[Opensim-users] Still trying to set up groups - progress and problems

Tue Oct 25 18:08:08 UTC 2011

I think you should take a look at your php config.
Turn off the warning notices, they can crew up the xml.
Make sure all the dependacies like php-xml are installed.

2011/10/25, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com>:
> I got groups mostly working with the XoopenSim module located at:
> http://www.nsl.tuis.ac.jp/xoops/modules/xpwiki/?XoopenSim so there are some
> obvious differences in our configuration, but I remember having a weird
> issue when I tried to install the module that was related to using MySQL
> 5.x. and I also had a problem with the Profiles module that I never did
> solve, with a very similar error to what you're seeing:
>
> 15:54:17 - [PROFILE]: Unable to connect to Profile Server
> http://fleepgrid.com/grid/modules/xoopensim/helper/profile.php. Method
> avatar_properties_request, para
> ms System.Collections.Hashtable. Exception System.Xml.XmlException: Data at
> the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
> 15:54:17 - [LLCLIENTVIEW]: Caught exception while processing
> OpenMetaverse.Packets.AvatarPropertiesRequestPacket for Fleep Tuque, Object
> reference not set to an
> instance of an object. at
> OpenSimProfile.Modules.OpenProfile.OpenProfileModule.GetProfileData(UUID
> userID)
> 15:54:32 - [PROFILE]: Unable to connect to Profile Server
> http://fleepgrid.com/grid/modules/xoopensim/helper/profile.php. Method
> avatar_properties_request, para
> ms System.Collections.Hashtable. Exception System.Xml.XmlException: Data at
> the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
> 15:54:32 - [LLCLIENTVIEW]: Caught exception while processing
> OpenMetaverse.Packets.AvatarPropertiesRequestPacket for Fleep Tuque, Object
> reference not set to an
> instance of an object. at
> OpenSimProfile.Modules.OpenProfile.OpenProfileModule.GetProfileData(UUID
> userID)
> 15:55:26 - [XMLRPC-GROUPS-CONNECTOR]: An error has occured while attempting
> to access the XmlRpcGroups server method groups.getGroupMembers at
> http://fleepgrid.com/grid/modules/xoopensim/helper/xmlgroups.php
> 15:55:26 - [XMLRPC-GROUPS-CONNECTOR]: The underlying connection was closed:
> An unexpected error occurred on a receive. at
> System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
>
> I think I ended up commenting out the Profile parts and haven't gotten back
> to it yet, so interested in hearing any others' results.
>
> In case it's helpful, my full change log and install notes are at
> http://fleep.wikispaces.com/FleepGrid - have to scroll down to the 9/17/11
> entry for the notes on the groups and profiles modules..
>
> Sorry I can't be of more help - I haven't figured it out myself yet!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> - Chris/Fleep
>
> Chris M. Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque)
> Project Manager, UC Second Life
> UCit Instructional & Research Computing
> University of Cincinnati
> 406E Zimmer Hall
> PO Box 210088
> Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
> (513)556-3018
> chris.collins at uc.edu
>
> http://www.uc.edu/ucit/learningtools/secondlife.html
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Kurt Reisler <kreisler at mitre.org> wrote:
>
>>  Thanks to Justin's changes, I was able to get the MySQL (5.5.16) database
>> tables created.  I have PHP installed with IIS on a Windows 2008 server
>> (tested with a helloworld.php script). Running OpenSim 0.7.2 with the
>> OpenSim.ini module modified to include the following:
>>
>> Groups]
>>     ;# {Enabled} {} {Enable groups?} {true false} false
>>     ;; Enables the groups module
>>     Enabled = true
>>
>>     ;# {Module} {Enabled:true} {Groups module to use? (Use GroupsModule to
>> use Flotsam/Simian)} {} Default
>>     ;; This is the current groups stub in
>> Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Groups.
>>     ;; All the other settings below only really apply to the
>> Flotsam/SimianGrid
>>     ;; GroupsModule.
>>     ;; This module can use a PHP XmlRpc server from the Flotsam project at
>>     ;; http://code.google.com/p/flotsam/
>>     ;; or from the SimianGrid project at
>> http://code.google.com/p/openmetaverse
>>     Module = GroupsModule
>>
>>     ;# {MessagingEnabled} {Module:GroupsModule} {Is groups messaging
>> enabled?} {true false} true
>>     MessagingEnabled = true
>>
>>     ;# {MessagingModule} {MessagingEnabled:true} {Module to use for groups
>> messaging} {GroupsMessagingModule} GroupsMessagingModule
>>     MessagingModule = GroupsMessagingModule
>>
>>     ;# {ServicesConnectorModule} {Module:GroupsModule} {Service connector
>> to use for groups} {XmlRpcGroupsServicesConnector
>> SimianGroupsServicesConnector} XmlRpcGroupsServicesConnector
>>     ;; Service connectors to the Groups Service as used in the
>> GroupsModule.  Select one depending on
>>     ;; whether you're using a Flotsam XmlRpc backend or a SimianGrid
>> backend
>>     ServicesConnectorModule = XmlRpcGroupsServicesConnector
>>     XmlRpcServiceURL        = http://mosgrid.mitre.org/groups/xmlrpc.php
>>
>>     ;# {GroupsServerURI} {Module:GroupsModule} {Groups Server URI} {}
>>     ;; URI for the groups services
>>     ;; e.g. http://yourxmlrpcserver.com/xmlrpc.php for Flotsam XmlRpc
>>     ;; or http://mygridserver.com:82/Grid/ for SimianGrid
>>     GroupsServerURI = http://mosgrid.mitre.org/groups/xmlrpc.php
>>
>>     ;# {NoticesEnabled} {Module:GroupsModule} {Enable group notices?}
>> {true
>> false} true
>>     ;; Enable Group Notices
>>     NoticesEnabled = true
>>
>>     ;; This makes the Groups modules very chatty on the console.
>>     DebugEnabled = true
>>
>>     ;; XmlRpc Security settings.  These must match those set on your
>> backend
>>     ;; groups service if the service is using these keys
>>     XmlRpcServiceReadKey    = 1234
>>     XmlRpcServiceWriteKey   = 1234
>>
>>     ; Disables HTTP Keep-Alive for XmlRpcGroupsServicesConnector HTTP
>> Requests,
>>     ; this is a work around fora problem discovered on some Windows based
>> region servers.
>>     ; Only disable keep alive if you see a large number (dozens) of the
>> following Exceptions:
>>     ; System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: The request was
>> canceled.
>>     ;
>>     ; XmlRpcDisableKeepAlive = false
>>
>> When I attempt to create a new group, I get the following error every time
>> the XMLRPC-GROUPS-CONNECTOR is called.
>>
>> 10:31:09 - [GROUPS]: CreateGroup called
>> 10:31:09 - [XMLRPC-GROUPS-CONNECTOR]: An error has occured while
>> attempting
>> to a
>> ccess the XmlRpcGroups server method groups.getGroup at
>> http://mosgrid.mitre.org/groups/xmlrpc.php
>> 10:31:09 - [XMLRPC-GROUPS-CONNECTOR]: Data at the root level is invalid.
>> Line 1, position 1.
>>     at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
>>
>> The config.php file is correctly set up to point to the correct database,
>> with the right login and password.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Kurt
>>
>>
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