diff --git a/share/ruby/README b/share/ruby/README
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+This is a minimal and dummy gridservers implementation, just to get
+the OpenSim.exe booted into the grid mode.
+
+NOT INDENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE - DEVELOPERS ONLY
+
+provided AS IS, no any warranties whatsoever, use at your own risk.
+
+License: BSD
+
+/Dalien Talbot @ SecondLife
+
+http://daltonic.blogspot.com/search/label/opensim
+
+
diff --git a/share/ruby/aserv.rb b/share/ruby/aserv.rb
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+require "webrick"
+
+#
+# Dummy asset server
+#
+
+class AssetServlet < WEBrick::HTTPServlet::AbstractServlet
+  def do_GET(req, res)
+    uuid = req.path.split("/")[2].downcase.gsub(/[^0-9a-f]+/, "")
+    if uuid.length == 32
+      # length is correct
+      File.open("assets/#{uuid}/data") do |f|
+        res.body = f.read
+      end
+    end
+    # res["content-type"] = "text/plain" # or what do we set it to ?
+  end
+  def do_POST(req, res)
+    uuid = req.path.split("/")[2].downcase.gsub(/[^0-9a-f]+/, "")
+    if uuid.length == 32
+      Dir.mkdir("assets/#{uuid}")
+      File.open("assets/#{uuid}/data", "wb") do |f|
+        f.write req.body
+	STDERR.print "Written #{req.body.length} bytes for uuid #{uuid}\n\n"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+
+svr = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port=>8003)
+svr.mount("/assets", AssetServlet, 5000000)
+trap(:INT){ svr.shutdown }
+svr.start
+
diff --git a/share/ruby/config.rb b/share/ruby/config.rb
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+# Various config data
+
+class SimConfig
+  attr_reader :cfgSimName, :cfgSimIP, :cfgSimPort, :cfgSimX, 
+  		:cfgSimX, :cfgSimY, :cfgAssetServerUrl, :cfgUserServerUrl
+
+  def initialize
+    @cfgSimName = "DalienLand"
+    @cfgSimIP = "192.168.1.103"
+    @cfgSimPort = "9000"
+    @cfgSimX = 997
+    @cfgSimY = 996
+    @cfgSimX = 1000
+    @cfgSimY = 1000
+    @cfgAssetServerUrl = "http://192.168.1.103:8003/"
+    @cfgUserServerUrl = "http://192.168.1.103:8003/"
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+class UUID
+  def initialize
+    @uuid = rand(1<<128)
+  end
+  def to_dashed_s
+    part1 = @uuid & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF
+    part2 = (@uuid >> 48) && 0xFFFF
+    part3 = (@uuid >> (48 + 16)) & 0xFFFF
+    part4 = (@uuid >> (48 + 32)) & 0xFFFF
+    part5 = @uuid >> (128-32)
+    return sprintf "%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x", part5, part4, part3, part2, part1
+  end
+end
+
+print UUID.new.to_dashed_s
+
+
diff --git a/share/ruby/gridserv.rb b/share/ruby/gridserv.rb
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+require "webrick"
+require "xmlrpc/server"
+require 'xmlrpc/client'
+require 'pp'
+require 'config.rb'
+
+#
+# Dummy grid server
+#
+#
+
+class SimServlet < WEBrick::HTTPServlet::AbstractServlet
+  # does actually nothing
+  def do_POST(req, res)
+    STDERR.print "----\n"
+  end
+end
+
+$SimUUID = ""
+
+s = XMLRPC::WEBrickServlet.new
+s.add_handler("map_block") do |param|
+  # does just enough to login.. if you try using "map" you will cause the exception
+  # and hang the client
+  responseData = Hash.new
+  responseData["sim-profiles"] =  [ ]
+  responseData
+end
+
+s.add_handler("simulator_login") do |param|
+  sc = SimConfig.new
+  responseData = Hash.new
+  STDERR.print "simulator login: " + param.inspect + "\n"
+  $SimUUID = param["UUID"]
+
+  responseData["UUID"] = param["UUID"]
+  responseData["region_locx"] = sc.cfgSimX
+  responseData["region_locy"] = sc.cfgSimY
+  responseData["regionname"] = "DalienLand"
+  responseData["estate_id"] = "1"
+  responseData["neighbours"] = [ ]
+  responseData["sim_ip"] = sc.cfgSimIP
+  responseData["sim_port"] = sc.cfgSimPort
+  responseData["asset_url"] = sc.cfgAssetServerUrl
+  responseData["asset_sendkey"] = ""
+  responseData["asset_recvkey"] = ""
+  responseData["user_url"] = sc.cfgUserServerUrl
+  responseData["user_sendkey"] = ""
+  responseData["user_recvkey"] = ""
+  responseData["authkey"] = ""
+
+  responseData
+
+end
+
+s.set_default_handler do |name, *args|
+  STDERR.print "Unknown method #{name}, #{args.inspect}\n\n"
+  raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(-99, "Method #{name} missing" +
+                                   " or wrong number of parameters!")
