Re: [Opensim-dev] Refactoring SceneObjectGroup - Introducing Components

2009-12-15 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Adam: This seems like a good idea as all of your ideas are and I support it. Lets move forward. Perhaps one way to move forward is to help to encourage patches that meet this vision. I am thinking of an example with notes and TODO so that others can take the example subroutine and add pat

Re: [Opensim-dev] Prepackaged OpenSim installs

2009-09-19 Thread Charles Krinke
Well, shoot, Len. We are all volunteers here, so lets work through it and see where we can get. After all, we are not selling any software, rather we are developing software as a community, and you are welcome to help. There are some binary distributions that folks have put together in the past

[Opensim-dev] Make ODE and Meshmerizer the default options and JHurliman

2009-09-14 Thread Charles Krinke
From: Dr Scofield To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Cc: opensim-us...@lists.berlios.de Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 8:13:50 AM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Make ODE and Meshmerizer the default options? Justin Clark-Casey wrote: > In the OpenSim developer's

Re: [Opensim-dev] 0.6.6 kind of working - except for inventory access issues - and "does not have root folder" errors

2009-09-04 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Chris: I would encourage complementary, weekly meetings on Reaction Grid. Perhaps one could extend the idea a little bit and also encourage hypergridding logons from OSGrid to Reachtion Grid (and from Reaction Grid to OSGrid) to get more activity on hypergrid links between grids as part of

Re: [Opensim-dev] The state of content tools

2009-07-22 Thread Charles Krinke
Thats a very good point. Somehow, we need to get some momentum in testing, reporting, and patching IdealistViewer to add some more features. So, ... with that in mind, I would encourage a few folks to download IdealistViewer, set it up, use it, and report back here with results both good and bad

Re: [Opensim-dev] author names in git vs. svn

2009-07-20 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Sean: For me: Charles Krinke Would be appreciated. Charles From: Sean Dague To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:11:50 PM Subject: [Opensim-dev] author names in git vs. svn When we make the transition from svn to git

Re: [Opensim-dev] Warning w/ ODE & llTargetOmega

2009-07-10 Thread Charles Krinke
Well,... then lets patch it until we can get it to the 'happiness' state. Patches eagerly accepted. Charles From: Brianna To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:42:19 AM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Warning w/ ODE & llTargetOmega Suff

Re: [Opensim-dev] Proposal: Change the OnDeRezObject event

2009-07-10 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Mw: Thank you for sharing your technical thoughts as you work through them. It is my fervent hope that others will share similarly so that some of us 'lesser wizards' may learn a bit more by reading how OpenSim is evolving. Charles From: MW To: opensim

Re: [Opensim-dev] Visual Studio 2005 support

2009-07-09 Thread Charles Krinke
+1, seems reasonable to me. Charles From: Teravus Ovares To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 1:01:35 PM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Visual Studio 2005 support It's been long enough, I think :) Regards Teravus On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
grids will be harmed in the making of these servers - to paraphrase the movie industry Melanie Charles Krinke wrote: > I believe it is pretty important to ensure that we go forwards in a > compatible manner and not backwards. > > Certainly new implementations of servers,

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
I believe it is pretty important to ensure that we go forwards in a compatible manner and not backwards. Certainly new implementations of servers, executables, protocols and the like are encouraged, but we also need to make sure that everything continues to work. Perhaps this new work should be

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
@lists.berlios.de Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 9:43:03 AM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer? We will be pleased to test BUST without the fears to get Busted... Sacha Le 8 juil. 09 à 18:33, Charles Krinke a écrit : Melanie: I think the key

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
Melanie: I think the key here is 'evolution' and not 'revolution'. We have sufficient momentum and sufficient users with OpenSim that we need to go out of our way to provide and evolutionary path and that of necessity must include sufficient documentation to allow our users to use OpenSim with

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
Well, this may or may not be, Melanie. But, I would feel a whole lot more comfortable about the whole proposal *after* at least two different groups report success in configuring BUST and that it is not busted. At that point, we need enough clear and concise documentation on the wiki to allow o

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
I would also seem reasonable to me that some smaller grids test the 'BUST' notion and report success before we move forward in considering in obsoleting our existing grid server executables. Charles From: Sean Dague To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Wed

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
explain your -1? Regards, Melanie Charles Krinke wrote: > -1. Lets not remove any existing OpenSim servers. > > Lets *start* with some documentation so we know what is being proposed. > > Charles > > > > > > From: Melanie > To: o

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer? Documentation is on it's way. Could we get the voting back on track on the question of whether to deprecate/remove the old servers, instead of voting on the obvious need for documentation? Melanie Charles Krinke wrote: > +1 also.

Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer and OpenSim.Grid.AssetServer?

2009-07-08 Thread Charles Krinke
+1 also. We need some wiki documentation for BUST to describe how folks can configure and use it. Charles From: Justin Clark-Casey To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 3:51:29 AM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Deprecate OpenSim.Grid.Inve

Re: [Opensim-dev] Grid Questions + Inventory Problem

2009-07-07 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Marian: You might try running the regions on a different server then the UGAIM, I suspect you will have better luck. In general, we find that the UGAIM prefers to run by itself with no regions sharing the same hardware. Charles Krinke From: Marian

Re: [Opensim-dev] Hosting Grids. :)

2009-07-06 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Andrew: OSGrid, Inc. has three directors. The President is Michael Cerquoni (Nebadon), Adam Frisby, Vice President and myself, Charles Krinke, Treasurer. The HyperGrid is a software concept that allows standalones and grids to interoperate, but the person most knowledgeable about

Re: [Opensim-dev] Suggestion for project organization.

2009-06-30 Thread Charles Krinke
development, so some folks will be advantaged and some dis-advantaged, as is always the case. But, I think it is worth considering and discussing. Charles Krinke From: Michael Cortez To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:51:46 PM

Re: [Opensim-dev] Help needed for stand alone grid for 800 users... HELP!

2009-06-23 Thread Charles Krinke
know Kyle Gomboy has successfully pull this off (Good Job Reaction Grid!). Let me know what you guys suggest for my challenge. On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Charles Krinke wrote: Dear Andrew: All my personal experience is with Linux servers, but there are lots of folks that use Windows

Re: [Opensim-dev] Help needed for stand alone grid for 800 users... HELP!

2009-06-22 Thread Charles Krinke
xecutables, known as a UGAIM for User, Grid, Asset, Inventory & Messaging on a seperate server then any regions for best results. MCortez is around this mailing list and will probably reply next (or at least soon). Charles Krinke From: Andrew

Re: [Opensim-dev] Help needed for stand alone grid for 800 users... HELP!

2009-06-22 Thread Charles Krinke
Well, let me jump in here a little bit. If I were going to set this up, I would start with four OpenSim regions, each running on a different Linux server. I would put them in a square and make the landing point at the four-corner junction. I would then make each of the four regions a seperate

[Opensim-dev] Exceptions on Lbsa Plaza

2009-06-21 Thread Charles Krinke
I am seeing a number of exceptions on the Lbsa Plaza console and would like to solicit a patch to catch these exceptions as we move forward. I feel this would help the robustness of our OpenSim. See Mantis#3827 for the exceptions. Charles ___ Opensim-

[Opensim-dev] warnings in compile

2009-06-10 Thread Charles Krinke
I see our warnings in VS2008 have crept back up to 230 when building OpenSim and would suggest a few patches and attention to trying to bring the number of warnings down. Charles ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.b

Re: [Opensim-dev] IClientAPI vs ???

2009-06-08 Thread Charles Krinke
Yes, I would concur that getting patches to complete Adam's vision of IClientCore is a reasonable thing to do and would encourage patches that move us along this path. Charles From: MW To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 9:41:02 AM Su

Re: [Opensim-dev] MANTIS PRIORITY LIST PROPOSAL

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Krinke
I concur with Melanie. In general, the issue with Mantis is that those things which are in the interest sphere of various core developers and patch submitters will be the ones that are fixed. So, our strategy is more finding, diagnosing and confirming repeatable failures, as a minimum. Beyond

Re: [Opensim-dev] Removal of project on GForge

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Fly-Man: I would like to suggest we step back from a "point of honor" and try to figure out how to work together. There are times in this project when passions rise high and this is one of those times. I would really like to find a way to move forward without pushing anyone into a corne

Re: [Opensim-dev] Removal of project on GForge

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Krinke
I'm going to try to be as diplomatic as possible here. All of us may contribute to various forge projects as we and our peers may determine from time to time. I am truly sorry you are upset, Fly-Man, but that does not change anything. We move forward with or without any one individual and that

