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Michelle Carbenell

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Join date: 20 Dec 2006

Posts: 25

01-31-2007 10:18

Hi All!

I just want to have the secondlife run on my Ubuntu Dapper drake with a Asus N6200 graphics card but I get a popup where there stands: Window creation error.
Anybody have an idea, how on earth I could get it to work?

Hugs

Michelle

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AxelRoo Puff

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Join date: 8 Jun 2005

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Video Not Configured

01-31-2007 19:01

That message simply means that your video drivers for Linux aren't configured. By default, many Linux distributions install with a general open source version of the driver that only does GLX (graphics acceleration) through a general (but handly) library called Mesa. However, SL wont run with it so you'll need the manufacturers driver to use GLX and run Second Life. Luckily distros like Unbuntu and Mepis have prepackaged versions of the manufacturers driver. They're usually named for nVidia card: nvidia-glx or for ATi cards: fglrx

Go here and find out if glx is working

https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/graphics-cards.html

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Tylor Drebin

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Join date: 12 Mar 2006

Posts: 8

Check your color depth

02-04-2007 18:02

look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and be sure the DefaultDepth is not set lower than 24. the default is 16. which will create a window dreation error even if you have the 3d drivers are setup properly.

Michelle Carbenell

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Join date: 20 Dec 2006

Posts: 25

03-25-2007 10:24

Nothing of that works, I try and try, the glxinfo grep rendering gets no all the time, I cant get it to say yes, any ideas?

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Drake Bacon

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Join date: 13 Jul 2005

Posts: 443

03-26-2007 03:27

Can you give us what prints out of "lspci" as root?

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Bastinado Newman

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Join date: 23 Dec 2006

Posts: 1

04-08-2007 10:16

Hello,
I had the same problem, the easy solution is to install your drivers (if you have an nvidia card) with the program: envy

http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

Regards.

Ubuntu Dapper Drake: Window creation error
Michelle Carbenell Registered User Join date: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 25	01-31-2007 10:18 Hi All! I just want to have the secondlife run on my Ubuntu Dapper drake with a Asus N6200 graphics card but I get a popup where there stands: Window creation error. Anybody have an idea, how on earth I could get it to work? Hugs Michelle _____________________ Signed By Michelle Cabernell, Learnin' to Design Clothes. Now made 2 band shirts and one selfmade design, Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation Stand My Ground & WHo Have Jumped On My Tshirt?
AxelRoo Puff Bawoon! Join date: 8 Jun 2005 Posts: 7	Video Not Configured 01-31-2007 19:01 That message simply means that your video drivers for Linux aren't configured. By default, many Linux distributions install with a general open source version of the driver that only does GLX (graphics acceleration) through a general (but handly) library called Mesa. However, SL wont run with it so you'll need the manufacturers driver to use GLX and run Second Life. Luckily distros like Unbuntu and Mepis have prepackaged versions of the manufacturers driver. They're usually named for nVidia card: nvidia-glx or for ATi cards: fglrx Go here and find out if glx is working https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/graphics-cards.html _____________________ Fssssss Fssss Fssss Fssss Fssss Fssss Fssss Fssss Squeek!
Tylor Drebin Registered User Join date: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 8	Check your color depth 02-04-2007 18:02 look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and be sure the DefaultDepth is not set lower than 24. the default is 16. which will create a window dreation error even if you have the 3d drivers are setup properly.
Michelle Carbenell Registered User Join date: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 25	03-25-2007 10:24 Nothing of that works, I try and try, the glxinfo grep rendering gets no all the time, I cant get it to say yes, any ideas? _____________________ Signed By Michelle Cabernell, Learnin' to Design Clothes. Now made 2 band shirts and one selfmade design, Dimmu Borgir, Within Temptation Stand My Ground & WHo Have Jumped On My Tshirt?
Drake Bacon Linux is Furry Join date: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 443	03-26-2007 03:27 Can you give us what prints out of "lspci" as root? _____________________ Drake Bacon/Drake Winger Home: Custom AMD X2 (65nm) 5000+, 4 Gig RAM, Gentoo amd64, NVidia GeForce 8600GT PCIe Mobile: Dell Inspiron E1505 (Core Duo 1.6GHz, 1 gig RAM, Gentoo x86, NVidia GeForce Go 7300 PCIe) Backup: iMac (Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4 gig RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2400, MacOS X Leopard) Don't Ask: Asus EeePC 900A (Atom 1.6Ghz, 1 gig RAM, Intel graphics, Gentoo x86)
Bastinado Newman Registered User Join date: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 1	04-08-2007 10:16 Hello, I had the same problem, the easy solution is to install your drivers (if you have an nvidia card) with the program: envy http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Regards.

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