Packet from invalid circuit

Hello all,

I have the linux client installed, and sorta running. The login screen comes up fine. I can login and sometimes, I can walk around. Other times, I get only a few shapes, like maybe the base terrain shape. When that happens, I can only turn in place. I cannot walk or fly. I can not see my own AV, or anyone else's either, nor can I see any other objects. No textures are visible either. If I do get in and can move around. It will revert to the "only spin" state after some time.

The one thing that seems to be consistant when it fails, is that I get TONS of the following in the log:

WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit <IPADDRESSORT>

My net connection is up, and all other programs (and other computers) acces the net fine.

I would love to play this on Linux, so... I would greatly appreciate any help I could get.

Thanks in advance,
Mal


Gentoo 2.6.17.r4
Geforce FX 5200
nvidia-kernel: 1.0.8762-r1
nvidia-glx: 1.0.8762
Xorg: 7.0-r1

That is a delayed packet from a slow connection some where between you and SL, however it is from a simulator that you have already left so it is not valid. This happens when either SL is slow or the connection between you and SL is. Sometimes it is fatal to the SL connection but typically it takes a while to lose your connection from it.

Thanks for the reply. I dont think that the slow is caused by network issues. I have a 6mb DSL line. The other computers on my network can play it just fine. Just the linux box has problems.

Any other thoughts?

Mal

Does that computer ever have the problem at the time the other computers are playing SL? Linux also handles connections a little differently, TGP packets are rated higher than UDP, so if the computer needs to drop something then UDP is dropped first which happens to be what SL uses. There was at one point a buffering issue between SL and the networking interface for linux that only some people seemed to discover, though updates around a month ago fixed that. Sometimes it is also brought up when a sim crashes and comes back without causing your client to close, I've observed that just recently today. Is there anything more to the error message, what are the errors before it?

Try lowering the network speed slider in preferences for a start. Put it to the far left and gradually raise it again. Maybe SL maxes out your connection and blocks uploads.

Thanks again for the replies.

The linux computer has this issue(s) at the same time as other computers on the network can run it fine. I have turned the bandwidth slider all the way down, but there was no change.

I am not sure which error message(s) would be important, and the log file is huge, so here are a few of them that I think (in my newbie SL experience) might be applicable:

A bunch of these:
2006-08-10T16:48:02Z WARNING: LLWorld::addRegion for a simulator that already exists!
2006-08-10T16:48:02Z INFO: simulator_enable() Enabling 72.5.12.201:12035 with code 12507191
2006-08-10T16:48:02Z WARNING: LLWorld::addRegion for a simulator that already exists!
2006-08-10T16:48:02Z INFO: simulator_enable() Enabling 66.150.244.66:13003 with code 12507191
2006-08-10T16:48:03Z WARNING: LLWorld::addRegion for a simulator that already exists!
2006-08-10T16:48:03Z INFO: simulator_enable() Enabling 72.5.12.201:12035 with code 12507191
2006-08-10T16:48:03Z WARNING: LLWorld::addRegion for a simulator that already exists!
2006-08-10T16:48:03Z INFO: simulator_enable() Enabling 66.150.244.66:13003 with code 12507191

Or some like:
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Asset download request timed out for 44a87e64-2d78-14b7-1cde-ac0f5031621f.gesture
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Asset download request timed out for b6f560d1-e2ad-24df-344c-2943c47a6775.gesture
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Problem loading gesture: -23016
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Problem loading gesture: -23016

2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: LLCircuitData::checkCircuitTimeout for 72.5.12.201:12035 last ping inf seconds ago.
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: LLCircuitData::checkCircuitTimeout for 72.5.12.201:12035 still dead, dropping.
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z INFO: LLCircuit::removeCircuitData for 72.5.12.201:12035

TONS of these:
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: sendMessage - Trying to send AgentUpdate on unknown circuit 72.5.13.241:12035
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit 72.5.13.241:12035
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit 66.150.244.66:13003
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit 72.5.12.201:12035
2006-08-10T16:48:04Z WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit 72.5.13.241:12035


Does this help?

2006-08-10T16:48:51Z INFO: START MESSAGE LOG SUMMARY
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Run time: 69.340 seconds
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Incoming:
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total bytes received: 380232 (43.87 kbits per second)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total packets received: 215 ( 3.10 packets per second)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Average packet size: 1769 bytes
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total reliable packets: 149 (68.98%)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total compressed packets: 555 (256.94%)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total compression savings: 30376 bytes
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Avg comp packet savings: 54 ( 1.17 : 1)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Avg overall comp savings: 140 ( 1.08 : 1)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Outgoing:
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total bytes sent: 7313 ( 0.84 kbits per second)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total packets sent: 135 ( 1.95 packets per second)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Average packet size: 54 bytes
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total reliable packets: 85 (62.50%)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total compressed packets: 76 (55.88%)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Total compression savings: 912 bytes
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Avg comp packet savings: 11 ( 1.16 : 1)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Avg overall comp savings: 6 ( 1.12 : 1)
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z SendPacket failures: 0
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Dropped packets: 0
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Resent packets: 0
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Failed reliable resends: 1
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z Off-circuit rejected packets: 1298
2006-08-10T16:48:51Z On-circuit invalid packets:

If it will help, I will post an entire log, or if there are other logs you would like to see, let me know. Thanks again for everyone's help!

Mal