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Charolotte Caxton wrote: I think we didn't suggest that because he said he had already solved his problem. Ooops.. Missed that part. :smileyembarrassed:

I'm a little surprised that nobody has suggested the full list of possibilitites here >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=fs_bake_fail . Start with the simple things at the top of the list --- yeah, it looks like you have already tried some of them --- and work down until you find what works for you today. You may find that the bake fail problem comes back repeatedly, even after you fix it with one of the suggestions on that wiki page. If so, you have a chronically weak Internet connection. There are many steps to take for repairing it. Perhaps the simplest ones -- ones that work best for most people -- are: (1) Don't Use WIRELESS. Wireless connections are inherently less stable than direct cable connections and are more vulnerable to interference. Then, (2) Reboot your router. Unplug it from the power for a few minutes to let it clear its RAM. The plug it back in and let it get a fresh hold on an IP address.

Your viewer and SL's servers have temporarily lost the ability to talk to each other. Unless there's a problem with the servers (Always check http://status.secondlifegrid.net/ first), it's probably something on your end. So.... (1) Try shutting off your computer, unplugging the router and modem for a couple of minutes, and then plugging them back in and restarting. That simple step may clear up everything (2) Change your DNS settings from whatever your ISP assigns you as a default. Use Google's free public DNS servers instead. Here's how >>> http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ (3) If things are STILL messed up, contact your ISP. Maybe they are working on their Internet connections. Mine go down for about 20 minutes once a month or so while they are vacuuming dust out of their servers, or whatever they do.

Yes, you can set command line viewer parameters to handle anything that you could do otherwise with Debug Settings in your viewer. Many of those already have preset values, but you can define your own fairly easily. See http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_parameters to see how it's done.

You have two choices: 1. Change the size of your shoes. This is only possible if you have mod permissions. Make a backup copy of your shoes first. Then wear the shoes, select one with your Build/Edit tool (CTRL + 3), and select "Stretch" with one of the buttons at the top of the panel. Click and hold one of the white boxes that appear and very gently stretch the shoe until it fits. 2. Change the size of your feet. More shoe designers in SL assume that your feet are size zero (0). If yours are larger, you can readjust them with the appropriate slider control when you are in Appearance >> Shape mode. ETA: You didn't mention the alpha clothing layer that you are wearing on your feet. If you somehow forgot to wear one, do it. If you are wearing one, try a different one. Shoes come in all different shapes, so the one you are wearing may not be the best choice with those shoes. You can find a wide selection of alpha foot layers (free) in Marketplace, and most shoe designers include one that is meant to match their own shoes.

Clearing your cache manually from outside SL is often the cure, but you may need to try other methods if that doesn't work. Consider all of the possibilities here >>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Lost_inventory

It's instantaneous, so that's not your problem. The poor connection is probably on your end. Try rebooting your router by unplugging it from the power for a few minutes. When you plug in back in, it will have cleared its RAM and been able to get a fresh look at an IP address. ETA: If that doesn't work, consider Angel's advice in your previous post. You may have a problem with illegal characters in a group tag >>> https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-6608

Si usted es un miembro Primo, pedir al Live Chat. Si no, usted no tiene mucho apoyo técnico de Linden Lab. Haga su pregunta aquí. Otros residentes de SL a tratar de ayudarle.

Commerce Linden is the name of the entity that manages financial activity on Marketplace, so your message is telling you that your account has been charged for something that you bought there. Therefore, in addition to looking at the Transaction History in Accounts on your dashboard at secondlife.com, you should also look at your order history on Marketplace. Click on "My Marketplace", next to your name at the very top of the screen, then My Account and Order History.

Hi, Marqui -- This is a logic problem. The way to approach it is to be very clear about what you want to do. Don't jump to asking how to do it. Draw yourself a diagram or write out a sequence of events that you imagine your finished device being able to do -- sort of like following a road map. At each step along the way, ask yourself 1. How did I get here? 2. What are my choices now? 3. Where would each of my choices lead me? 4. What information do I need to have in order to make each choice? Again, do not worry about how to do it (the syntax part) until you have a clear map of where you are going. THEN, take some time to work through a few of the basic LSL tutorials at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Tutorial to get a feel for how to put your plan into action. Explore the LSL wiki to see what sort of information it provides about syntax, paying special attention to sample bits of code. As Ela suggests, this forum is not a place to come for finished scripts, but we will be glad to help you learn how to write your own.

That message means that your viewer and SL's servers have temporarily lost the ability to talk to each other. Unless there's a problem with the servers (Always check http://status.secondlifegrid.net/ first), it's probably something on your end. So.... (1) Try shutting off your computer, unplugging the router and modem for a couple of minutes, and then plugging them back in and restarting. That simple step may clear up everything (2) Change your DNS settings from whatever your ISP assigns you as a default. Use Google's free public DNS servers instead. Here's how >>> http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ (3) If things are STILL messed up, contact your ISP. Maybe they are working on their Internet connections. Mine go down for about 20 minutes once a month or so while they are vacuuming dust out of their servers, or whatever they do.

