Login packet never received

[Humphrey Bigbear]

I've been trying to log in for about 2 hours, but I keep getting the message "Login packet never received by login server." The progess bar gets all the way to "Waiting for region handshake" before showing the error message.

I thought maybe this was part of the problem with logins due to the server maintenance, but that's been cleared up.

Any suggestions from veterans?

[Nyll Bergbahn]

Hi Humphrey!

Try logging in to a different location.

You can choose where to login by ticking a box in Preferences > General > Start Location > tick Show on Login

Close program and open again to login screen

Type in Pooley or Aqua or some other location you know.

[Nyll Bergbahn]

I should add that this problem is often caused by a firewall configuration issue but as you obviously were able to log in before, it's not likely to be the problem now. However, here is the relevant wiki page:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:When_I_log_into_Second_Life,_it_gets_to_%22Waiting_for_Region_Handshake%22_and_stops.

[Humphrey Bigbear]

Thanks very much. Logging in at a different location was the solution.

[Nyll Bergbahn]

You're very welcome. Glad that worked for you!

[Faubio Alter]

To configure the viewer for multiple logon locations:

On login screen take this path. In top left hand corner of screen, click, edit > preferences > in the general tab, click the box that says "show start location on login screen" click apply, click OK. Now you have something new on your login screen. Click the down arrow and choose "home", or "last location" or type "Violet" (Any region you can remember will do, if you remember the regions name spelling exactly) in the "type region name" selection. Try all three if you need to.

SLurl is also an alternative:

http://slurl.com/

Bookmark it to your browser favorites.

[Faubio Alter]

Wooot! wooot! I just became an expert

 

That seemed to take forever .......................................................