Monthly Archives: March 2007

Next Week’s Scheduled Downtime

At this time, we are planning to bring Second Life down for maintenance next Wednesday, April 4th. The expected duration for this will be relatively short. I will post the schedule as soon as it has been confirmed. This downtime … Continue reading

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Second Life 1.14.0.1 Optional Viewer Update Available

We’ve released an updated viewer, Second Life 1.14.0.1, as an optional update. The update fixes a handful of bugs – many of the fixes submitted by open source contributors. Release Notes for Second Life 1.14.0(1) March 30, 2007 ===================================== Fixes: … Continue reading

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Rolling Restart to Begin Shortly

In approximately 30 minutes, we will be rebooting regions on the Second Life Grid for a server upgrade. Each region will be given a warning of a few minutes before the region actually restarts, leaving everyone to scramble to another … Continue reading

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‘Unable to Login’ issue resolved, some side effects may include…

[Update: 11:45 AM PDT] We believe the login issue has been resolved. You may experience a side effect whereby multiple duplicate folders show up in inventory. This will be resolved later today for anyone who experienced this problem prior to … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements & News, Bugs & Fixes, Community, Service Status | 158 Comments

[Resolved] Rolling Restarts To Begin Shortly – 8pm

[RESOLVED 10:30PM]  The rolling restarts have completed. Everyone back in the water. Have a good night! 🙂 Evening! At 8pm tonight we will be rebooting regions on the Second Life Grid in an effort to fix some issues with our … Continue reading

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1.14.0 Known Issues: Drivers, VBO, ATI X300/X600 notebooks, and other woes

Some 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 … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements & News | 421 Comments

Voice Beta Live!

We are pleased to announce that the new voice feature inside Second Life is ready for open beta testing! Read Joe’s initial voice announcement here. Please note that you will need a headset microphone (or headphones and a stand-alone microphone) … Continue reading

Posted in Announcements & News, Preview Grid | 275 Comments

Windows Vista ATI drivers that run Second Life now available!

ATI has just released their 7.3 drivers. We have installed them and verified that they work with Second Life under Windows Vista! You can download them here: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Posted in -Miscellaneous | 104 Comments

Copy To Inventory Broken

Early this morning we discovered a broken query which causes a malfunction in the way inventory is supposed to work in world. The problem appears when copying inventory from one of our databases to another. You will know if you … Continue reading

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[UPDATE] Database Issues Reported In-World

[UPDATE 10:45PM] These appear to have been resolved. Thanks. Liaison and in-world responders are claiming high reports of ‘ruthed’ avatars, inventories and avatars not loading, ect. We are checking on the issue now. If you are experiencing viewer crashes or … Continue reading

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