Hello,

I'm hoping someone out here can help me fix this blank page im getting..

Here is the situation:

I just installed XOOPS 2.0.16 on a Netware server.
After some issues with the default security settings in the netware default php installation the installation script worked flawlessly. Green little buttons all over the place.. and a nice message at the end that the installation was complete.

After that I went to my base url... and a blank screen appeared.

I turned on all debugging in php, edited the common.php to set all error_reporting to E_ALL. I edited the database _config debug setting to true... and still no errors.

So, since no errors appeared.. i decided to make some in the common.php.. errors displayed nicely.. so debugging was enabled.

I followed the scripts down to header.php.. using my "boo-bugger" along the way.

------------ Offtopic -----------
//Boo-Bugger (GPL licenced)
//Created and Designed by Damien
//View complete licence at //http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

//You can modify and use this source code aslong as you keep
//the GPL licence url intact.

echo "boo";
---------------------------------

So.. anyway...

The boo-bugger kept working nicely untill I got down to the definition of $xoTheme.

----
/**
* @var xos_opal_Theme
*/
$xoTheme =& $xoopsThemeFactory->createInstance( array(
'contentTemplate' => @$xoopsOption['template_main'],
) );
----

After this bit of code all the output stops.

Im not very familiar with smarty, but to me it seems Smarty is the cause.

I checked the cache and templates_c permissions.. and they seem to be allright.

Another odd thing is that when I clear out the templates_c directory and reload the page.. 2 cached template files appear in the templates_c.

I've used both php5 and php4 to test the thing.. but same problems remains in both versions.

This is all running on apache 2.

I can also echo set variables within the php scripts (common.php, header.php) with no problem. Database connections seem to be fine.


I hope there is anyone here that can help me with this problem.

I'll keep a close eye on this thread.. and will try to reply ASAP to any questions that anyone may have.


Best regards,
Damien

The error is a theme, have you the default theme uploaded and all content....?

Find this strange as you state Yet another blank screen, and the amount of times I have moved my site across the web is 7, my home servers systems is about 6/7....so tried many XOOPS configs and most work unless i have missed something....well normally anyways....

Make sure all is uploaded is the best I can suggest and all files are Chmod as meant etc?

Im using the default theme and I also tried to fix the blank screen by modifying the _config table and change the theme to x2t, no result...

Yet Another Blank Screen doesnt mean XOOPS is bugged all the time :) It's just my personal problem, because I tend to install XOOPS in less-default environments.

i.e. last time my XOOPS broke down with a blank screen was when someone installed a servicepack on a netware server, which included php5 as the new default.. XOOPS wasnt PHP5 compatible at the time yet..

I reinstalled the whole package 2x.. so the files should be ok. I cant see any visible faults in the template files either.

The webserver has full access to the entire directory, which has been proven correct by the fact that template files appear in the templates_c directory.

I also checked with an older version that worked before on the same server, but that one doesnt work anymore either.. so it -is- something that changed on the server.. but i can't imagine what, aside from the php version anyway, which was changed back for a test without any result.

Thank you for your help though..

hm.. anyone else that might shine some light on my problem?

I was reading your last post and noticed you are having the same problem i am having.

I have multiple XOOPS sites but it seems with 2.0.16 release i have a blank page. Did you find a fix for it.

Hi,
I am having the same pbl
How did you fix it ?
Thanks for the response
Bye

I'm also having this same problem and it's now 2.0.18.1

Does anyone have a suggestion for this?

Quote:

First try phpdebug - try both styles (popup and inline)

Second check web server log (or ask your hosting provider). If possible set it to log as much as possible. Same for some modules like modsec...

EDIT:

modsec is not a XOOPS module, it is apache module and has own log settings.