well, the title's not entirely true. The viewer starts for about half a second and closes. Looks like it's minimised but its gone away. Any ideas? Ubuntu 11.04 32bit Toshiba T130-11J Here's the crash report: niki@GNU-Twirl:~/Downloads$ cd SecondLifeFolder
niki@GNU-Twirl:~/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder$ ./secondlife
Running from /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder
Warning: Did not register secondlife:// handler with KDE: Directory /home/niki/.kde/share/kde4/services/ does not exist.
- Installing menu entries in /home/niki/.local/share/applications
2011-08-20T22:14:44Z INFO: (anonymous namespace)::LogControlFile::loadFile: logging reconfigured from /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/logcontrol.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:44Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location Default
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/settings.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group PerAccount - from location Default
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/settings_per_account.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group CrashSettings - from location Default
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Warnings - from location Default
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/ignorable_dialogs.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: set: Invalid control VersionChannelName
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Language en
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Location GB
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initParseCommandLine: Variant UTF-8
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location User
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings//home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml to load.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings//home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml - No settings found.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group CrashSettings - from location User
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml to load.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings_crash_behavior.xml - No settings found.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Warnings - from location User
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: loadFromFile: Cannot find file /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/ignorable_dialogs.xml to load.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Cannot load /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/ignorable_dialogs.xml - No settings found.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location Session
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Loaded settings file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/settings_minimal.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: loadSettingsFromDirectory: Attempting to load settings for the group Global - from location UserSession
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initMarkerFile: Last exec crashed, setting LastExecEvent to 3
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: LLUIColorTable::loadFromFilename: Unable to parse color file /home/niki/.secondlife/skins/minimal/colors.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: LLUIColorTable::loadFromFilename: Unable to parse color file /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/colors.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: Configuration initialized.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: LLCurl initialized.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: Threads initialized.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initialize: is array
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Second Life version 2.8.3
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Local time: 2011-08-20T23:14:45 BST
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: CPU info:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @ 1.30GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1300.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm dts
bogomips : 2593.61
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @ 1.30GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1300.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm dts
bogomips : 2593.48
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
->mHasSSE: 1
->mHasSSE2: 1
->mHasAltivec: 0
->mCPUMHz: 1300
->mCPUString: Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @ 1.30GHz (1300 MHz)
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Memory info:
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Active: 1103200
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Active(anon): 858496
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Active(file): 244704
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> AnonPages: 855636
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Bounce: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Buffers: 158908
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Cached: 806408
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> CommitLimit: 5989480
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Committed_AS: 5024728
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> DirectMap2M: 901120
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> DirectMap4k: 12280
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Dirty: 232
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HardwareCorrupted: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HighFree: 1429164
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HighTotal: 3114324
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HugePages_Free: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HugePages_Rsvd: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HugePages_Surp: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> HugePages_Total: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Hugepagesize: 2048
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Inactive: 717180
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Inactive(anon): 143912
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Inactive(file): 573268
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> KernelStack: 3952
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> LowFree: 584740
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> LowTotal: 836484
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Mapped: 195756
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> MemFree: 2013904
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> MemTotal: 3950808
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Mlocked: 360
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> NFS_Unstable: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> PageTables: 14184
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> SReclaimable: 43616
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> SUnreclaim: 19980
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Shmem: 147348
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Slab: 63596
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> SwapCached: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> SwapFree: 4014076
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> SwapTotal: 4014076
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Unevictable: 360
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> VmallocChunk: 86468
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> VmallocTotal: 122880
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> VmallocUsed: 33448
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> Writeback: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> WritebackTmp: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z <mem> timestamp: 2011-08-20T22:14:44.94Z
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: OS: Linux 2.6
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: OS info: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 20:51:21 UTC 2011 i686
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeSystemInfo: Timers: rdtsc
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: writeDebugInfo: Opening debug file /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/debug_info.log
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLUpdaterServiceImpl::setState: setting state to 1
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLUpdaterServiceImpl::restartTimer: will check for update again in 0 seconds
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: J2C Engine is: KDU v6.4.1
