1.14.0 Known Issues: Drivers, VBO, ATI X300/X600 notebooks, and other woes
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 5:43 PM by: Steve LindenSome people have been having difficulty with the 1.14.0 update. A very small percentage of people it turns out, however they are very understandably concerned and upset. We are doing our best to address these concerns.
Below are some suggestions and workarounds for people having issues:
First, some general guidelines:
- Update your graphics drivers. Many common problems are solved by updating to the latest graphics card drivers, including the “rainbow pattern” bug. If the OpenGL Version listed under Help > About Second Life is less than 2.0 you should definitely update your drivers. See How do I get the latest drivers for my graphics card?
- If you have a graphics card that is more than two years old, try disabling VBO and/or Avatar Vertex Programs. See Resolving issues with Second Life 1.14.0.
Another problem we have seen with this release:
- Some laptops with ATI X300 or X600 graphics cards are crashing before they even get to the login screen. Oddly, this crash is happening in the FMOD audio library and we have no idea why. There is a workaround: add “-noaudio” to your Second Life shortcut. This will disable audio in Second Life which is not ideal, but will at least allow it to run. See Resolving issues with Second Life 1.14.0 for detailed instructions.
If you are experiencing any of these problems, please comment this entry with the following information:
- Operating System and Manufacturer
- Graphics Card
- Whether or not you were able to solve the problem.
Please direct other comments or concerns to the Second Life 1.14.0 Viewer Released entry, we are still tracking those comments and I would like to keep these comments as concise as possible to provide useful information to people having problems with 1.14.0.
Thanks!
-Steve
March 28th, 2007 at 5:51 PM
Steve,
How about posting the 1.13.2 build as an optional download??? Maybe we want to try out 1.14 without burning our bridges or losing our entire audio!!!!!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:14 PM
OMG !! And i thought was just me :((
thanks guys and please make it easy for dummies
March 28th, 2007 at 6:18 PM
Operating System - Windows XP Home
Graphics Card - ATI X600
Solve problem? - NO
March 28th, 2007 at 6:21 PM
If I go online using a machine with a 1-13 version, I can do a search for my club listings and find all of them. If I use a machine on 1-14, I can find none of them. I assume that those who are running 1-14 must think I have closed down operations at all 10 of my Fey’s Fantasies clubs. Help!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:23 PM
dell m65 precision mobile worktation
windows xp x64
intel core 2 duo
nvidia quadro fx350m
disabling VBO fixes crashing problem
running all graphics options maxxed, draw disance at 224
March 28th, 2007 at 6:29 PM
I have a Dell Latitude D620 (Laptop) with Intel 945GM graphics and keep crashing after about 10-15 minutes of logging into Second Life. I have updated the drivers to no avail. Please post prior version of client ASAP until 1.14 issues are resolved.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:29 PM
When is the next update for 1.14? coming soon i hope
March 28th, 2007 at 6:30 PM
“Mature” option checked?
March 28th, 2007 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, tried all of the above, still crashes. Please check my 10,000 crash logs and let me know when its fixed
March 28th, 2007 at 6:32 PM
* Operating System and Manufacturer: Win XP
* Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
* Whether or not you were able to solve the problem.: No
Ever since upgrading to the latest version of SL, I always crash. My laptop screen freezes, the I get the dreaded “blue screen of death” that points at my video driver: nv4_disp.dll.
This did not happen prior to the new SL version. Help!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:33 PM
Have this problem. D: My laptop keeps crashing when I’m on Second Life, but usually when I try to open either the inventory, search, or map… maybe anything on the bottom, I’m not too sure; not too keen on crashing and then having to restart again. ^^;;
Um… operating system is Windows XP, Dell Inspiron 640 laptop, and I’m not sure what my graphics card is, but everything I crash, I get the message that the “ialmrnt5 display driver” is not working correctly, and then when I turn on the laptop again, I get the message to update my Video Driver… but this laptop is less than four months old, and there’s no way I can update anything this early. O.o;;
March 28th, 2007 at 6:34 PM
Hi. Having problems since the 1.14 upgrade. Assume what I am seeing is what you are referring to as “rainbow” effect. Running a 256 mb NVidia on PCIe slot. Card was new last fall. The workaround recommended is having no effect, after several re-logs. Any other ideas?
March 28th, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Steve, my laptop is running 1.14.0 despite information that without ATI or nVidea, SL will not run:
CPU: Not supported (1663 Mhz) [Core 2 duo]
Memory: 2038 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista (Build 6000)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel 945GM
OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 7.14.10.1114
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
March 28th, 2007 at 6:44 PM
@5
They don’t support intel video cards :*(
March 28th, 2007 at 6:44 PM
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March 28th, 2007 at 6:47 PM
well you did something right cause for the first time i can see!!!!
its freaking awesome! wow!
March 28th, 2007 at 6:48 PM
I have been on Second Life for over a month now and I have an Intel 945 GM graphics card and I have had no problems until the new upgrade. Can you explain this to me.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:49 PM
I am crashing before even logging in, I can reboot then log in for awhile then crash again, Yay!
