2008/1/9, Jostein Elvaker Haande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Alex Teclo wrote: > > [snip] > > I have noticed that, on 2008-01-05, the Linux version of Second Life > > stopped working on my Debian lenny x86 machine. > > This was a few minutes after I did aptitude upgrade, so I suspect it > > might be some due to the installation of a new version of some package. > > > > This is Second Life 1.18.5.3 <http://1.18.5.3> (Alpha) for Linux > > When starting Second Life, a window appears and says "Window Creation > > Error". Here is what secondlife says to stdout and stderr: > > 2008-01-09T02:26:40Z WARNING: createContext: window creation failure. > > SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual > > 2008-01-09T07:24:03Z WARNING: createWindow: LLWindowManager::create() > > : Error creating window. > > 2008-01-09T07:24:03Z WARNING: LLViewerWindow: Unable to create window, > > be sure screen is set at 32-bit color and your graphics driver is > > configured correctly. See README-linux.txt or README-solaris.txt for > > further information. > > 2008-01-09T07:24:03Z INFO: remove_marker_file() > > *** Unclean shutdown. *** > > It seems Second Life isn't happy with the version of gtk and sdl, but > > from what I see in dpkg.log, they were not updated... > > Of course I've installed the proprietary nvidia kernel module for > > hardware acceleration. > > [/snip] > My guess is that you've installed an updated kernel, which again renders > your current nvidia kernel module useless. This is easily fixed though, > just recompile the kernel module and restart X. And make sure that you > run the desktop in 24-bit colour depth. Good luck.
Well yes I first thought that there was a new kernel and that the nvidia proprietary modules were no longer enabled, but I was 100% sure the kernel had not been updated. Also I still could see the nvidia splash screen. However, I ran again ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run as root, rebooted, and now the problem is solved :) Weird. Anyway, problem solved. Thank you