Re: [Opensim-dev] 0.7 Release Discussion

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Krinke
be rendered client-side 369 0001415 - llTargetOmega stops working from time to time From: Charles Krinke To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 1:29:10 PM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] 0.7 Release Discussion No problem, man. As I look at two other parts of the Ma

Re: [Opensim-dev] 0.7 Release Discussion

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Krinke
fact, so thanks everyone for comments, very good ideas. On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Charles Krinke wrote: It pains me to disagree with you, Nebadon, but when I look at the summary page on our Mantis this morning, I see 247 open Mantis issues. This actually is an admirable goal and I wou

Re: [Opensim-dev] 0.7 Release Discussion

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Krinke
It pains me to disagree with you, Nebadon, but when I look at the summary page on our Mantis this morning, I see 247 open Mantis issues. This actually is an admirable goal and I would think clearing as many of these as possible over the next month is an admirable goal. Like all goals, we always

Re: [Opensim-dev] Navigating the Wiki

2009-05-20 Thread Charles Krinke
es, I'm working on it. Just give me some time. ;-) Thanks, Mark P.S. Keep the questions coming, because those are all good topics that should be covered. If anyone else has any additional good questions, please chime in. I'll put the

Re: [Opensim-dev] Navigating the Wiki

2009-05-20 Thread Charles Krinke
me some time. ;-) Thanks, Mark P.S. Keep the questions coming, because those are all good topics that should be covered. If anyone else has any additional good questions, please chime in. I'll put them on the "To Do List".

Re: [Opensim-dev] Navigating the Wiki

2009-05-20 Thread Charles Krinke
Some of the common questions that come up but are not easily answered on the wiki are: 1. What is the current recommended version? 2. My OpenSim.ini does not work after an upgrade with SVN, how can I fix this? 3. How do I setup a region? 4. How do I setup a grid? 5. What does HyperGrid mean?

Re: [Opensim-dev] breaking OpenSim.ini changes

2009-05-19 Thread Charles Krinke
Nebadon, this page, which is a good one, is Diva's and my hat is off to her for writing a few things down. What I am trying to do is convince Melanie that she needs to do something similar for the work she has committed. Charles From: Nebadon Izumi To: open

Re: [Opensim-dev] breaking OpenSim.ini changes

2009-05-19 Thread Charles Krinke
I feel that we should view trunk as our best effort at a functional code base with no guarantee. The most important thing is that it should compile. Beyond that, new checkins that add new features should be explained to the early adopters and testers that are wringing out the details and finding

Re: [Opensim-dev] breaking OpenSim.ini changes

2009-05-19 Thread Charles Krinke
r months on end. This is another one of them. Please bear with us. Melanie Charles Krinke wrote: > No, this is not talking about anything to death, Melanie. This is about > writing down for others to read and understand at least *some* of what you > are trying to accomplish. > > Th

Re: [Opensim-dev] breaking OpenSim.ini changes

2009-05-19 Thread Charles Krinke
No, this is not talking about anything to death, Melanie. This is about writing down for others to read and understand at least *some* of what you are trying to accomplish. This can be done via blogs, wiki paragraphs, FAQ, or other. This feeling has been a long time coming, Melanie, and this is

[Opensim-dev] breaking OpenSim.ini changes

2009-05-18 Thread Charles Krinke
We seem to have breaking changes in OpenSim.ini today and I would like to recommend that we slow that down. In the past, we have been very careful about breaking changes in OpenSim.ini to preserve compatibility and go out of our way to send notice. It seems that changing syntax in our .ini fil

Re: [Opensim-dev] voice meetings

2009-05-16 Thread Charles Krinke
Indeed, discussing these subjects with those on the opensim-dev mailing list in voice or text is to all of our mutual advantage. Many folks have complained to me of the way the money issue was handled and communication with the rest of the community is important to moving forward and helping cr

[Opensim-dev] vehicle script

2009-05-13 Thread Charles Krinke
Jeff Heaton, in his book, "Introduction to Linden Scripting Language for Second Life" has a vehicle script for a basic car on page 171. At the risk of irritating Jeff, I am pasting it here and hoping we can use it for a test script to wring out vehicle script functionality. It uses the LSL func

Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-12 Thread Charles Krinke
ns are implemented, but I would expect that all the scripts I develop in my Opensim sandbox to work when I import them into SL. Rock From: opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de [opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Charles Krink

Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-12 Thread Charles Krinke
The folks on this mailing list have the power to make OpenSim more compatible with patches to the source. So, as we go forward, lets exercise that power and add the missing implementation sections of a few dozen functions *and* find the ones that are not compatible and work out the details. Ch

Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-12 Thread Charles Krinke
ying goes, you cannot be a little bit pregnant, it is either 100% or nothing. Rock From: opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de [opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Charles Krinke [...@pacbell.net] Sent: 12 May 2009 04:25 To: opensim-dev S

Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-11 Thread Charles Krinke
TPResponse, llRequestSecureURL, etc etc There are a lot more than 23 functions to go :) ~T Charles Krinke wrote: > I am asking for a few patches to complete the 23 LSL functions in our > original project of more then 330. We are *almost* there, but need a > little help with patches. Here is

Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-11 Thread Charles Krinke
: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:33:27 PM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining What about the llDetectedTouch* functions? llRequestURL, llReleaseURL, llGetFreeURLs, llGetHTTPHeader, llHTTPResponse, llRequestSecureURL, etc etc There are a lot more than 23 functions to go :) ~T Charles

[Opensim-dev] 23 LSL functions remaining

2009-05-11 Thread Charles Krinke
I am asking for a few patches to complete the 23 LSL functions in our original project of more then 330. We are *almost* there, but need a little help with patches. Here is the remaining list that are still in the "Not Implemented" state. llRotTarget() llRotTargetRemove() llLoopSoundMaster() ll

Re: [Opensim-dev] moving away from grid vs. standalone

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Krinke
It is always a balance between keeping functionality in an evolving project and refactoring and experimenting. I will support and encourage refactoring and experimentation with one proviso. That proviso is a few paragraphs on the wiki giving clues to allow those deploying OpenSim what is going

Re: [Opensim-dev] moving away from grid vs. standalone

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Krinke
I would urge us to make changes to the master avatar stuff with notice and encouragement of folks to write FAQ, wiki entries, mini-apnotes and anything else that will help cut down on confusion of those who have significant effort invested into builds on existing regions. Charles __

Re: [Opensim-dev] OAuth as authentication and authorisation (capability) specification

2009-04-25 Thread Charles Krinke
That is an interesting point. I think the perception by some is that we would like to have 'seamless' use of openid/oauth between various grids as folks might move from grid to grid using OGP, MXP, HG or other interop notions. So, popping up a password dialog in the midst of a teleport might be

[Opensim-dev] Closing a few Mantisi

2009-04-19 Thread Charles Krinke
In our Mantis screen is a tab for 'summary'. On that 'summary' screen are two really interesting windows. One is the 'By Date' and the other is 'Longest Open'. I would like to suggest that any patches to clear one or more of the 'Longest Open' would be greatly appreciated and would help to move

Re: [Opensim-dev] Development models (was Re: The essence of "grid")

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Krinke
Well... I rather suspect we are all headed for the same place, but, ... we seem to be having some semantic 'challenges' lately. I *know* that all the hearts are in the right place on this list and that all we have to do is be understanding and supportive of each other. The thing that has gotten

Re: [Opensim-dev] Development models

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Krinke
Diva went out of her way to put the original HyperGrid module on the forge. After it had gained acceptance, *others* suggested to her that adding it to the core part of OpenSim would be to our advantage. We all voted on that and agreed this was the right thing to do. There are other modules th

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Krinke
Well, Mike. I respect your opinion and the others expressed about our existing community. The community is what has gotten us to this point and it is important to listen to our community. It seems reasonable that additional features can be added to OpenSim in a somewhat cavalier fashion, and t

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Krinke
nie wrote: In the future, the avatar and his inventory will be independent of the grid. This is already almost a reality. To address another post, a "trust domain" doesn't imply that the visitor trusts it. It merely means that all regions within it trust each other. Like the serv

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Krinke
Backing up a bit, I think we need to start with the fact that a grid provides a common start point for an avatar logon. By that, I mean, a grid will have some quantity of users in the users MySQL or MSSQL table with a particular avatar appearance and some semblance of an inventory. For the purp