CPU: Not supported (2133 Mhz)
Memory: 2046 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista (Build 6000)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 GTX/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.1.1
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
March 28th, 2007 at 6:50 PM
Windows XP Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6600
AMD Athlon 64+ processor 3500+
2.26ghz, 2 gig of RAM
Crashing my whole PC at least every 20 minutes. No special circumstances just randomly freezing making SL untenable for me currently and all my activities in world with it. Had this problem very occasionally before along with a miriad of other crashes but since latest update the PC freezing crash has occured a lot more than ever before.
Drivers are updated automatically so no fix there im afraid. not happy.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:51 PM
.. are crashing before they even get to the login screen => That’s me, all right.
Operating System and Manufacturer: Windows XP on a desktop
Graphics Card: Radeon X600 series
Whether or not you were able to solve the problem: Will stick with 1.13 as long as possible.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Windows XP - HP - AMD Dual Core
Nvidia GEFORCE 6150 LE
OpenGL 2.01
Upgraded my driver and got OpenGL 2.03… rainbow problem gone
March 28th, 2007 at 6:53 PM
As a FirstLook user, I want to share with everyone that throughout the FirstLook testing of the new release *MANY* problems with my Intel 945GM (laptop video) were resolved - I suspect others’ problems were fixed, too. So, what was released was definitely a much improved version compared to earlier ones made available through the FirstLook programme.
It is disappointing to see that crashes continue to this day, and I experience them, too. I send many crash reports a day due to video problems; and SL is the only application in my system that causes these crashes. There is no doubt that SL pushes the video hardware in ways that other applications typically don’t, but it would be nice to see a more compatible viewer that handles problems more gracefully.
But, like everything else, the Linden folks are tackling a lot of challenges and solving many, many problems. This is particularly challenging as SL’s popularity increases and the systems are stressed constantly. So, I appreciate the Linden folks’ efforts and always look forward to the next viewer release. Some times things improve significantly, some times new problems arise; overall, we’re moving in the right direction. Thanks, Lindens!
March 28th, 2007 at 7:00 PM
I get a message saying my inventory is being moved to a faster database, but right after I get an error massage saying that it was not possible complet the transform… WHAT’S HAPPENING??? I have tryied everything to get support for this and nothing happened yet. The problem is not the computer, ’cause the same computer is perfectly loging in my brother’s SL account. That was the most wonderful update you have ever done!!! CONGRATS!!! At least if I wont be able to access my account again I want all the money I have already spent in that “game” so long back to me. And it was not little. My SL name is ANGELINACAROL GAGLIANO. I still hope you listen to me!
March 28th, 2007 at 7:01 PM
SL has this to say about my configuration:
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
CPU: Not supported (2999 Mhz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: RADEON 9600 Series x86/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.5279 WinXP Release
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
This is with a Pentium 4, though I don’t know why it says “Not supported”. Anyway, processor use is at 100% since the “upgrade”, and I can’t do anything. Even the mouse moves funny when SL is running in the foreground. So naturally I’m reluctant to install the upgrade on my home PC, since it’s only a Celeron with 512MB RAM.
Oh, and not that it matters to me, but I can confirm Fey Lamar’s report regarding his clubs. The search works fine on my home PC with 1.13, but not with 1.14. Makes you wonder what else is missing from the search…
And as Alan Edelman said, it sure would be nice if we had the option of going back.
Help!
March 28th, 2007 at 7:04 PM
Umm… never mind about the search. Didn’t have Mature regions checked.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:08 PM
hern we must have the same pc although my whole pc doesn’t lock up i just keep poofing out of sl no locking up it just goes down period…
i wish i knew what was going on :(((
March 28th, 2007 at 7:09 PM
CPU: AMD (2004 Mhz)
Memory: 1919 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 6100/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL Version: 2.0.1
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 2/816 (0.2%)
no work for us huh sens??? LOL
March 28th, 2007 at 7:12 PM
My laptop crashes when I reach certain points in the sim from a paricular angle. So far, approaching the point from another angle prevents so many crashes. I hope a solution can be found until maufacturers provide driver updates sufficient for the job!
March 28th, 2007 at 7:16 PM
If SOME people used the viewer as much as the tester of first looks has. There are still many issues with this viewer…..Look even high end to low ends graphic cards are having issues….This client is far from perfect….
then again some people will say just about anything without a resonable braincell in their heads……With any IQ for understanding the UI…..
March 28th, 2007 at 7:46 PM
Well…I’m one of the small highly upset crybabies
Whattya want when you threaten to cut off my supply of digital crack
Anyways, yeah driver updates most def help things. Water…woo hoo!!
Still I stand by my comment in the 1.14 announce thread that a warning/comment about this issue would be helpful, esp when there are indications its was a known issue during First look stage.
I wouldn’t have spent 2 hours whining about the sky falling down in between GFX card swap outs and driver download/reload/sideload skullbuggery
Anyways, UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS
So again, sorry for being a cranky ba#$%d sometimes,,,, but then again I get calls from clients when systems go down unexpectedly…so…it’s just the circle of software life
Keep up the (mostly) good work.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:46 PM
one more….
