This page uses modified information from the Opensim Wiki (with our server details).

Compatible Viewers

To connect to OSVR, you will need to have downloaded one of the following clients that can connect to OpenSim.

  • Linden Client (release version is the only fully supported viewer.)
  • Hippo Viewer - a fork of the Linden Client with OpenSim specific enhancements(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR OSVR)
  • RealXtend - a fork of the Linden Client that has specialized features (is not fully supported yet.)

Connecting with the Linden Viewer

Every OpenSim grid or instance will specify a loginuri, which is a uri of the form http://someserver:9000 (standalone mode)

or http://someserver:8002 (grid mode).

The OSVR server loginuri is http://202.125.43.32:8002/

Linux

Windows

  • make a copy of the SecondLife icon on your desktop
  • rename it to the grid you want to connect to
  • edit the properties on the icon and set the command line to ...\SecondLife.exe" -loginuri http://202.125.43.32:8002/

Mac

  • Make a 'somefilename.sh' file, and put this in it:
  • /Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://202.125.43.32:8002/
  • set it to executable
  • run it

If you have multiple viewers and multiple grids to connect to, you can try the following AppleScript (one could do something similar with a shell script). Feel free to copy and modify for your own use.

Linden Viewer options

The Linden viewer has a number of other options. Some are useful, some are not. The viewer has a help option which produces the following results: 

 --autologin           log in as last saved user
 --channel arg         n/a
 --console arg         n/a
 --cooperative arg     Yield some idle time to local host.
 --crashonstartup      Crashes on startup. For QA use.
 --debugviews          n/a
 --drop arg            n/a
 --god                 Log in a god if you have god access.
 --grid arg            Specify the name of the grid, local, or an IP address 
                       to connect to.
 -h [ --help ]         display this help message
 --helperuri arg       helper web CGI prefix to use
 --ignorepixeldepth    Ignore pixel depth settings.
 --inbw arg            n/a
 --logfile arg         n/a
 --login args          3 tokens: first, last and password
 --loginpage arg       Login authentication page to use.
 --loginuri arg        login server and CGI script to use
 --multiple            Allow multple viewers.
 --no-verify-ssl-cert  n/a
 --noaudio             n/a
 --noinvlib            Do not request the inventory library.
 --nopreload           n/a
 --noprobe             n/a
 --noquicktime         n/a
 --nosound             n/a
 --novoice             Disable voice.
 --outbw arg           n/a
 --port arg            n/a
 --purge               Delete files in the cache.
 --qa                  Activated debugging menu in Advanced Settings.
 --quitafter arg       n/a
 --rotate              n/a
 --safe                Reset preferences, run in safe mode.
 --set args             specify the value of a particular
                                      configuration variable that
                                      overrides all other settings
                             
 --setdefault args      specify the value of a particular
                                      configuration variable which can be
                                      overridden by settings.xml
                             
 --settings arg        Specify the filename of a configuration file.
 --skin arg            ui/branding skin folder to use
 --slurl arg           Startup SLurl
 --url arg             Startup location
 --psn arg             MacOSX process serial number