integration with og

i'm trying to get og and civinode to play nicely together. i'm wondering if you can help me out a bit. i have og working, i have civicrm working.

when i turn on civinode, things start to break.

i've tried using:

og 1.110.2.99 2006/06/18 17:54:37
civicrm 1.4 and 1.5
civinode 1.26 2006/08/25 23:59:13

i have not tried civinode 4.7.

i've searched everywhere for info on this but it isn't clear what the current status is. it looks, from the civinode bug list that people have managed to get og to talk to civi static groups.

the errors i am currently getting are:

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warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/relocalize472/modules/non-core/og/og.module on line 72.

unrecoverable error
Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.

Database Error Code: Unknown table 'civicrm_contact' in where clause, 1109
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which i suspect are caused by civinode. the table civicrm_contact does in fact exist with 2500+ contacts in it.

so, if it is possible to get civinode and og to talk, here are my questions:

1) what versions should i use of all related modules (including this in a howto would be most helpful while og/civi* are changing so much):
a) drupal (4.7.2+) presumably
b) civicrm (1.4 or 1.5?)
c) civinode (4.7? cvs?)
d) og (4.7?)

2) i found the "user load" patch here: http://drupal.org/node/56614. is it still required? and the second version by EmanueleQuinto?

3) we use table prefixes for most content but share user tables with other sites. civicrm recommends this:

// settings.php:
$db_url['civicrm'] = 'mysql://user:pswd@domain/databasename';

do you know if civinode works with prefixes? i have tried installing everything on a clean install with no prefixes as well, with similar results.

4) i just thought of this: civi*/og are installed in a sub-directory of /modules. i know there are one or two modules which won't work like that. is this possibly one of them?

any help you can provide to get this working is appreciated. we have over 100 groups using og currently and i'd be willing provide more feedback and testing as we continue down this path.

thanks in advance,
ron