March 28th, 2007 at 7:48 PM
Had zero problems until going to 1.14.0 this morning, since then my machine has crashed with graphics driver failures four times. Is there any way we can retreat to a 1.13 build?
CPU: Not supported (1663 Mhz)
Memory: 1015 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel 945GM
OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 4.14.10.4450
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
March 28th, 2007 at 7:53 PM
Any fixes for the “copy inventory to new database” error yet?
March 28th, 2007 at 7:58 PM
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March 28th, 2007 at 8:02 PM
Dell XPS M170 notebook
Intel Pentium 2.26 GHz
2 MB RAM
Windows XP Home
Nvidia GEForce GO 7800 GT
(the last drivers update for this card from Dell was in June of 2006, there are no updated drivers since then, and you can’t use the forceware drivers on them as far as I can tell, the system won’t install them)
DSL 1.5 mbps (max I can get where I live)
I crash after about 20 minutes in SL also. I clear cache, I relog and send a crash report every time, then it happens again after 20 mins. Packet loss sometimes up to 55%, usually runs around 10-30%. I have my firewall and virus scan turned off, as well as everything else I can possibly turn off on the computer. I have the graphics card settings at default. I have the SL preferences set as low as possible (the draw distance is set at 64, the cache is 1000, the max bandwidth at 750), with many of the options off (shiny, bumpmapping, local lighting, avatar vertex, ripple water, etc. all off). I still crash sometimes on log in, and usually after 20 mins in SL or when teleporting, accessing pop up menus like texture chooser or people chooser or when buying things. Almost every time I use the client to query the database (accessing inventory!) it crashes me. I just don’t know what else to do, other than buy another computer–my fourth since I joined SL
March 28th, 2007 at 8:04 PM
OS version: Windows XP, SP2
graphics card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
My graphics card is not supposed to run SL, but it has until now.
1.14 pops up a crash report immediately when I attempt to log in. I re-loaded 1.13.2 and am running fine again. First Look works as well, though it is extremely slow.
Thanks for all the hard work!
March 28th, 2007 at 8:08 PM
Well, First Look worked great for me, but this release will not work for me. After about 10 minutes the client freezes up every time, and sometimes crashes the whole computer, even a blue screen error sometimes. Drivers are quite up to date.
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
CPU: 0.13 micron Intel Pentium 4 (2792 Mhz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 6200 OC /AGP/SSE2 256 mb
OpenGL Version: 2.0.3
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 174/73938 (0.2%)
March 28th, 2007 at 8:11 PM
I have a Toshiba Satellite with an ATI Radeon X600 mobile and was crashing until a friend gave me a link to the latest driver. I had already updated in January, but it turns out that the most current update allows me to log in.
The download is sm65videoax.exe and you can get it from the ATI website at:
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/sm65videoax.exe
March 28th, 2007 at 8:21 PM
CRASH, BASH AND HASH!!!!! What the heck? I ran flawlesly before this last upgrade, Can I uninstall and go back?
intel Celeron M
1 g ram
910/915 128mb intel video card
Dell 1200 Inspiron Laptop
March 28th, 2007 at 8:22 PM
I have an HP Pavilion zd8000 notebook (Windows XP and X600 framebuffer) that’s been running SL stably until today after upgrading to 1.14.0. I can login and things seem fine, but as soon as I move the camera around it crashed. The SecondLife.log file would have a line about “BAD TEXTURE in cache” at the end of it. I’ve tried adjusting the cache size and clearing it several times but the behaviour doesn’t change and it’s a repeatable crash every time. Disabling graphics features has not helped, nor has disabling the audio as was suggested.
The ATI drivers will not load onto my notebook, as the chipset is integrated onto the logic board and I have to use the HP-supplied drivers. HP has been very slow to update drivers, especially on discontinued hardware; the last driver available on HP’s site is over six months old.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:23 PM
1.14.0 is a complete non-starter. This is a recurrence of the same problem I reported with the FLV a few releases ago. The very most recent FLV releases, including the current version 1.13.4 (59748), *does* work. The FLV has other issues however, such as I cannot open *any* attachments (ie. notecards, textures, objects) contained in Group Notices, avatar tags are not displayed, and mouseovers do not display object/vendor/avatar information.
The problem is the instant hang/crash on startup before getting to the viewer login It’s an Apple laptop with an ATI Radeon X1600 (note: not X300 or X600)
MacBook Pro 17″
Mac OS X 10.4.9
Intel Core Duo 2.16 GHz
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon X1600
OpenGL Version: 2.0 ATI-1.4.52
March 28th, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Hey, I haven’t even been able to log in for about 24 hours as I’m still getting the “unable to complete transform: ‘copy inventory to database’” error message. There has been no update on the original Grid Update notice about this issue and I have not received a reply to either my email or my voice message. What’s going on? I have tried 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 and neither works.
