* Temporary workaround for mantis 1568. If the avatar apperance factory now throws any exception, we will carry on with the default appearance rather than terminating the client login

OpenSim/Region/Communications/OGS1/OGS1UserServices.cs

@@ -232,17 +232,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.OGS1
             IList parameters = new ArrayList();
             parameters.Add(param);
             XmlRpcRequest req = new XmlRpcRequest("logout_of_simulator", parameters);
+            
             try
             {
-                XmlRpcResponse resp = req.Send(m_parent.NetworkServersInfo.UserURL, 3000);
+                req.Send(m_parent.NetworkServersInfo.UserURL, 3000);
             }
             catch (WebException)
             {
                 m_log.Warn("[LOGOFF]: Unable to notify grid server of user logoff");
             }
-
-
         }
+        
         public UserProfileData GetUserProfile(string firstName, string lastName)
         {
             return GetUserProfile(firstName + " " + lastName);
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.OGS1
                 param["ownerID"] = friendlistowner.UUID.ToString();
                 param["friendID"] = friend.UUID.ToString();
 
-
                 IList parameters = new ArrayList();
                 parameters.Add(param);
 
@@ -682,10 +681,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.OGS1
         #endregion
 
         /// Appearance
-        /// TODO: stubs for now to get us to a compiling state gently
         public AvatarAppearance GetUserAppearance(LLUUID user)
         {
             AvatarAppearance appearance = null;
+            
             try
             {
                 Hashtable param = new Hashtable();
@@ -696,15 +695,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.OGS1
                 XmlRpcRequest req = new XmlRpcRequest("get_avatar_appearance", parameters);
                 XmlRpcResponse resp = req.Send(m_parent.NetworkServersInfo.UserURL, 8000);
                 Hashtable respData = (Hashtable) resp.Value;
-
+                
                 return ConvertXMLRPCDataToAvatarAppearance(respData);
             }
             catch (WebException e)
             {
-                m_log.Warn("[OGS1 USER SERVICES]: Error when trying to fetch Avatar's appearance: " +
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[OGS1 USER SERVICES]: Network problems when trying to fetch appearance for avatar {0}, {1}", user, e.Message);
-                           e.Message);
-                // Return Empty list (no friends)
             }
+            
             return appearance;
         }
 

OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs

@@ -2131,14 +2131,31 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             return avatar;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the avatar apperance for the given client.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="client"></param>
+        /// <param name="appearance"></param>
         public void GetAvatarAppearance(IClientAPI client, out AvatarAppearance appearance)
         {
             appearance = null;  // VS needs this line, mono doesn't
-            if (m_AvatarFactory == null ||
+            
-                !m_AvatarFactory.TryGetAvatarAppearance(client.AgentId, out appearance))
+            try
             {
-                m_log.Warn("[APPEARANCE]: Appearance not found, creating default");
+                if (m_AvatarFactory == null ||
+                    !m_AvatarFactory.TryGetAvatarAppearance(client.AgentId, out appearance))
+                {
+                    m_log.Warn("[APPEARANCE]: Appearance not found, creating default");
+                    appearance = new AvatarAppearance();
+                }
             }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat(
+                    "[APPERANCE]: Problem when fetching appearance for avatar {0}, {1}, using default. {2}", 
+                    client.Name, client.AgentId, e);
+                appearance = new AvatarAppearance();
+            }                
         }
 
         /// <summary>