[Opensim-users] Noobi question.
Justin Clark-Casey
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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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