1.33 GHz power PC G4 Mac PowerBook
768 MB DDR SDRAM
nVidia GeForce Go5200
March 28th, 2007 at 9:11 PM
Had ugly crashes and frozen pc with this client, but updating the video driver to the newest version worked for me. Thinkpad notebook with ATI 9600/9700 graphics card. Now the 3d graphics, texture mapping and so on seem to be much faster than ever before …
March 28th, 2007 at 9:30 PM
I get consistent system-freezeups (not just viewer crashes) when
running with the configuration below in high-count texture areas,
(last one happened @ The Block)
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
You are at 261568.3, 251205.6, 506.1 in Endicott located at sim72.agni.lindenlab.com (64.154.220.39:13004)
CPU: 0.13 micron Intel Pentium III mobile (1995 Mhz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce Go 6800 Ultra/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.0
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 1/3172 (0.0%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 28th, 2007 at 9:30 PM
Well I thought my 20 inch mac was sorta small to be a good designer of nice sims, so i got the big 24 inch IMAC….and installed the new updates….well there is definately issues when running SL on this new beast with the NVIDIA graphics card, or maybe the processor is just confused…I get a lovely display of ALL the textures in SL….where ever my avitar is focused….flashes and flashes of every color and texture file in the universe…..where trees should appear…or walls or even my avie…I get a ton of mixed textures…interesting but very disturbing at times.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:35 PM
@Girent: If that’s the first generation Macbook Pro 17″ then that’s the same laptop I have, same OS version, and I’ve had no such problems.
What other software are you running? Are you running a virtual desktop program, a theme changer, or any input managers, SIMBL plugins, or APE plugins, or anything similar?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:41 PM
This new viewer is a nightmare for me
I wouldn’t have installed it if I had been able to use the old version any longer, but ever since it was released I could no longer log in with the old one.
Message I kept getting was “login failed, otpional version 1.4…..”
So I downloaded it and installed it, ever since that I crash even more, texture load fails all the time - even if textures are loaded they will disappear again, and will be loaded again… starts all over all the time. Some don’t load at all, so I can no longer read textured signs etc.
Avis look like crap, got somehow better when disabling vertex and vbo, but still nothing like it looked before.
Let’s not start with crashing here, because that’s gotten a lot worse too, it looks like the new version needs even more resources.
My computer is a desktop version, but has the X600 graphics card that was mentioned for the laptops above (xp sp2, 3 Ghz).
The probs I had before are nothing compared to what it’s like atm, I just wish I could still go online with the old version - anyone has a clue why I can no longer use it while others can?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:42 PM
Dell Inspiron XPS (gen 1)
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
2 GB RAM
3.4 GHz EE CPU
Latest Dell ATI graphics drivers (ATI does not provide direct support for Dell systems such as this one, so the Dell driver is the latest that can be installed. The ATI installer checks and will not install on this machine).
No go. Will not load. Crashes before login screen.
Yesterday I reported this after first install of 1.14. Then I uninstalled everything - 1.14, FirstLook, did a cold restart of the machine from power off, reinstalled 1.14, then another power off restart and it worked.
Today I got into SL a couple of times. Now it is back to crash before login screen.
I have tried the “-noaudio” switch and that does not seem to have done anything to resolve the issue.
Is there any way to get 1.13, which worked just fine, while you guys figure out what happened with 1.14???
Thanks in advance,
Joel
March 28th, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Forgot to say that I still have the old version in one of my folders, but when I went back to the old one I got the same message again, one day later …login failed, optional version…, so it has got nothing to do with temporary login issues but is a permanent problem.
I have tried to go back to the old version a couple of times, but I can no longer log in with it.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:50 PM
In build mode, when I have an object selected in tool edit, and I select any object with right-click, take copy, the object does not get copied to inventory. I must close edit tool and then it works. Repeats every time.
Building new house today, this is only problem I see.
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
You are at 259642.4, 261092.2, 41.6 in Mocis located at sim330.agni.lindenlab.com (69.25.104.16:13004)
CPU: 0.13 micron Intel Pentium 4 (2400 Mhz)
Memory: 1536 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: Radeon X1650 Series x86/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.6347 WinXP Release
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 71/213925 (0.0%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 28th, 2007 at 9:53 PM
It seems so many people talk and don’t listen!
Provide your system information - it very easy, just click on Help, then About second life, then copy everything in top window to clipboard and paste it here.
Simply to say it does not work is not enough information to help anyone and you may say nothing at all even better!
If you cannot get to Help, about second life, you do have a problem, suggest to get the latest video card drivers!
March 28th, 2007 at 10:17 PM
I have a new gaming system and graphics card running Windows XP as supported. My alt, Journey Jewell, is perfect since the new version was installed but my active avie is a noob and has been for two days. I have left messages every chance I can, talked with people who told me they would escalate the issue and going on the third day now without the ability to even wear clothes or change appearance. HELP! I have land rentals that need to be managed, an SL life being neglected and friends missing the heck outta me. Also my inventory is still missing over 1,000 items, I have multple folders for trash, clothing, lost and found (25 of these). Have mercy…
March 28th, 2007 at 10:34 PM
“”Fey Lamar Says:
March 28th, 2007 at 6:21 PM PDT
If I go online using a machine with a 1-13 version, I can do a search for my club listings and find all of them. If I use a machine on 1-14, I can find none of them. I assume that those who are running 1-14 must think I have closed down operations at all 10 of my Fey’s Fantasies clubs. Help!”"