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Krinke
Thank you, Michael, for a good and objective description. I would concur with your points. As we move forward, we also have to consider that economic considerations come into play in the notion of "personal trust" and "software trust logic". There are folks already using both V$ (VirtualWallet)

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Krinke
it means for the users to visit such grids, and how >> they can visit them securely -- that's all I'm trying to figure out. > > They should at least be made aware that there is not one entity running > it you can sue (well, I don't know the TOS so I don't know i

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Krinke
is far away from what would be possible right now as it would also mean quite some changes to the client, I am mostly mentioning it for discussion purposes and because those are standards which are on the rise right now. > > > Justin Clark-Casey wrote: >> Charles Krinke wrote

Re: [Opensim-dev] Springs, Torques, joints , friction, questions and Vehicles oh my

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Krinke
Jeff Heaton at "Heaton Research" wrote a book on LSL scripting. All his scripts are available at his "Heaton Research" parcel on SecondLife and in the books, which are on Amazon.com. There are a couple of chapters devoted to vehicles and angular motors in making a script for a car, boat & airpl

Re: [Opensim-dev] The essence of "grid"

2009-04-15 Thread Charles Krinke
OSGrid exists with two goals. 1. Test OpenSim SVN on a regular basis and report results to aid in software development. 2. Nurture a community. We need to start by considering that OpenSim splits the asset storage between regions and the OpenSim assetServer. So, the OpenSim asset model is a lit

Re: [Opensim-dev] This will NEVER go away

2009-04-03 Thread Charles Krinke
Since OpenSim is not going away, perhaps this is a good time to discuss 'groups' implementations. It seems to me that getting to where we have some semblance of 'groups' in OpenSim is to our advantage and will help the various grids progress. I wonder what other thoughts there are? Charles ___

Re: [Opensim-dev] funky region names?

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Krinke
the LL client. Perhaps there could be a regex setting in the ini for validating region names? Would leave room for different validation requirements for different clients. Chris From:opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Charles Krinke

[Opensim-dev] funky region names?

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Krinke
I am getting some comments about region names beginning with spaces *and* region names longer then 32 characters having some side effects in map and search from OSGrid users. It makes me wonder if the grid server should have some additional constraints to trim leading spaces and names longer

Re: [Opensim-dev] cosimus: a little simulator tinkerbox in Lua+C

2009-03-28 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Andrew: I want to encourage you in your project. Our forge is intended to have projects that are of relevance to the OpenSim context and I would think that this certainly qualifies. The trick is going to be to get *something* working *sortof* and then having others use that work and test

Re: [Opensim-dev] Graceful failure or down grading for scripting.

2009-03-27 Thread Charles Krinke
Well, it seems to me that we are "OpenSim" and not "SecondLife" and that it is entirely appropriate for our osFunctions() to be enabled by default in our OpenSim.ini file. So, I am "pro" this idea. Charles From: Melanie To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sen

Re: [Opensim-dev] density

2009-03-22 Thread Charles Krinke
gin. Changing the avatar mass may make the Avatar PID controller malfunction as it is. Chances are it will need to be re-tuned for a lower mass (which is what I /think/ you're syaing here) Other comments? Teravus On 3/22/09, Charles Krinke wrote: > > We have m_density defined in

[Opensim-dev] density

2009-03-22 Thread Charles Krinke
We have m_density defined in two different places with two different values. One is in: ...\OpenSim\Region\Physics\OdePlugin\ODECharacter.cs - (72, 22) : public float m_density = 60f; Another is in: ...\OpenSim\Region\Physics\OdePlugin\ODEPrim.cs(152): private float m_density = 10.00

[Opensim-dev] 24 LSL functions left

2009-03-22 Thread Charles Krinke
There are 24 LSL functions left in the "NotImplemented" state of the more then 330 we started with a little over a year ago. The 24 are: llRotTarget(), llRotTargetRemove() llLoopSoundMaster(), llLoopSoundSlave(), llPlaySoundSlave() llStopLookAt(), llCollisionFilter(), llAttachToAvatar(), llDetac

[Opensim-dev] Memory Leak and stats

2009-03-18 Thread Charles Krinke
One of the nagging problems we have appears to be memory leaks. There are consistent and frustrating reports of more heavily used regions using up all the RAM, then starting swap, then lagging, then freezing every week. In order to help bring a little clarity to this, Nebadon has put together:

