[Opensim-users] Noobi question.

Karen Palen karen_palen at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 9 06:27:16 UTC 2009


I hate to sound like a "broken record", but did you get all this into the wiki?

Hmm the only time I heard areal "broken record" that did that it was a 78 rpm (!) vinyl record called "Christmas at the Front" recorded during WWi I - even before MY time LOL

Karen

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6:56 PM
> 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
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Richard Taft <taftr_2000 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Noobi question.
> >
>  To: 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>
> > To:
> > 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>
> > > To: 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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