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authorAdam Moss <moss@lindenlab.com>2008-04-17 14:56:00 +0000
committerAdam Moss <moss@lindenlab.com>2008-04-17 14:56:00 +0000
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QAR-460 Automatic XUI selection & Kick-ass Linux Fonts MergeMe
svn merge svn+ssh://svn.lindenlab.com/svn/linden/release@84983 svn+ssh://svn.lindenlab.com/svn/linden/branches/moss/fontconfig-merge1
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Life itself - please see <http://www.secondlife.com/whatis/>.
5. Troubleshooting
5.1. 'Error creating window.'
5.2. System hangs
- 5.3. 'Shiny' and client performance
+ 5.3. Blank window after minimizing it
5.4. Audio
5.5. 'Alt' key for camera controls doesn't work
5.6. In-world movie playback
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ you wish.
These are the most commonly-encountered known issues which are specific to
the Beta release of the Linux client.
-* VISUAL EFFECTS AND PERFORMANCE - many Linux graphics drivers are not as
- robust as their counterparts for other operating systems, so some advanced
- Second Life graphical features have been DISABLED by default to aid
- stability. See PROBLEM 3 in the TROUBLESHOOTING section if you wish to
- turn these on to possibly enhance your experience.
-
-* MISC - The following features are not currently fully implemented on the
- Linux client and are therefore known not to work properly:
- * Full Unicode font rendering
-
* UPLOAD / SAVE / COLOR-PICKER DIALOGS - These only appear when the client
is in 'windowed' mode, not 'fullscreen' mode.
@@ -156,29 +146,21 @@ SOLUTION:- As a last resort, you can disable most of Second Life's advanced
graphics features by editing the 'secondlife' script and removing the '#'
from the line which reads '#export LL_GL_NOEXT=x'
-PROBLEM 3:- Performance or graphical quality are not as high as I expect.
-PROBLEM:- 'SHINY' doesn't work.
-PROBLEM:- I can't turn on Anisotropic Filtering, Ripple Water, or AGP.
-SOLUTION:- Some graphics performance features in Second Life are disabled
- by default for the Linux version due to stability issues with some common
- Linux graphic drivers. You can re-enable these features at the slight
- risk of decreasing system stability. To do so:
- * Edit the 'secondlife' script. Comment-out these lines by putting a '#'
- in front of them: 'export LL_GL_BASICEXT=x', 'export LL_GL_NOEXT=x',
- 'export LL_GL_BLACKLIST=abcdefghijklmno'.
- * Now start Second Life. Some advanced performance features will now be
- automatically used, and some new options in Preferences will now be
- available to you; there is no guarantee, however, that they will
- positively affect performance!
-SOLUTION:- If you are not running an official Second Life client obtained from
- secondlife.com, you should consider doing so as you may find its
- performance to be superior to third-party versions.
-
-PROBLEM 4:- Sound effects seem to 'lag' a fraction of a second behind
- actions.
-SOLUTION:- You may uncomment the 'LL_BAD_ESD' line in the 'secondlife' script
- to get more responsive audio. However, if you do this then you may
- encounter audio issues or a hang during login, so beware.
+PROBLEM 3:- After I minimize the Second Life window, it's just blank when
+ it comes back.
+SOLUTION:- Some Linux desktop 'Visual Effects' features are incompatible
+ with Second Life. One reported solution is to use your desktop
+ configuration program to disable such effects. For example, on Ubuntu 7.10,
+ use the desktop toolbar menu to select System -> Preferences -> Appearance,
+ then change 'Visual Effects' to 'None'.
+
+PROBLEM 4:- Music and sound effects are silent or very stuttery.
+SOLUTION:- The most common solution is to ensure that you have the 'esd'
+ program (part of the 'esound' package) installed and running before you
+ start Second Life. Users of Ubuntu (and some other) Linux systems can
+ simply run the following to install and configure 'esound':
+ sudo apt-get install esound
+ For others, simply running 'esd&' from a command-line should get it running.
PROBLEM 5:- Using the 'Alt' key to control the camera doesn't work or just
moves the Second Life window.