I tried the beta grid client (1.13.2.7) on my Mandriva 2007 system and was unable to connect. I then tried the 1.13.2.11 alpha client and it is also unable to connect. My kernel is 2.6.17, Nvidia 9326 driver on an Nvidia 7800GT. My network is firewalled via my router but I opened up the requisite ports for Secondlife - but no joy. The output from secondlife is:
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: SkinDir:
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/overrides.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/overrides.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/overrides.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Couldn't open file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/settings.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: LLXmlTree parse failed. Line 1: Couldn't open file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/settings.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Unable to open control file /home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/settings.xml
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Loading startup bitmap...
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Unable to open file for reading FILE:/home/praedor/.secondlife/tempus_tesio/screen_last.bmp
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Bitmap load failed
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Resolving Agni userserver domain name userserver.agni.lindenlab.com
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: ...Userserver resolved to 66.150.244.151:12036
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: LLCircuit::addCircuitData for 66.150.244.151:12036
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Verifying message template...
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Message template is current!
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: LLMessageSystem::disableCircuit for 66.150.244.151:12036
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: LLCircuit::removeCircuitData for 66.150.244.151:12036
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Authenticating: Tempus Tesio,
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Options: inventory-root, inventory-skeleton, inventory-lib-root, inventory-lib-owner, inventory-skel-lib, initial-outfit, gestures, event_categories, event_notifications, classified_categories, buddy-list, ui-config, login-flags, global-textures, END
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: LLUserAuth::authenticate: uri=https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Packet from invalid circuit 66.150.244.151:12036
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z ALERT: LLXMLRPCTransaction CURL error 7: couldn't connect to host
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z ALERT: LLXMLRPCTransaction request URI: https://login.agni.lindenlab.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z INFO: Processed response: 7
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Alert: [ErrorMessage]
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z WARNING: Alert: Unable to connect to Second Life.
2007-01-18T17:57:20Z Despite our best efforts, something unexpected has gone wrong.