the other till you get the crashes and then you'll have spotted the faulty function in your driver and may report it to LL).

Regards.

It depends on which OS you are running the viewer under... It's in your home directory in .secondlife/logs/ for Linux. It's somewhere in "Documents and settings" under Windoze (make a search for SecondLife.log), and I don't know where for MacOS X... probably in the same place as for Linux.

Intel cards are known to cause problems although some just work. Here are 2 links with further info, perhaps that helps to get it working:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2006/10/03/second-life-intel-engagement/
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2007/11/29/there-is-a-hack-for-second-life-and-the-intel-965-chipset/

Is it possible to have both the Cool viewer (windows) and SL's RC viewer on your computer? I was successfully using Cool, downloaded and used SL's RC viewer. When I shut RC down to get back on with Cool I couldn't get Cool to boot up.

Reason for loading SL's RC: The coding of the HUD of Sculpt Studio's latest release does not seem to be supported by the Cool viewer.

Thanks folks and great job on the Cool viewer, loving it.

Yes, just put them in two different directories. As you probably screwed up something by now I would suggest to uninstall it and do a clean install of the RC afterwards. Then copy the whole c:\program files\secondlifereleasecandidate folder it creates into another new one with a different name like c:\program files\coolviewer and extract the CV archive over it. Important, use the shortcut in the directories to start the viewer, that is second life.lnk for SL and cool viewer.lnk for CV.

Make sure you use the same versions, that is in the moment the 1.22.6 SL RC with the 1.22.6 CV RC4 from my blog, not an older one. Your HUD should work in either one, SL or CV.

2009-01-27T17:42:02Z INFO: initConfiguration: Loading settings file list/home/xxxx/SECONDLIFE/SecondLife-i686-1.22.6.108361COOLRC/app_settings/settings_files.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:02Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/xxxx/SECONDLIFE/SecondLife-i686-1.22.6.108361COOLRC/app_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/xxxx/SECONDLIFE/SecondLife-i686-1.22.6.108361COOLRC/app_settings/settings.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/xxxx/SECONDLIFE/SecondLife-i686-1.22.6.108361COOLRC/app_settings/settings_per_account.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Language it
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Location IT
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Variant UTF-8
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: initConfiguration: Using command line specified settings filename: /home/xxxx/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_coolslviewer_rc.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/xxxx/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/xxxx/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_coolslviewer_rc.xml
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/xxxx/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_per_account.xml to load.
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z WARNING: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/xxxx/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_per_account.xml - No settings found.
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Getting system font list from FontConfig...
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Language it
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Location IT
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Variant UTF-8
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Preferring fonts of language: it
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: getFontListSans: Using 50 system font(s).
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Second Life version 1.22.6
2009-01-27T17:42:03Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Local time: 2009-01-27T18:42:03 CET

Nothing wrong there... I'd expect a warning or something. Since I can't reproduce this issue myself, I'm left clueless, I'm afraid.

Here are three new releases of the Cool SL Viewer (available now for Linux from http://sldev.free.fr/)...

Cool SL Viewer v1.19.0.5 release 45 (stable, legacy renderer)
Cool SL Viewer v1.21.6.0 release 13 (stable, Windlight renderer)
Cool SL Viewer v1.22.6.0 release 2 (experimental)

They implement a new "Worn" tab in the inventory floater, and the v1.22.6.0 release 2 fixes a missing "Ignore" button in the friends request menu when no custom message is sent together with it.

Enjoy !

... I've been afraid you would say that.

And thanks Boy, certainly worth a look.



Cerowain

could you please provide the cool viewer as a binary package for the major distros? it would be really appriciated and i wouldnt mind donating L$ if i could install it easily

Just out of curiosity: What would be your benefit?

Because you always need to have the normal SL Viewer and replace just some of its files to make it a CoolSL Viewer.

If you think about Henri could make a package out of the whole thing, the normal SL Viewer plus his enhancements, so I fear there might be legal aspects which prevent this. SL uses some licensed software parts like JPEG2000, libkdu and the Vivox Voice parts which are not allowed to be distributed that way without having a license for it. One could release the viewer only with its open source features, leaving out these three parts, but then the viewer would miss major features like voice and would have significant performance drops in texture decoding.