Re: [Opensim-dev] adding unneeded complexity to OpenSim.ini

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Krinke
I have to admit puzzlement on this complexity also. But, as I read all this, I would also urge that if a significant change is made that a wiki entry can be made so that the question : "My OpenSim doesnt work anymore and I think it is config?" can be answered : http://opensimulator.org/wiki/

Re: [Opensim-dev] machine performance stats for grids

2009-03-09 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Paul: There is a page on opensimulator.org for grids and all are encouraged to describe statistics for their grids. In addition, all of the 60 or so grids on that page have their own sub-page to describe statistics and some do. Also, some use the loginscreen to read contents of various tab

Re: [Opensim-dev] Ini file(s) loading

2009-03-08 Thread Charles Krinke
Paul. I would think an installation wizard would be a capital idea. Only issue is it needs a "zealot" to champion it and move it forward. But, it certainly is a good idea. Charles From: Paul Fishwick To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Sunday, March 8, 20

Re: [Opensim-dev] OGP/Capabilities

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Krinke
tocols HTTP+REST+CAPs. The different uses will produce quite different systems, I think. Charles Krinke wrote: If I recall correctly, and I might be wrong, but the conversation I had with the lindens about OGP had them focused on their AgentDomain. Sort of a "super grid server" if you w

Re: [Opensim-dev] OGP/Capabilities

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Krinke
If I recall correctly, and I might be wrong, but the conversation I had with the lindens about OGP had them focused on their AgentDomain. Sort of a "super grid server" if you will. When quizzed about a full handoff, they said "we arent working on that". So, my impression about OGP is it extends

Re: [Opensim-dev] Virtual World Educators Conference

2009-03-01 Thread Charles Krinke
2 students on OSGrid and it is going very well. The students are even asking for additional homework, which I would submit is a good measure of the success of a course. Charles Krinke From: Rich White To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Sunday, March 1, 200

Re: [Opensim-dev] Authentication, take 2: Capabilities

2009-02-28 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Diva: As always, I have the highest of respect for your logic and would encourage your vision. It seems altogether reasonable to me. As we move forward, considering those use cases in the future that are not currently very active such as standalone regions or arrays that also participate

Re: [Opensim-dev] On solving Authentication and such

2009-02-24 Thread Charles Krinke
I would concur. I can certainly see this idea expediting PDA and cell phone group and IM communication into the Metaverse. This seems like an entirely reasonable additional use case as we evolve. Charles From: Mike Mazur To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Krinke
Thank you for letting me be the example. I find this exchange very stimulating. Much more so then some of the posturing going on in certain IETF mailing list right now. I have not given a whole lot of thought to security before, but I can see that we are going to go around on this for a while.

Re: [Opensim-dev] [REX] [Fwd: User Authentication]

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Krinke
ssed is the issue of user authentication. The regions need to be able to verify that the agent that claims to be representing charles.kri...@osgrid.org is, indeed, representing charles.kri...@osgrid.org. (As you know, right n

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Diva: Thank you for thinking along these lines for the viewer. As this point, folks from SecondLife constitute our largest set of expected new adopters, and I believe keeping compatibility with the SL viewer is to our advantage. This situation will probably change some time, but I would

Re: [Opensim-dev] User Authentication

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Krinke
s and offer my whole hearted support to encourage folks to test it *before* I get up one morning and find "Wright Plaza" is a smoking hole in the ground. Charles Krinke From: Diva Canto To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Monday, Februar

Re: [Opensim-dev] MXPClient?

2009-02-22 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Adam: How is the ModRex module? Is that what we need for the Rex client to connect to OpenSim? I dont recall if it is functional or not. Are any of the ActiveWorlds, There.com others interesting? Croquet? Wonderland? Charles From: "Frisby, Adam" To: "o

Re: [Opensim-dev] MXPClient?