Thats because i noticed that ‘include mature content’ was unchecked by default in the search engine.
give that we are supposed to be all 18 or other, any chance you could make the search engine default to mature results enabled linden?
thanks
March 28th, 2007 at 11:02 PM
Windows XP Pro
NVIDIA GeForce GO 6600
2.00 GHZ 1.00 GB of Ram
i had no trouble befor and now it just keeps freezing up on me here every time i go into the game .. all my drivers are up to date … And i have tried both clients ( firist look and the other one ) and still hing trouble with both .. :(((((((( NOT HAPPY HERE ….
March 28th, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
You are at 265138.0, 235889.1, 41.1 in Caeshu located at sim928.agni.lindenlab.com (72.5.12.78:13004)
CPU: AMD (1795 Mhz)
Memory: 1024 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 6600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL Version: 2.0.1
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 6/84613 (0.0%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
I got a problem with local lightings and seems to be with purple or close to puple textures…. with local lighting on, the textures turns nearly white and looks distorted. Local lighting off… and the colors look fine. BRIGHT enabled on the texture doesnt affect the above. however BRIGHT enabled does make all the textures way vibrant… more vibrant then what they were before… as if they were nuked! glowing….
not sure if this is related to teh “rainbow” affect.
One other thing is lately my computer FREEZES when i use SL during peak times (seems to be related during those times). i can be on it all night long from 1am to 7am and not have a prob. log on around 2pm (all SLT) and everyday it freezes… like the whole computer locks up. I thought it was memory, nope new memory and it still does that. Hard drive is nearly brand new. Brand new PSU, case sides are all off (cooling is fine) can’t figure it out.
Other people i have talked to have had similiar problems as this. SEEMS to be related with IE7 ( i usually have this open at the time it freezes) but none the less my computer only freezes (locks up) when SL is used.
comments?
March 28th, 2007 at 11:14 PM
I was getting this with the last version but more so now with the new update. I can’t tell you the exact file or the exact name only that every other day I get ’so and so with secondlife bad audio’ and where it is. It tells me to do chckdsk I do and it keeps telling me when i do ‘Volume is Dirty’ now when the chckdsk is done it fixes it but what is causing it? thankz
March 28th, 2007 at 11:25 PM
I have a mobility ATI Radeon X700,XP2,AMD64(2Mhz,1 GB RAM(Notebook)-with new 1.14.0 I can no more play it.After login it starts for some second,sometimes some minutes,and then it is also crashing!
Ok, my Open GL Version is 1.5.4834-but i had problems with newer versions with my notebook-and the previous version was running without problems!
So please rerelease he older version or fix the bugs!
March 28th, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Hey Every one
Here are my information
i was crashing with a speed of 260 km/h yesterday when i was using the new version
You are at 274471.0, 275255.0, 22.2 in Candy II located at sim2598.agni.lindenlab.com (64.129.42.94:13004)
CPU: Not supported (1995 Mhz)
Memory: 1015 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel 945GM
OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 4.14.10.4446
SL is working fine with me now with 1.13.3(2)
but it won’t work properly with 114
any way
you say here that nothing but nivada and ATI cards are supported … others will not work
mine works
are u going to block me ? :p
anyway
any help regarding the 114 please inform me guyz
March 28th, 2007 at 11:35 PM
Ok. Any suggestions to fix this would be REALLY welcome. To attempt to resolve these issues, I have done the following:
-Uninstalled 1.14 and reverted to previous version (didn’t work)
-Updated graphics driver (didn’t work)
-Purchased brand new laptop to try logging on in order to get my SLmack fix (didn’t work)
-Screamed randomly in frustration at my new laptop and the guy at the late-night Wendy’s drive through window where I went to get some food (didn’t work)
So here’s the issues:
I log in with a woman’s body shape which is not so great as I am not a woman either in RL or SL. My inventory won’t load. Chat in virtually any interesting area (i.e. area where there is someone besides myself) doesn’t come through. IM’s appear only selectively. My friends list shows people offline who are online and standing next to me and others as online who are actually NOT online (ok-so maybe all my “friends” don’t like me and are just avoiding me - could you fix that too?). I am unable to buy or pay for anything. Oh, and 90% of my attempts to teleport fail.
At first I thought that the gender bending was just one of the cool new things about the update, but as the rest of these issues have continued, I’m starting to get suspicious that maybe something is wrong…
I have no idea what any of the rest of this means, but here ya go anyway.
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
You are at 240530.4, 242521.0, 22.3 in FNKY Cake located at sim3432.agni.lindenlab.com (64.129.45.197:13006)
CPU: Not supported (2000 Mhz)
Memory: 2046 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce Go 7400/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.1
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 338/9823 (3.4%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 28th, 2007 at 11:57 PM
I also get the 20 minute issue; after 20 minutes or so my graphics card freezes and resets to a higher resolution with the error of how the drivers failed. I tried to update my drivers but they were the latest versions and it didn’t let me update.
