I tried that, the paths seem fine, and the same error is still the same. The funny part is before everytime i did an install i got the "blank page" error. now, the error only shows up when attempting to load XOOPS with Konqueror, when i use Firefox, nothing happens (it says loading for a couple seconds then it says "Done", it doesnt leave the current loaded page).

I own the webserver, so i have total root on it, any server logs that might help?

Thank you

hm. i checked the urls and paths like you said, but im still getting "connection broken". the thing is it is only with xoops, all my other pages are alive and all services (ssh,ftp,etc.) are still running. (Trust me, i would not be bothering you guys if i hadn't been trying on and off for about 4 months.) thank you for the quick responses though, you guys are great.

yeah, thanks for the help, im trying that now.

(im using no-ip but i have a webserver. im really poor. haha)

yeah, the paths are right, kind of.

i guess it should be just /~dbsql/ for the XOOPS url (because the top level of XOOPS would be located in the public_html directory for user dbsql. I put /~dbsql/html/ because thats where the index.php is.

I hate to bother you guys, but for the life of me i cannot get this thing to work and I really need it to. the error message i get is: An error occurred while loading <my url>:
Connection to host ghettonet.no-ip.org is broken. here is my setup:
PHP? Version - 4.3.4
SQL Version - 4.0.18
Apache - 2.0
Xoops? 2.2.3a
Do you have a DB, with correct name and pass - yes, i checked

Register Globals, on/off? i really dont know

Xoops URL? http://ghettonet.no-ip.org/~dbsql/html
Xoops Path? home/dbsql/public_html/

Can you see install.php? no, not with a browser

Can you see index.php? again, not with a browser (only in vi)

Can you loging? i turned loging on, but cant see any

any help would be GREATLY appreciated