I'm afraid I don't understand what you want. You bought something ..... a system of some kind? And it has a landmark in it? And it has something to do with your store? If there are instructions for whatever you are trying to do, you'll have to consult the merchant who sold the system to you.

Here's some Voice advice for Linux users, courtesy of the Firestorm support team. It may be helpful to you, even though the specific instructions are aimed at Firestorm. After all, they are using LL base code to handle Voice. Every linux distro is different; and each distro may have more than one window manager to further complicate things. So tips can't be “absolute”; you will need to experiment and see what works for you. The following have been suggested by some as effective. But first…. In the Firestorm install directory, there's a text file (originally from LL) with tips on getting voice to work in linux. If you haven't read that, then you can try to see if it helps. Make sure you have ALSA and/or FMOD available. FMOD is supplied with Firestorm, normally. If you look at Help → About Firestorm, you should see a line that resembles this: Audio Driver Version: OpenAL, version 1.1 ALSOFT 1.11.753 / OpenAL Community / OpenAL Soft: PulseAudio Software If that says “none” then you have no audio driver available to Firestorm and need to install one. Edit the firestorm shell script and remove the # in #export LL_BAD_OPENAL_DRIVER=x That will force LL to use FMOD rather than ALSA. Some say this is how to get voice working. Some swear that the problem is PulseAudio, so you can try to remove that from your system. Be warned, however, that this could cause more problems than it solves. Make sure you remove only Pulse and not half the OS. Be sure to have the correct devices select in Firestorm for voice: Preferences → Sound & Media → Audio Device Settings (button) … input and output may not work if left at default; they may need to go to a specific device like “ALSA Capture on [device name]”. Below are results for selected linux distros, based on input from Phoenix and Firestorm users. This will be updated as more information becomes available. Mint 10, KDE: There is no need to edit the snowglobe shell script as described above. Also, PulseAudio seems to work well with voice; in fact, it is seems needed to get any audio going at all. So if you don't have Pulse installed, try installing it along with pavucontrol. In pavucontrol, check the Config tab to ensure devices are set up correctly. Then in System Settings > Multimedia, “prefer” your headset for both Communications settings. Finally, in Firestorm, Preferences → Sounds & Media, set it to use ALSA, in the Audio Device Settings section.ubuntu 10.04: Users report voice working “out of the box”, no additional packages needed. However, if for some reason you cannot get voice working, use synaptic to check that you have gstreamer0.10-alsa, PulseAudio and pavucontrol installed. See Mint 10 above for more info. Note however that some ubuntu users report issues with streaming audio and video.

You can try disabling VBO or HTTP Textures to see if that helps. You'll find both of those in Preferences >> Graphics >> Hardware Settings. If you decide to use a TPV, that may solve your problem too. And yes, you can run two copies of Firestorm at once, assuming that your computer can handle the load. You'll want to open Preferences >> Advanced and check the box for Allow Multiple Viewers.

That's a really good question. I suppose it's possible that LL may remove some avatar names when their accounts are no longer active, or when they have been permanently banned. Unless you have a very short ban list, though, it's unlikely that your entire list would be emptied at once. This is probably a good question to ask Live Chat or the Concierge Service.

The best way to do it is with either sculpties or mesh. Unless you are adept at creating your own, you'll have to do as others suggested and just buy pre-made collars from designers in Marketplace or in world. There are plenty of them, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a good selection. If you want a simple prim collar, however, you can make a passable one yourself. Take a look at this tutorial in Natalia Zelmanov's blog >>> http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2007/02/day-138-creating-shirt-collars-and-ties.html It's a bit dated now, but it's well-written and very easy to follow.

Tazabell wrote: I have just joined secondlfe, and I am unable to log in .... I thought I may have mis-spelt my user name, but you sent me an email and in fact I do have the right name, which is as follows:- Tazabell, I can get onto my dash board, which tells me I am logged in but when I try to log in.... I get a message come up, that I need to put both names in, but i have just one name only, can you tell me how I add a second name please........ thanking you in advance If you are trying to log in with a viewer that requests two names, your second name is RESIDENT. Please remove your e-mail address from your post. It is an invitation to spam or identity theft. Also, if you have other questions, we will be glad to try to answer them but please start your own thread. Do not add an unrelated question to the bottom of another person's thread.