From DXDIAG:
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Latitude D420
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU U1300 @ 1.06GHz
Memory: 1526MB RAM
Page File: 682MB used, 2740MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
—————
Display Devices
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Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) Calistoga Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A2&SUBSYS_01D61028&REV_03
Display Memory: 224.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4446 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/13/2005 07:01:20, 36992 bytes
WHQL Logo’d: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 12/13/2005 07:09:34, 1364574 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-64E2-11CF-C662-DC21A2C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0×8086
Device ID: 0×27A2
SubSys ID: 0×01D61028
Revision ID: 0×0003
Revision ID: 0×0003
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run
March 29th, 2007 at 12:03 AM
“Some laptops with ATI X300 or X600 graphics cards are crashing before they even get to the login screen. Oddly, this crash is happening in the FMOD audio library and we have no idea why.”
I get something like this on an Acer Aspire 1522 laptop (GEForce Go 5700). The only reliable way I’ve found to get things going again is to do a disk cleanup on drive C: and then to reboot my portable. I sent at least one crash report yesterday while this problem was happening.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:04 AM
HELP
How do I get rid of this latest version…this is miserable. I, like many others apparently, can;t stay on without freezing and crashing
…..and even when I am on I am so badly lagged I can’t move.
CPU: 0.13 micron Intel Pentium III mobile (798 Mhz)
Memory: 503 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel 915GM
OpenGL Version: 1.4.0 - Build 4.14.10.3943
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 1/1396 (0.1%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 29th, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Doesn’t start up on:
Mac OS X 10.4.9
Mac Mini Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz
2 GB RAM
Runs OK on:
Mac OSX 10.4.9
Mac Mini Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz
1.25 GB RAM
Go figure!
March 29th, 2007 at 12:28 AM
I take it back. The client finally loaded after several minutes!
March 29th, 2007 at 12:49 AM
@ #2 Fey, no prob finding your clubs in search with include mature selected - I’m running 1.14.0
Watching this space avidly because I’m intending to purchase a new laptop in a few weeks - so any info that will help my choice is appreciated.
x Vic x
March 29th, 2007 at 1:10 AM
All EAX7xx, EAX8xx, EAX6xx are affected if using old drivers please uninstall those drivers and download the latest ATI suit. tested SL on six different computers all working perfectly now
March 29th, 2007 at 1:26 AM
cant start SL on:
WinXP Home fully up to date
Pentium D 915 2.8GHz
1GB RAM
Motherboard: Intel D946GZIS
GFX: GIGABYTE RADEON X550
audio: Audigy4
Whole system is freshly set up and working without troubles…Except SL…
Except, that after you gfx drivers update nothing changed. I can see crash report window every time i start SL…
And…of course now i need to calibrate all the colour stuff on my machine again… You really cant imagine how much it means for designer….
grffggrrhhhhh….. :{
March 29th, 2007 at 1:36 AM
1.14 is a big SHIT!
my Notebook crash completly after some time.
i cant get a new Display Driver! That is not possible.
All Computer Games like Anno1701, CIV4, World of Warcraft running very well with best Details
im using a NVidia Gforce GO6600
I cant use later drivers! Not available.
i had same Problems with the last First Look Client!
March 29th, 2007 at 1:39 AM
CPU: Dual i386 (Unknown) (2160 Mhz)
Memory: 2049 MB
OS Version: Darwin 8.9.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 2.0 NVIDIA-1.4.52
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 0/4491 (0.0%)
Bear a thought for us Mac users… all three of us
I keep getting, transposed textures on various objects. Seems to cycle through the texture library, effects objects, land and avatars sporadically in all regions.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:40 AM
Well, I have disabled the audio as you suggested and am no longer crashing upon startup. Thank you for looking into it. I do hope that eventually I’ll be able to hear sound, but you’ve bought yourself time in my book to hopefully figure out what the whole problem is.
i was a mobility radeon x600 user. i’ll just have to open my own music program for the time being.
thanks again, good luck in fixing these problems.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:40 AM
hello i’m resident wife …i check on our other pc (100% the same that hubby) and with the last version the xcite and other scripts bugs don’t appears …we made a trial in “duo” -
and on his screen the anim was invisible and on mine perfect - 
i repeat the 2 pc are 100% twins
March 29th, 2007 at 1:51 AM
I keep craching. Screen freezes after about 10 or 20 minutes every time, and the computer crash completly. Can not do more than put it off with the power button. I never had this problem before on this way. Computer is an Pentium D 3.2 ghz 4096 Mb mem.
HELP!!
CPU: Not supported (3192 Mhz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 7800 GTX/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.0
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 0/1626 (0.0%)
March 29th, 2007 at 1:58 AM
Not sure if I am having the same problem as others but with the new build textures are glitching. They seem to have black shadows on them that flash like your in a bad 70’s disco! Not a pretty look! I disabled VBO and have a higher version than 2.0 of GL.
CPU: AMD (2000 Mhz)
Memory: 1024 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL Version: 2.0.3
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 9/93623 (0.0%)
That is on the PC, on my laptop well that is even more impressive, BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! AGGGGGGG, but when it does load it is ok, but after around 20mins, dumps virtual memory and says it is graphics card. I have updated both drivers on pc and laptop it does not help
*Prays to the linden gods for version 1.14 asap!*
March 29th, 2007 at 2:00 AM
So, the suggestion is to play around a little, waste some evenings on it and simply see what comes out? No way I’m going to burn my fingers on that for sl only. I would suggest always to make one older version available on the website also.
