[Opensim-users] cannot create new grid in Firestorm

[Paul Fishwick]

Thanks - that worked. I configured in StandaloneCommon, restarted the
server, and FS found it
-p

On Feb 8, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Melanie <melanie at t-data.com> wrote:

> When adding grids to Firestorm, GridInfo is required. You need to
> set up the login server or standalone to respond to gridinfo
> requests and fill in all the data. FS lacks a grid manager that
> allows manual entry of these values, they are always taken from
> gridinfo. If no gridinfo can be retrieved or it's not valid, no grid
> entry is created. It apparently fails silently.
> 
> Melanie
> 
> On 09/02/2013 00:12, Paul Fishwick wrote:
>> Trying to create a new grid in Firestorm for a new opens instance that I created
>> for students. OpenSim was downloaded last week and built on a Ubuntu machine.
>> I've successfully logged into it from an older viewer so the network seems to be
>> up. I thought I'd try Firestorm since others have said it was a newer viewer (more
>> advanced graphics options).
>> 
>> However, I cannot seem to create a new opensim grid. I go to Firestorm, Viewer->
>> Preferences and then "Add New Grid", and enter my grid URL with the usual
>> ":9000" suffix. Firestorm seems to like it as when I  hit "apply" it doesn't complain
>> that the grid does not exist, however, it doesn't create any new entries in the grid
>> list ("Manage Grids" list). I also have a cloud as my avatar, which is another issue
>> which happened on an older viewer but may (or may not) happen in Firestorm.
>> Anyone notice this issue with adding a new OpenSim grid to Firestorm?
>> 
>> -p
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Paul Fishwick, PhD
>> Chair, ACM SIGSIM
>> Distinguished Chair of Arts & Technology and Professor of Computer Science 
>> The University of Texas at Dallas 
>> Arts & Technology 
>> 800 West Campbell Road, AT10 
>> Richardson, TX 75080-3021 
>> 
>> 
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Paul Fishwick, PhD
Chair, ACM SIGSIM
Distinguished Chair of Arts & Technology and Professor of Computer Science 
The University of Texas at Dallas 
Arts & Technology 
800 West Campbell Road, AT10 
Richardson, TX 75080-3021