2009-02-22 Thread Charles Krinke
We also have the issue of a modal dialog box that recently started coming up in VS2008 Express saying "Solution folders are not supported in this version of the application. Solution folder 'Solution Files' will be displayed as unavailable". I think this is an extension beyond what the Express

[Opensim-dev] Mantis#3148

2009-02-21 Thread Charles Krinke
Mantis#3148 from Chillken is languishing a bit. Since it touches 18 important files, I am reticient to apply it without a second +1. I wonder if Justin, Mw, Lbsa, Adam or SDague might look at it, please. Charles ___ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev

Re: [Opensim-dev] [mmox] My evaluation of LLSD+LLIDL

2009-02-20 Thread Charles Krinke
Thats cool, John. Thank you for that. This is a very helpful step forward. Charles From: "Hurliman, John" To: "m...@ietf.org" ; "opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de" Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:20:34 PM Subject: [mmox] My evaluation of LLSD+LLIDL I have a pa

Re: [Opensim-dev] oddities with asset storage

2009-02-18 Thread Charles Krinke
My goal in starting this whole discussion in the first place was two fold. Fold 1: Get us considering how to evolve OpenSim so that assets database currently containing 1.5million entries and consuming 50GBytes to support 10,000 users does not continue to grow without bound at the current 4GByte

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-17 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Teravus: No problem. The key point I was trying to make is that as time goes on we seem to be increasing exponentially the storage requirements in the UGAIM assets table. The terrainImage entry was an example of of an 'asset' that is a little different in perception then say, a texture cov

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-16 Thread Charles Krinke
IK, all other assets are >> text. > > Other non-text assets are images that aren't textures and sounds. > >> >> Melanie >> >> Charles Krinke wrote: >>> I am so sorry that we are having communications difficulties. >>> >>>

Re: [Opensim-dev] Any OpenSim viewers being built from scratch?

2009-02-16 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Mike: As Dahlia said, the IdealistViewer is a good candidate as it begins to add features. Many of us have high hopes for IdealistViewer during the course of this year. As OpenSim, we have decided to stay in SecondLife viewer compatible so we are measuring the operation and performance

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-16 Thread Charles Krinke
asset types besides textures are text. Melanie Charles Krinke wrote: > Sorry, the other assets are not just "small texture data". We have > terrainImages, amongst other things. > > Our assets table in OpenSim contains lots of things including the infamouse > "blan

Re: [Opensim-dev] Please do not revert fixes without careful comtemplation

2009-02-16 Thread Charles Krinke
Sorry, the other assets are not just "small texture data". We have terrainImages, amongst other things. Our assets table in OpenSim contains lots of things including the infamouse "blank", so lets look at it in total and not just from the script viewpoint. Course with scripts themselves, we ha

Re: [Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim

2009-02-15 Thread Charles Krinke
Personally, I would suggest that "groups" is an enabling technology and I would concur that seperating economy notions from groups is a good thing. For "groups" functionality, the ability to form groups and have group communicaton similar to our IRC channels currently would go a long ways to fl

Re: [Opensim-dev] Groups in OpenSim

2009-02-12 Thread Charles Krinke
Dear Ruud: Regardless of whether anyone is working on it or not, all contributions are welcome. I would think the thing to do is start with a vision, discuss with others, add patches to Mantis and repeat. Along the way, others may contribute and we can all learn together. So, I would encourage

Re: [Opensim-dev] what are the core region modules? which are not?

2009-02-09 Thread Charles Krinke
SDague has a good point. And it gets a bit more interesting when one considers the OSSearch module, which did become non-functional a few days ago and folks have been scrambling and struggling to get their regions back in operation. It could be argued that bringing that active module, which is

Re: [Opensim-dev] AssetServer Observations and Suggestions

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Krinke
. Charles From: Mike Mazur To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2009 6:11:46 PM Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] AssetServer Observations and Suggestions Hi, On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:13:45 -0800 (PST) Charles Krinke wrote: > We have been studying the assets table on OSGrid as it

Re: [Opensim-dev] AssetServer Observations and Suggestions

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Krinke
sibility for user storage costs closer > to the user. Region maybe a good place to do this. > > Frank > > Charles Krinke wrote: > >> We have been studying the assets table on OSGrid as it heads toward >> the "disk full" stage and I have a couple of observation

Re: [Opensim-dev] AssetServer Observations and Suggestions

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Krinke
he idea of shifting responsibility for user storage costs closer > to the user. Region maybe a good place to do this. > > Frank > > Charles Krinke wrote: >> We have been studying the assets table on OSGrid as it heads toward >> the "disk full" stage and I h

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