Let’s pray the next update will come soon and will solving the issues
March 29th, 2007 at 2:06 AM
Again.
not working with AMD Mobility 1350 under Windows Vista with an Intel core duo processor.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:29 AM
ati mobility x1200 yet its not working
other specs include P4 3.4 Extreme Speedstep (in a laptop) computer is a HP ZD8000 “frankenputer” mix of different components.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:30 AM
Well I have a solution:-
1) remove Window$
2) install Linux
3) install SL
4) play SL without any problems at all.
I have to say that the Alpha Linux version seems far more stable than the Windows version. I rarely crash at all, once a month maybe..
March 29th, 2007 at 2:43 AM
@15 Girent Robson: “1.14.0 is a complete non-starter. [...] The problem is the instant hang/crash on startup before getting to the viewer login It’s an Apple laptop with an ATI Radeon X1600 (note: not X300 or X600)”
Girent, Make sure you disable the OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects in Preferences -> Adv. Graphics.
I have exactly the same macbook as yours, and I have no problems with the 1.14.0 second life client. In fact.. I love this client, it is much better and even more stable for me than the old version.
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:24:11
You are at 250512.9, 318762.7, 32.4 in Scheveningen located at sim831.agni.lindenlab.com (66.150.244.76:13005)
CPU: Dual i386 (Unknown) (2160 Mhz)
Memory: 2049 MB
OS Version: Darwin 8.9.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Feb 22 20:55:00 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386 i386
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1600 OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 2.0 ATI-1.4.52
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 10/3886 (0.3%)
March 29th, 2007 at 2:52 AM
CPU: 0.13 micron Intel Pentium 4 (3059 Mhz)
Memory: 1023 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: RADEON 9800 Pro x86/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.6287 WinXP Release
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
I tried the above fixes and I’m still crashing. According to ATI my drivers are current. I did NOT have this issue with 1.13 or whatever that version was before.
Can’t we have that back as an optional download so the game is atleast playable? Or a quick update that will fix this problem, please! Crashing randomly (emptying trash, minimizing to toolbar, restoring to desktop from toolbar, or just clicking on it sometimes) and often is not fun.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:03 AM
i crash several times before i am stable, seems when i fly just after log in i crash…
You are at 251878.8, 319950.7, 21.5 in Graces located at sim311.agni.lindenlab.com (66.150.245.247:13014)
CPU: Not supported (3416 Mhz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 6800 XT/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.1
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 116/224641 (0.1%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 29th, 2007 at 3:14 AM
I have intermittent problems with 1.14.0.0. Previously I could log in with 35k+ users, last night with 30k+ users it started to put my computer into sleep mode, I re-entered SL to quit the program, because in the past I would be stuck without being able to move or type, however, I was after a few seconds active again without having to quit and re login, but this lasted for 30-40 seconds before it forced my computer into sleep mode once again. This is a new experience.
I haven’t suffered other problems than the usual I have already experienced in previous versions, but a good point is I suffer them less. TP’ing is still an issue, it still timeouts quite a lot. I was logged in with automatic setup options, presently I checking out response with manual changes to that setup, indicated below in brackets. Later I’ll try and enabled VBO.
Second Life version 1.14.0.0
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.1)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.35 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL:
Chipset Model: GeForce 6800 GT
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR SDRAM
Speed: PC3200U-30330
This is what my automatic set up was:
Maximum Bandwidth 450kbps
Disk Cache 500MB
Bumpmapping and Shiny - enabled (now manually disabled)
Ripple Water - enabled (now manually disabled)
Avatar rendering - normal
Lighting Detail - Nearby local lights (changed to Sun and Moon only)
Terrain detail - high
Anisotropic filtering - not enabled
VBO - not enabled
Graphics card memory - 256MB
Fog distance ratio 2.0
Max. Particle count 4096
Outfit composite limit 5
Play streaming Music & video when available - enabled
Default upload bitrate 32kbps
March 29th, 2007 at 3:27 AM
Another Mac laptop - works great with 1.13.3(2) but has some crashes and incorrect object rendering/occlusion with 1.14.0. Occlusion order sometimes clears after 15 minutes in one area but then returns if you move to another part of the same sim and return. Sorry folks - 1.14.0 isn’t fun on this machine.
CPU: PowerPC 7450 (1667 Mhz)
Memory: 1025 MB
OS Version: Darwin 8.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.0: Thu Feb 22 20:54:07 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.17.14~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9600 XT OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 1.5 ATI-1.4.18
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.8_0000000000)
March 29th, 2007 at 3:35 AM
Re: NVidia GeForce 6600
On XP SP2 the latest driver (ForceWare Release 90 Version: 93.71) cured 99% of my Freezing Up problems, but it’s VERY important to remove all the old drivers first - thru the Add or Remove Programs option of Control Panel.
