[Opensim-users] Opensim-users Digest, Vol 39, Issue 21

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Having said that, the SimianGrid groups module uses a different code path so would not be affected by any of these bugs. 
  You might want to try that instead.

On 16/11/10 00:56, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> Unfortunately, in OpenSim 0.7.0.1 and 0.7.0.2, the Flotsam groups code in OpenSim was broken.
>
> I discovered this after 0.7.0.2 and fixed it (in commit b1ab3ea on Friday 17th September in OpenSim Master). I also made
> some fixes on the PHP side - unfortunately mcortez hasn't had time to maintain it and I don't either but it should be
> working at the moment.
>
> I was rather surprised that nobody had discovered this problem before I did - possibly most people were sticking with
> 0.6.9 at that time.
>
> I also backported the fix to the 0.7-post-fixes git branch.
>
> There are some installation instructions at http://code.google.com/p/flotsam/wiki/XmlRpcGroups but I'm not sure how up
> to date they are. Things aren't helped by the fact that the instructions in OpenSim.ini.example are currently mangled in
> OpenSim git master.
>
> OpenSim 0.6.9 should be working fine with groups.
>
>
> On 16/11/10 00:48, ssm2017 wrote:
>> sorry but i have not played with that since april and i thought that
>> the flotsam one was working
>> maybe some details should not work but i think that most of the
>> functions are ok for 0.6.9
>>
>> 2010/11/16 Jor3l Boa<jor3l at foravatars.com>:
>>> ssm2017 If you have it working can you send me a copy please, I tested the
>>> OSGrid one and it worked but the last git is not
>>>
>>> 2010/11/15 ssm2017<ssm2017 at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Groups
>>>> the flotsam script is not working for your ?
>>>>
>>>> 2010/11/16 Adam Farrugia<uqafarru at fdn.uq.edu.au>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Harri (and others struggling with groups), what version of OpenSim
>>>>> are you using and what platform are you running it on?
>>>>> Me, I first got group functionality going (with some struggle!) 0n 0.6.9
>>>>> (Grid Mode) and have had it going on all releases since.
>>>>> I am using Ubuntu Server 10.4 running LAMP for Apache, MySQL, PHP.
>>>>> I found the quickest and dirtiest way to get groups going in this
>>>>> environment (funnily enough) was to install moodle and then the "modlos"
>>>>> block as that block has the flotsam group implementation "built in". You
>>>>> then only need to configure the groups parameters in moodle and also in
>>>>> OpenSim.ini and it works like a charm :) Implementing groups in this way is
>>>>> overkill if you are not in an educational environment or don't need any kind
>>>>> of Learning Management System, but it does work :)
>>>>> I am about to migrate my grid services over to Windows because of some
>>>>> specific troubles we've had with mono's memory management capabilities and
>>>>> this will of course require re-implementing groups- NOT looking forward to
>>>>> that, for all the reasons of which you are all way to aware ;) When I get
>>>>> it going successfully, I'll write down the exact steps and pass it on to all
>>>>> through here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rgds,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam Farrugia
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 5
>>>>> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:35:15 +0200
>>>>> From: Harri Nyman<harri.nyman at shadecorp.net>
>>>>> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Implementing Groups
>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>> <AANLkTi=bz+uibejpi8BhG6szkQe-tov88V2dqV9Mcmi2 at mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Could someone *please* come up with cookbook-level instructions how to
>>>>> get
>>>>> groups working? I've been hitting my head into stone wall for weeks with
>>>>> this, and I do have distinct feeling I'm not alone..
>>>>>
>>>>> ....remember, to some of us even git is totally mythical creature...
>>>>>
>>>>> Harri
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