i have a Mac and when i open SL i get an error message that says 'an't make GL context'. help.

[RyeRyan]

i can't get SL to work when i double click the icon. i get the error message and nothing happens. it happens everytime i completely shut my computer off and turn it back on. doesn't happen when i put it on 'sleep' and then log on.

 

[valerie Inshan]

You may find help and suggestions in this Jira and thread:

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-28793?attachmentOrder=asc

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=234550

 

[Rolig Loon]

OpenGL is the code environment that controls all of the graphics in Second Life, and the OpenGL context can be thought of as a "container" in which it sits.  That about exhausts my technical knowledge of OpenGL.  Because this is an integral part of your viewer, I suspect that the message is telling you that your SL viewer has been damaged somehow and needs to be replaced.  You'll have to do more than simply delete the program itself from your computer, because there are several user settings files that also need to be removed.  The way to do that is a clean re-install.  Here's how >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/fs_clean_reinstall .  Look for the Mac instructions, about halfway down the page.  Note that these are written for people who use the Firestorm viewer, but the instructions will work for any viewer, with some small obvious changes.

[Nalates Urriah]

When you ask a tech question include information about your computer and viewer. If the viewer will at least show the login screen, get the info from the viewer's Help-About... and paste that into your post with your question. Help->About... provides all the version numbers we need.  To add your info to an existing question use OPTIONS->EDIT. It’s in the upper right of your post.

Otherwise, on Windows click Start and type DXDIAG, case doesn’t matter. That will open the dxdiag in the panel. It will give you your system specs. We need to now video driver version, OpenGL version, …

I'm not sure of what the equivalent is on a Mac...

You haven't given us much to go on. Has this this always happened when running SL?

Is your video driver up to date?