Fi
March 29th, 2007 at 3:37 AM
http://www.darkaeongraphic.com/secondlife/ live video repo and also specs for sl i have
on windows xp which corispond with vista also
CPU: Mobi (2587 Mhz)
Memory: 1023 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.6388 WinXP Release
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.9_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 63/68268 (0.1%)
March 29th, 2007 at 3:43 AM
troubles with the 1.14?
try reinstalling the 1.13.3.2 version:
http://www.secondlife.nl/paginas/11/download_second_life.html
seems to work for me.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:49 AM
Since I downloaded the latest update SL freezes either my screen or my whole system regularly. Sometimes after 5 min sometimes I last maybe 20 min.
Sometimes the screen just freezes but the computer is still working in the background (I can still hear music for example or even chat in the new voice chat version while the screen remains frozen). I have to do a hard reboot to get rid of the frozen screen. If I don’t reboot immediatly I either get a black screen followed by a blue screen, or I get the beloved blue screen with the error message “NV4_disp”.
Second Life 1.14.0 (0) Mar 26 2007 18:16:43
CPU: Not supported (2164 Mhz)
Memory: 2047 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce Go 7800/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.0
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.10_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 0/5530 (0.0%)
Viewer Digest: 67bc9fb9-3821-7ac7-489a-5c5506c3b28b
March 29th, 2007 at 4:04 AM
give us back 1.13.2 that way we make our one choise untill you sort out these bugs I still have no profile no apperance cant see others profile have great lumps off of My AV and others why should I down load drivers you got this all wrong not me dam Me I know many free acounts and they are all fine but Me I pay for 4 full acounts and not one works well ………. well they do if I log on My old PC that one I did not do the new down laod tell you anything by the way when you have a help we dont wnat to be told ever time go to the log some of us dont understand all this tec stuff and that all the blog contains great for you tec boffs but what about pepole like me and they are more like me that dont understand than tec boffs Respects as ever but not happy Ayesha
March 29th, 2007 at 4:07 AM
Since moving to the updated release version, each time I shut down SL I get a crash out rather than a clean shut down. This is happening after logout, after the screens all terminate — Windows reports that it had to terminate a thread.
After this happens, I cannot relaunch SL without a reboot first. I get an error indicating that it cannot start the networking process.
This did not happen with any of the first-look render pipeline versions, which I found to be excellent.
Configuration:
*********** Operating System
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2133 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2133 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0307, 12/25/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)”
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Page File Space 8.10 GB
********** Video & Display Configuration
Name NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Adapter Type GeForce 7100 GS, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.9371
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.9371, 3.81 MB (3,994,624 bytes), 2/21/2007 10:55 PM)
********** Network Adapater Configuration
Name [00000008] NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID {1A3E09BE-1E45-494B-9174-D7385B45BBF5}\NVNET_DEV0269\4&10B48CE1&0&01
Service Name NVENETFD
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvenetfd.sys (1.00.03.05023, 33.38 KB (34,176 bytes), 2/21/2007 10:29 PM)
March 29th, 2007 at 4:14 AM
I run a club & I can’t hear the audio. Things look funny while on. I have been known to freeze up and crash. All with this new update. I’ll try that. But…it better work because I am tired of having problems for 2 days.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:36 AM
I am getting the crash prior to actiulay getting to the log in screen. A large message pops up but its gone so fast you can’t read any of it. I reverted back to the older virsion and I’m able to get in with no problems.
Dell Optiplex GC620
CPU: Pentium D CPU 3.20GHz
Memory: 2 GB of RAM
Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: RADEON X600 PRO x86/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.0.5148 WinXP Release
LLMozLib Version: 1.1.0 (Mozilla GRE:1.8.0.9_0000000000)
Packets Lost: 12/1698 (0.7%)
Viewer Digest: 62f26f0c-94cd-1933-6063-7fab86f82ad8
March 29th, 2007 at 4:52 AM
Yes, the driver problem evidently extends to NVIDIA Geforce 7800 cards.
I have had crash problems since the switch to the new viewer (my system crashed with the old viewer too, but much less). As I have a rather new (almost exactly a year) Dell XPS with a Pent 4 3.40 ghz chip, over 2 gb of RAM, a geforce 7800, a 2005FPW lcd flatscreen, XP media, and broadband hookup, I thought I was well within the system requirements. Like a good girl, I looked at the driver updates issue, and meekly went both to the Dell site and to NVIDIA, speaking with techs at both (yes, I sat on hold). The gist was this: I have the latest and best drivers for all my system from Dell. Although there is a later NVIDIA update, it actually degrades my system’s resolution and does nothing to resolve the crashes in SL. I even let the Dell tech go into my system remotely, and they went through the various drivers. He and his team said the problem is with the SL program, not my system. There is no graphics adapter available, either. Sigh.
My system was set up for Photoshop and some light film and animation work. It should NOT have this issues with SL. This may be it for me in SL… A shame as it was also something I shared with family and friends back in the UK and Europe.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:07 AM
Dell Inspiron 9300 - Windows XP Media Center
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
I have no problem getting into the game, but when I try to pan camera around too much (give it a heavy load) it freezes my COMPUTER not SL, the entire computer forcing me to hardboot. It is always on heavy load, from either panning around or if i’m loading a heavy lag area (like a club)
I havent tried the work arounds as o