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k_toni
Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/12 7:37

  • k_toni

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  • Since: 2004/3/22


Hi there,

has anyone experienced a similar problem, that one gets a blank page after the "confirm database settings" dialog.

I am running
Apache 2.0
MySQL 3.23.58
PHP 4.3.4

I have set up a test-server so that you can try out yourself, here are the links:

- PHP-Version-Configuration Link

- Test-Installation-Page-URL



the following configuration is required:

Database MySQL
Database Hostname localhost
Database Username test
Database Password
Database Name test
Table Prefix XOOPS
Use persistent connection? No
XOOPS Physical Path /var/www/html/test/html
XOOPS Virtual Path (URL) http://131.159.24.138/test/html

no passwords needed.

I would appreciate any help very much. Thank you in advance.

Sincerely
Charly
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robekras
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/12 8:34

  • robekras

  • Documentation Writer

  • Posts: 187

  • Since: 2002/12/10


Can you take a look at the mainfile.php whether
all values there are correct?

Can you turn on PHP-Debug:
See here at the wiki
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k_toni
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/13 12:50

  • k_toni

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  • Since: 2004/3/22


hi there,

did everything as mentioned on the page, but there is still a blank page :(...

do you have any more ideas?

Mainfile in phps format

Common.php file in phps format

Sincerely
Charly
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tl
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/13 13:33

  • tl

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 999

  • Since: 2002/6/23


Make sure your PHP has MySQL compiled in. I don't see any entry on MySQL under your php version.php.

Is this a typo?
Quote:
'--with-mysql=shared,/usr'

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lmorgan
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 15:26

  • lmorgan

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  • Since: 2004/5/15


I am having exactly the same problem (i.e., blank screen after "Confirm database". I have php debugging turned on (E_ALL) but still nothing. I can't see anything in the mysqld log and MySQL is compiled into my php 4.2.2

Do I need to create the database first or does the installation program do that for me? I have tried creating it by hand from the MySQL program logged in with the same user/password as I'm passing the XOOPS installation program and it does create it. I then drop it to allow XOOPS to try (I've also NOT dropped it but with the same result).

Is there SOMETHING I can look at or log that will tell me where the problem is? A blank page is not terribly helpful.

Thanks!
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robekras
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 16:07

  • robekras

  • Documentation Writer

  • Posts: 187

  • Since: 2002/12/10


The database must exist.
XOOPS only creates the tables within an existing database.
Maybe the Apache log files can help you (Not sure about that).
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lmorgan
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 17:05

  • lmorgan

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  • Since: 2004/5/15


I've created the database but I'm still having the same problem though. I DID go through the Apache logs and found several errors like:

PHP Fatal error: Failed opening required 'XOOPS_ROOT_PATH/class/template.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/php/includes:/usr/share/php:/
var/www/html/adodb:/usr/local/ampoliros/etc') in /var/www/html/xoops/header.php on line 62

There seems to be one line like this for several files that are requested in header.php

I did go back and check that the mainfile.php has XOOPS_ROOT_PATH set correctly (i.e., /var/www/html/xoops)

The files ARE there and I changed them all to 777 just in case (and they are currently owned by uid=root gid=root

Any ideas what's up here?
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robekras
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 18:28

  • robekras

  • Documentation Writer

  • Posts: 187

  • Since: 2002/12/10


I did take a look at my system, and tried to reproduce the error.

The error
Quote:
PHP Fatal error: Failed opening required 'XOOPS_ROOT_PATH/class/template.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/php/includes:/usr/share/php:/
var/www/html/adodb:/usr/local/ampoliros/etc') in /var/www/html/xoops/header.php
occurs only if the XOOPS_ROOT_PATH isn't set.

Maybe you can put some echo instruction into mainfile.php
and/or index.php to track down the problem.
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tl
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 20:10

  • tl

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 999

  • Since: 2002/6/23


I think it would be helpful if you provide us information on your phpinfo and mainfile.php.

Sometimes, small errors are "too easy to spot" and they end up not spotted.

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mercibe
Re: Blank page after "confirm database settings"

  • 2004/5/15 21:07

  • mercibe

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  • Since: 2003/6/12


I just ran into the same problem one hour ago. I had already installed XOOPS more than 20 times on Windows and Linux machines, without any problem. This time I am working on Debian Linux (sid). No messsages in the screen even if all log options were activated. No info in Apache and MySQL logs. The complete silence. Such a silence is only possible if your php4 and MySQL are badly linked together. I solved the problem on my Debian by removing my php4-mysql support and by reinstalling it:

apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge php4-mysql
apt-get install php4-mysql

And I was able to finish the XOOPS installtion.

I hope this will give you some tracks...

Benoit
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