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: libcurl version is: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: UI initialization is done.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : ENABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : ENABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorization : DISABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vector Processor : COMPILER DEFAULT
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: updateVectorize: Vectorized Skinning : DISABLED
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: grab_dbus_syms: Found DSO: libdbus-glib-1.so.2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: Hardware test initialization done.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initCache: Headers: 143165 Textures size: 327 MB
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/0
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/1
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/3
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/4
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/5
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/6
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/7
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/8
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/9
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/a
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/b
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/c
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/d
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/e
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: Deleting files in directory: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/f
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: ll_apr_warn_status: APR: No such file or directory
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z WARNING: open: Attempting to open filename: /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/texturecache/texture.entries
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeAllTextures: The entire texture cache is cleared.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: purgeTextures: TEXTURE CACHE: Purging.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initCache: VFS CACHE SIZE: 102 MB
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Attempting to open VFS index file /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.993374818
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Attempting to open VFS data file /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.993374818
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: presizeDataFile: Pre-sized VFS data file to 106954752 bytes
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Using VFS index file /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/index.db2.x.993374818
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Using VFS data file /home/niki/.secondlife/cache/data.db2.x.993374818
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Attempting to open VFS index file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/static_index.db2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Attempting to open VFS data file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/static_data.db2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Using VFS index file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/static_index.db2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLVFS: Using VFS data file /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/static_data.db2
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: init: Cache initialization is done.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: initWindow: Initializing window...
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: LLViewerWindow: NOTE: ALL NOTIFICATIONS THAT OCCUR WILL GET ADDED TO IGNORE LIST FOR LATER RUNS.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: Starting GTK Initialization.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: GTK Initialized.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Compiled against GTK version 2.4.14
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - Running against GTK version 2.24.4
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: ll_try_gtk_init: - GTK version is good.
2011-08-20T22:14:45Z INFO: createContext: createContext, fullscreen=0 size=1024x738
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Compiled against SDL 1.2.14
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Running against SDL 1.2.14
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Original aspect ratio was 1366:768=1.77865
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: createContext: creating window 1024x738x32
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: x11_detect_VRAM_kb: Looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for VRAM info...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: GL buffer:
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Red Bits 8
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Green Bits 8
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Blue Bits 8
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Alpha Bits 8
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Depth Bits 24
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: createContext: Stencil Bits 8
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: initExtensions() checking shell variables to adjust features...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: Couldn't initialize GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: Disabling mip-map generation for Intel GPUs
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: initExtensions() FramebufferObject-related procs...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: initExtensions() OcclusionQuery-related procs...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: initExtensions() PointParameters-related procs...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: initExtensions: initExtensions() VertexShader-related procs...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: parseFeatureTable: Looking for feature table in /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/featuretable_linux.txt
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Handle viewer crash entry.
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Last render pool type: 0
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Creating crash marker file /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/SecondLife.error_marker
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: handleViewerCrash: Created crash marker file /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/SecondLife.error_marker
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: writeDebugInfo: Opening debug file /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/debug_info.log
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: fork: Forked child process 2977
*** Bad shutdown. ***
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This is a BETA release of the Second Life linux client.
Thank you for testing!
Please see README-linux.txt before reporting problems.
niki@GNU-Twirl:~/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder$ 2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: (anonymous namespace)::LogControlFile::loadFile: logging reconfigured from /home/niki/Downloads/SecondLifeFolder/app_settings/logcontrol.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: run: thread_error - Waiting for an error
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z WARNING: ll_apr_warn_status: APR: No such file or directory
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z WARNING: remove: Attempting to remove filename: /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/SecondLife.exec_marker
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: updateApplication: Gathering logs...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: gatherFiles: Using log file from debug log /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/SecondLife.log
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: gatherFiles: Using settings file from debug log /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: updateApplication: Encoding files...
Can't find file /home/niki/.secondlife/user_settings/settings.xml
Can't find file /home/niki/.secondlife/logs/stats.log
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: updateApplication: Sending reports...
2011-08-20T22:14:46Z INFO: updateApplication: Sending to server, try 1...
2011-08-20T22:14:47Z INFO: main: Crash reporter finished normally.
2011-08-20T22:14:47Z INFO: ll_cleanup_apr: Cleaning up APR