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New Preview Linux Client (r52190)
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
09-13-2006 08:46
Hi everyone!

There's a new Preview Linux Client which will connect to the preview grid - grab it from
http://secondlife.com/community/preview.php and remember to start it with --siva so it connects to the preview grid!

We'll have a new main-grid Linux Client release soon, with some minor additional fixes/goodness.

Here are the aggregated release notes since the last non-preview Linux Client:

Release Notes for Second Life 1.12.1 (linux-52190) September 12, 2006
=====================================
Linux client fixes:
* Improved default Unicode font rendering
** Easier for user to substitute own fallback unicode.ttf file
* Improved alt-drag workaround
* Bundle libvorbisenc, libcurl, more
* Fix pasting from SL into KDE applications
* Embed icon for the window manager
* Fix clicking on the world immediately after a desktop switch

Release Notes for Second Life 1.12.1 (linux-51916) September 2, 2006
=====================================
Linux client fixes:
* Cut & Paste is now supported
* Cannot Alt Zoom (or Ctrl Drag)
* Stop the client logging to syslog
* Crash when switching from fullscreen mode
* sometimes hang or crash on linux client shutdown
* Key repeating not working correctly
* Lots of 'Failed to set locale en_US.iso8859-1' warnings
* "$L" not appearing before Linden $$ balance in upper right corner of the screen.
* bundled libboost version 1.33.1 causes problems for many users
* libdb-4.2 dependency now bundled
Dominic Webb
Differential Engineer
Join date: 1 Feb 2006
Posts: 73
09-13-2006 10:11
From: Tofu Linden
* libdb-4.2 dependency now bundled


Please also bundle libgcc, or compile it without the specific 3.4 dependency.



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Melissa Yeuxdoux
Registered User
Join date: 28 Aug 2006
Posts: 44
Somewhat puzzled...
09-13-2006 10:40
If I understand rightly, the switch to 1.12.1 in general happens today. Is the preview grid isolated from the main grid, i.e. on it, will I not be able to interact with those on the main grid? If that's the case, I hope it isn't long until there's a 1.12.1 client for Linux that we can use on the main grid.
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
09-13-2006 10:51
From: Melissa Yeuxdoux
If I understand rightly, the switch to 1.12.1 in general happens today. Is the preview grid isolated from the main grid, i.e. on it, will I not be able to interact with those on the main grid?
That's right.
From: Melissa Yeuxdoux
If that's the case, I hope it isn't long until there's a 1.12.1 client for Linux that we can use on the main grid.
We're rolling a fresh Linux release for the main grid right now. Today's preview release mostly exists to give our Linux residents a way to get onto Second Life while the main grid is down so they don't feel isolated from the fun. :)
Zonax Delorean
Registered User
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 767
09-13-2006 11:34
From: Dominic Webb
Please also bundle libgcc, or compile it without the specific 3.4 dependency.


I propose a LSB (Linux Standards Base) dependency for SL, if it's possible and feasible.
Many distributions today support LSB, so it would give a common base. All other libs should be included, packaged.
Fuzzy Bowman
Registered User
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 4
1.12.1
09-13-2006 11:42
Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? ;-)
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
09-13-2006 11:52
From: Fuzzy Bowman
Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? Is it ready yet? ;-)
Yes!
Fuzzy Bowman
Registered User
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 4
09-13-2006 12:06
WOO and indeed HOO!
*click*
Yarr! :)

Thanks you guys! :-)
Time to go play with it and see if I can break it ;)

*edit*
Grr - the new client appears to eat the keyboard - so I can no longer press <CTRL><ALT><Arrow Key> to swap virtual desktops... hopefully this is something I can tweak someplace or else it's *really* going to annoy the hell out of me... bah... an annoyance already and I've not even managed to connect to the grid yet. *meep*
Merrick Moose
Registered User
Join date: 20 Oct 2005
Posts: 191
64bit Users
09-13-2006 13:10
64bit users you will need the 32bit copy of the following files in SecondLife/lib:
libSDL-1.2.so.0
libuuid.so.1

That is all.

A side note, will SL always be using oss/FMOD or will a more up to date sound system be introduced? ALSA or user configured? Perhaps openAL on the SL side?
Tofu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 471
09-13-2006 13:25
From: Merrick Moose
A side note, will SL always be using oss/FMOD or will a more up to date sound system be introduced? ALSA or user configured?
SL will use ALSA if OSS fails, or ESD if those both fail.
From: Merrick Moose
Perhaps openAL on the SL side?
No plans - it'd be a significant inventment of time for no clear gain right now.