I'm not 100% sure about this info, so if I'm wrong here, I'd be happy if someone could correct me.

You are perfectly right. License issues cannot be solved unless I would make the Cool SL Viewer 100% OpenSource, which means loosing speed and features when compared to the official viewer. This is *not* going to happen.

Since LL released v1.22RC7, here is a new release of the Cool SL Viewer (available now for Linux from http://sldev.free.fr/)...

Cool SL Viewer v1.22.7.0 release 1 (experimental)

Enjoy !

Hi, I'm reasonably new to Linux, and having an unbelievable amount of trouble getting this viewer installed.

I'm using the newest verson of Ubuntu that was just released, and the newest main viewer for SL. I downloaded the stable Windlight rendering edition of the Cool Viewer for Linux. I have both my regular SL folder and the Cool Viewer box on my desktop. I've tried putting them in the home folder, and it didn't clear up my issue.

Let me make it clear I am by no means proficient with the Terminal. In fact, I'm borderline clueless. But I followed the directions to a tee, and I'm not getting anything but endless "error" and "no such file exists" messages. I never got past trying to find my original SL folder.

I'm not a techie, by any means. I just want it to work. Isn't there some relatively easy way to install this?

Help.

EDIT: Never mind, finally got it...

Installing the viewer is just a matter of following the instructions given on the website (http://sldev.free.fr/).

1.- Download the official viewer corresponding to the version of the Cool SL Viewer you want to install (right click on the "download it from LL" link in the corresponding paragraph of the Cool SL Viewer website and choose "save link as", or "save target as". Save the tarball into your home directory.

2.- Download the version of the Cool SL Viewer (right click on the corresponding link and save the tarball into your home directory.

3.- Open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, kde terminal of even a Linux console).

4.- Type the following (here for the v1.19.0.5 release 45 viewer. Replace with the filenames you actually downloaded if it's not this viewer version or release, and be careful with the name of the directory after the "cd" command: the directory might be named differently, depending on how LL named their official viewer directory. Use "ls" after the first "tar" to see what name is used for the directory and use the TAB key to auto-complete file and directory names as it avoids mistyping them):

cd /usr/local
tar xjf ~/SecondLife_i686_1_19_0_5.tar.bz2
cd SecondLife_i686_1_19_0_5
tar xjf ~/SecondLife_i686_1_19_0_5_CoolRelease_44-diff_files.tar.bz2

Done !

...Now it won't let me teleport anywhere. My landmarks don't work, bringing up the location info doesn't work, and teleporting via the "search" function doesn't work.

I also have no "wear" option for attachments... so I just have to guess what goes where and hope I'm right.

What's going on?

This is because you enabled RestrainedLife and are wearing a RestrainedLife enabled attachment which got locked and is requesting to prevent you from teleporting. Please, read the "RestrainedLifeReadme.txt" file in the directory of the viewer.

If you do not want the RestrainedLife feature any more, simply open the preferences menu, go to the "Cool features" tab, uncheck the RestrainedLife check box and relog.

Here are three new releases of the Cool SL Viewer (available now for Linux from http://sldev.free.fr/)...

Cool SL Viewer v1.19.0.5 release 46 (stable, legacy renderer)
Cool SL Viewer v1.21.6.0 release 14 (stable, Windlight renderer)
Cool SL Viewer v1.22.7.0 release 2 (experimental)

They implement RestrainedLife v1.16a, as well as (for the v1.19.0.5 and v1.21.6.0 releases) over 10 new bug fixes (among which a lot of backports from the v1.22 viewer).

Enjoy !

<cue in=soundclip from unreal tournament>DOMINATION!</cue>

...on a sidenote, when my wife and me fool around with RLV, "unlock" is a MUST before logging out.

All Windows and Mac versions updated as well. Waiting for Marine's RLV 1.16.1 to come soon as always

a link for cool sl win versions please?

EDIT: ops, maybe this one? url-http://my.opera.com/boylane/blog/-url