It IS a marketplace problem, as the merchant pointed out, but: 1. The merchant wouldn't lose anything by sending you a new pair, assuming that the shoes are no transfer. She already has your money. 2. The shoes are probably copy / mod (If they aren't, don't buy them), so there's no risk to the merchant if she redelivers 3. It's a L$75 pair of shoes. That's about 30 cents US -- less than a pack of gum, so you wouldn't lose much if they were never delivered. It sure would be nice to have the shoes, but .... 4. Since the merchant clearly doesn't care whether you buy anything else or recommend her store to a friend, I'd just chalk it up to a crummy experience and walk away. And tell all your friends. :smileytongue:

If you want to buy a building, I am sure that you can find one easily. There are a huge number of talented builders in world, so do a search and start visiting their display areas. If you want to buy a complete grocery store with all of the products for resale, however, that is going to be extremely difficult. Most creators sell their own work, so there is little market for wholesale groceries (or any other product). You would have to get very lucky and find a creator who makes those products, is going out of business, and is willing to sell you his designs.

Both Firestorm and the LL viewer have upgraded within the past four months, so it's possible that the heavier weight versions are expecting more from your graphic card than they used to. You may need to back off on one or more of your graphics settings. Try disabling VBO or HTTP textures, or both to see if that helps. You do that in Preferences >> Graphics >> Hardware Settings. If those steps don't do the trick, take a look at these other suggestions in the Firestorm support wiki >>> http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=fs_run_crash

Finding a job in SL is like finding one in RL. The most successful people working in SL are entrepreneurs. If you have a special skill like building, designing, scripting, or animating, you can set up in business to sell your products or do custom work. If you're talented with streaming media and have a decent playlist, you can make a living as a DJ. If you are personable, you can work as a hostess or a dancer in a club. Like RL, it's competitive. There are a lot of smart, talented people asking the same question that you are, and a lot of them got here first. My best advice is to do what you like to do and have fun. Don't worry about making money. It's a crummy reason to work in SL, since you can earn a lot more a lot faster by flipping burgers in RL.

As a premium member of SL, you are entitled to a tier that lets you occupy up to 512 sq m of land without paying any land fees. If you decide to use that tier to have a Linden Home, then your 512 sq m parcel is in a specified area that has a Linden Home on it, of a style that you have chosen. If you decide not to have a Linden Home, you still have the tier, but you may apply it to any other land you own, up to 512 sq m, without paying land fees. You do have to buy the land, which is a one-time cost, but you get to choose where it is and what sort of home you put on it, if any. The biggest difference is that any objects that you place on that parcel count against its 117 prim allowance. A Linden Home does not count against the prim allowance on its parcel. If you want to exercise that second option, then stand in your Linden Home, open About Land, and click the button that says Abandon Land. (Be sure that you pick up all of your belongings, one at a time, first.) You don't need to buy new land right away, because you will always have the tier when you need it. If you think the price is right, you may buy any plot of land that you like. See >>> http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043 for how to do it. Again, your tier does not apply to the price you pay for the land itself. It applies to the fees that you pay LL for maintaining it -- like paying taxes or a monthly association fee.

If you buy a dress in RL, you can alter it and you can also dye it. You can even cut it apart and make something else out of the fabric if you want to. You have the RL equivalent of our mod perms. The big difference in SL is that a designer can lock the mod perms and not let you change anything. There's no halfway setting though .... change something. It's all or nothing. I've been making clothing in SL for almost 5 years. Everything I sell is mod/copy because I want the customer to be able to alter it as necessary, and I want her to have a backup in case she screws up. She can't transfer it to somebody else, but it she wants to try and "improve" on my work and wear it around SL, that's her business. She bought it.

Your question could be taken two ways, with different answers. If you buy something that has transfer permissions, then you are free to sell it again if you wish. It's yours. That's like selling a used book or a used car in RL. Nothing wrong with that. If you made copies of something you bought and then sold the copies as if you were the creator, however, you could get in big trouble. That's an intellectual property violation. See http://secondlife.com/corporate/dmca.php . Most things that you buy in SL either have copy permissions or transfer permissions, but not both. That way, you can either make backup copies for yourself, or give your only copy to a friend (or sell it). Some creators make items with full permissions, however, because builders need to be able to sell them again as parts of their own creations -- think stairways or doors. It's clear to everyone that it would be wrong to turn around and resell copies of those full perm stairs and doors as if you were the creator, though -- even though it would be very easy to do.

A little terminology .... The Magic Box is a delivery system. Each merchant who has a store in Marketplace owns one or more Magic Boxes. They hold the merchants inventory of merchandise and deliver items on demand when Marketplace says that it has received payment. You will never receive a Magic Box (unless you are a merchant and need to set up your own delivery system). Now..... if I understand correctly, purchases are being delivered to you, you accept them, but they don't show up in inventory. My guess is that the local cached copy of your inventory is borked, and you may have a chronically weak Internet connection that is making it hard for inventory updates to show up locally. Try simply clearing your cache. That will force your viewwr to download a fresh copy from LL's servers. If that doesn't work, or if you keep having that problem, you may need to clear your cache manually from outside SL ( see http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/doku.php?id=cache_clear ). You may also need to reset your router or take other steps to improve your connection.