+end
+
+httpserver = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 8001)    
+httpserver.mount("/", s)
+httpserver.mount("/sims", SimServlet)
+
+trap(:INT) { httpserver.shutdown }   # use 1 instead of "HUP" on Windows
+httpserver.start
+
+
diff --git a/share/ruby/userserv.rb b/share/ruby/userserv.rb
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+require "webrick"
+require "xmlrpc/server"
+require 'xmlrpc/client'
+require 'config.rb'
+
+class SessionServlet < WEBrick::HTTPServlet::AbstractServlet
+  def do_DELETE(req, res)
+    # does nothing, obviously
+    STDERR.print "----\n"
+  end
+end
+
+s = XMLRPC::WEBrickServlet.new
+s.add_handler("login_to_simulator") do |param|
+   sc = SimConfig.new
+   #
+   # Some stuff just grabbed from a sniff of the session with OGS
+   #
+   zSessionId = "133086b6-1270-78c6-66f7-c7f64865b16c"
+   zSecureSessionId = "6ee4df6a-0ea9-4cf5-8ac7-9745acbacccc"
+   zAgentId = "0f00ba47-42d1-498e-b010-aa585a81862e"
+   zAgentId = UUID.new.to_dashed_s
+   STDERR.print "AgentID: #{zAgentId}\n"
+   zCircuitCode = rand(0x1000000)
+   zRegionX = sc.cfgSimX
+   zRegionY = sc.cfgSimY
+
+   xxSimParams = Hash.new
+   xxSimParams["session_id"] = zSessionId.gsub("-","")
+   xxSimParams["secure_session_id"] = zSecureSessionId.gsub("-","")
+   xxSimParams["firstname"] = param["first"];
+   xxSimParams["lastname"] = param["last"];
+   xxSimParams["agent_id"] = zAgentId.gsub("-", "")
+   xxSimParams["circuit_code"] = zCircuitCode
+   xxSimParams["startpos_x"] = 128
+   xxSimParams["startpos_y"] = 128
+   xxSimParams["startpos_z"] = 30
+   xxSimParams["regionhandle"] = ((zRegionX << 40) + (zRegionY *256)).to_s
+   STDERR.print "Region handle: #{xxSimParams["regionhandle"]}\n"
+
+
+
+   server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://#{sc.cfgSimIP}:#{sc.cfgSimPort}/")
+   # the dispatcher in OpenSim.exe did not get excited from specifying
+   # the content-type in the request.. no XML was executed at all.
+   # this "fixes" it.
