[Opensim-users] Noobi question.

Justin Clark-Casey jjustincc at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 8 18:49:52 UTC 2009


Richard Taft wrote:
> well I did it....   got logged in finally....  one pointer I can offer 
> that did the final trick for me....  make sure that in the 
> /Regions/Regions.ini file your internal address is set to 0.0.0.0  and 
> make absolutely sure our external address is the IP address of your 
> server INSIDE your firewall/router.  I saw on one of the WIki pages that 
> it should be set to your routers external address if you plan to access 
> it from the outside.  This is incorrect and you create a looping issue 
> if you do.  This will cause your viewer to freeze at region handshake.
> 
> The other thing I noticed is that you Come up Ruthed.  and no way to 
> edit your appearance.   what you have to do is go to body parts and 
> create a shape, right click and edit...  then go through each body item 
> and move the slider slightly.  and then save.  you will have to do that 
> with pants and shirt also.  once your done you should be a real live 
> Avitar.  It seems strange, but there is items in the asset directory

Yes, I think that it would be nice to improve this.  I'm guessing that it means 
populating the initial avatar with clothing that's already worn.

> 
> Ok Now I'm hooked, this is fun having a place all to myself.   Still 
> have some issues to work through...  SLS isn't working, and I can't do video
> 
> One thing I noticed....  what I wanted to do was creat seperate 
> databases for Inventory/assets/estates/users.... right now I have it all 
> in one database an its working.   so all my connect strings are 
> correct...  Opensim built the tables that it needed.  so I shutdown 
> Opensim   Deleted ALL the tables...  created a new database called 
> opensiminv and granted all permissions from my existing opensim user... 
> updated the inventory connect string so it pointed to this database. and 
> restart Opensim....  it created all the tables in the "Default" database 
> and creates a table called migrate in the inventory database, and then 
> complains that it cant find an inventory table and halts.  If I check 
> the database, the table its looking for is in the default database, yet 
> it seems to be looking in the inventory database.  Have I found a bug?  
> sould I attempt to move the inventory tables to the inventory 
> database.   Just as an extra, it does the same thing for the asset 
> inventory and estate databases if I do the same procedure.  What it 
> seems to me is the routine that populates the tables in the database is 
> only looking at one database.

It sounds like a bug to me - I didn't think that OpenSim was storing database 
information anywhere other than in the ini files.

> 
> RichT
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Karen Palen <karen_palen at yahoo.com>
> *To:* opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> *Sent:* Tue, October 6, 2009 11:18:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
> 
> It is long, but I think you will find it quite well organized. The 
> documentation is ambiguous in spots too, but Google helps. There are 
> tutorials and "hint" files all over the web!
> 
> My strategy has been to update the Wiki as I figure out something and 
> get it working. That way I help everyone as well as having good 
> (updated!) notes the next time I run into an issue.
> 
> I am a Ubuntu user (only 8 mos on Linux), so I haven't done a lot of 
> "distro surfing" yet. All the same you should find a lot of helpful info 
> on the Wiki, and of course more detail and corrections are always welcome!
> 
> Karen
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:taftr_2000 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> 
>  > From: Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com <mailto:taftr_2000 at yahoo.com>>
>  > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
>  > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de 
> <mailto:opensim-users at lists.berlios.de>
>  > Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 4:06 PM
>  > Well
>  > for a first timer its long...  I decided to basically
>  > start from scratch.  I had a lot of fits and starts
>  > getting Fedora to even compile opensim.   Going to
>  > try pulling down a fresh copy of Opensim and
>  > recompile...  Then only make small changes to the INI
>  > and test as I go. I had to install Mono, Nant, and
>  > LibGDIPlus by hand. As well as Mysql & the C+ and on and
>  > on. I probably should have written it all down since it
>  > might have helped someone else.  There are several
>  > Fedora guides out there, but none seem to be
>  > "Complete" from raw install of fedora to
>  > Installing Opensim.
>  >
>  > I think rather then add myself to a Grid I may want to
>  > become my own grid. There are several friends that have
>  > gotten tired of SL and its mess.  I may make a retreat
>  > that we
>  >  can all go to to build create and converse in peace.
>  >
>  > Anyone that may have some insight or gotcha warning please
>  > feel free to chime in
>  >
>  > RichT
>  >
>  > From:
>  > Robert Klein <rtkwebman at gmail.com <mailto:rtkwebman at gmail.com>>
>  > To:
>  > opensim-users at lists.berlios.de <mailto:opensim-users at lists.berlios.de>
>  > Sent:
>  > Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:28:23 PM
>  > Subject: Re:
>  > [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > LOL, it is very important to understand each section of the
>  > OpenSim.ini file
>  > and it is not as long as it looks. Okay it is as long as it
>  > looks... :)
>  >
>  > -Robert
>  >
>  >
>  > Richard Taft wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Well I answered my Own question....  Seems I went
>  > a little Nuts on the
>  > > OpenSim.ini Updates and shot myself in the foot. 
>  > The Include at the
>  > > bottom was set to Grid.ini, which assumes that you
>  > will be connecting to a
>  > > remote asset and inventory server.  I'll have
>  > to do a bit more research
>  > > into this configuration file and its parameters. 
>  > Its very easy to get
>  > > lost and mess things up.
>  > >
>  > > RichT
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > ________________________________
>  > > From: Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com <mailto:taftr_2000 at yahoo.com>>
>  > > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de 
> <mailto:opensim-users at lists.berlios.de>
>  > > Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 11:38:16 PM
>  > > Subject: [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I'm sure this has been asked a million
>  > times..  But being new, I'll just
>  > > have to ask it again.  Running Opensim on a
>  > Fedora 11 (No small
>  > > undertaking) I had it running in stand alone mode, but
>  > I'm attempting to
>  > > activate grid mode. I didn't want to get it all
>  > set up only to have to
>  > > come back and reconfigure.  I'm trying to
>  > start it now and I am getting an
>  > > exception "No server URI named in section
>  > AssetService"   I checked the
>  > > AssetService section and I have asset_plugin set to
>  > the MySQL plugin & the
>  > > asset_source set to the connection string for my asset
>  > database.  I have
>  > > confirmed that it is accessible and the password is
>  > correct.
>  > >
>  > > I'm running the
>  >  current version of opensim, and I know the web site
>  > > documentation doesn't exactly match, but I'm
>  > at a loss to know what its
>  > > looking for.  Anyone have any Ideas?
>  > >
>  > > RichT
>  > >
>  > >
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