+   server.http_header_extra = { "Content-Type" => "text/xml" };
+   result = server.call("expect_user", xxSimParams )
+   # STDERR.print result.inspect
+
+   STDERR.print "---- notified the sim ----\n"
+
+   responseData = Hash.new
+
+   xxGlobalT = Hash.new
+   xxGlobalT["sun_texture_id"] = "cce0f112-878f-4586-a2e2-a8f104bba271";
+   xxGlobalT["cloud_texture_id"] = "fc4b9f0b-d008-45c6-96a4-01dd947ac621";
+   xxGlobalT["moon_texture_id"] = "fc4b9f0b-d008-45c6-96a4-01dd947ac621";
+
+   xxLoginFlags = Hash.new
+   xxLoginFlags["daylight_savings"] = "N"
+   xxLoginFlags["stipend_since_login"] = "N"
+   xxLoginFlags["gendered"] = "Y"
+   xxLoginFlags["ever_logged_in"] = "Y"
+
+   responseData["first_name"] = param["first"]
+   responseData["last_name"] = param["last"]
+   responseData["ui-config"] = [ { "allow_first_life" => "Y" } ]
+
+   responseData["login-flags"] = [ xxLoginFlags ]
+   responseData["global-textures"] = [ xxGlobalT ]
+   # responseData["classified_categories"] = [ { category_name => "Generic", category_id => 1 } ]
+   # responseData["event_categories"] = 
+   responseData["inventory-skeleton"] = [
+   	  { "folder_id" => "9846e02a-f41b-4199-860e-cde46cc25649",
+	    "parent_id" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+	    "name" => "My Inventory test",
+	    "type_default" => 8,
+	    "version" => 1 },
+   	  { "folder_id" => "b846e02a-f41b-4199-860e-cde46cc25649",
+   	    "parent_id" => "9846e02a-f41b-4199-860e-cde46cc25649",
+	    "name" => "test",
+	    "type_default" => 0,
+	    "version" => 1 }
+   	]
+   responseData["inventory-skel-lib"] = [ 
+   	  { "folder_id" => "a846e02a-f41b-4199-860e-cde46cc25649",
+	    "parent_id" => "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+	    "name" => "Lib Inventory",
+	    "type_default" => 8,
+	    "version" => 1 }
+   	]
+   responseData["inventory-root"] = [ { "folder_id" => "9846e02a-f41b-4199-860e-cde46cc25649" } ]
+   # responseData["event_notifications"] = [ ]
+   responseData["gestures"] = [ ]
+   # responseData["inventory-lib-owner"] = 
+   responseData["initial-outfit"] = [
+   	{ "folder_name" => "Nightclub female", "gender" => "female" }
+      	]
+   responseData["seconds_since_epoch"] = Time.new.to_i
+   responseData["start_location"] = "last";
+   responseData["message"] = "Hello there!"
+   responseData["circuit_code"] = zCircuitCode # random
+   # responseData["look_at"] = 
+   responseData["agent_id"] = zAgentId
+   responseData["home"] = "\{'region_handle':[r#{zRegionX*256}.0,r#{zRegionY*256}.0], 'position':[r128.0,r128.0,r30.0], 'look_at':[r0.0,r0.0,r0.0]\}"
+   # responseData["home"] = "\{'region_handle':[r255232,r254976], 'position':[r128,r128,r100], 'look_at':[r128,r128,r100]\}"
+
+   responseData["region_x"] = zRegionX*256
+   responseData["region_y"] = zRegionY*256
+   responseData["sim_ip"] = "192.168.1.103" 
+   responseData["sim_port"] = 9000
+   # responseData["seed_capability"] 
+   responseData["agent_access"] = "M";
+   responseData["session_id"] = zSessionId
+   responseData["secure_session_id"] = zSecureSessionId
+   responseData["login"] = "true"
+
+   # raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(1, "just some exception")
+   responseData
+end
+
+s.set_default_handler do |name, *args|
+  STDERR.print "Unknown method #{name}, #{args.inspect}\n\n"
+  raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(-99, "Method #{name} missing" +
+                                   " or wrong number of parameters!")
+end
+
+httpserver = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 8002)    
+httpserver.mount("/", s)
+httpserver.mount("/usersessions", SessionServlet);
+
+trap(:INT) { httpserver.shutdown }  
+httpserver.start
+