I've just tried to install XOOPS 1.3.10 and 2.06. I've checked all the posts about chmoding etc, I get no errors when running the install procedure (6 or 8 screens) and then it always ends in a blank page. There are no php errors, yes I've set Globals, errors on, etc. etc. etc.

Is there anything to be done?

Richard.

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A blank page is caused by the code breaking. WHat server are you installing this on? What versions of PHP (minimum required for 2.0.6 is PHP 4.1.0), what server variables, modules installed, etc. etc. etc.

Herko

Hello rrettich -

As Herko mentioned above...(just noticed...my apologies for being redunant)

Would you/Could you send some additional detail regarding your installation environment such as OS, etc, etc..?

It could be an access problem..i.e. execution permissions, not permitted to view the files at all, .htaccess file, etc, etc (who knows sometimes?)... if you install it locally (via files, instead of HTTP)via root on a Unix system and are testing via an external browser as an non-privileged user...sometimes that can trip you up.

As you can see, I altered my signature to reflect my XOOPS server environment. (I was asking a lot of questions at the time, it saved a lot of typing)

In my past, I tried to place XOOPS immediately into my web taxonomy, i.e. no applications under <Apache_root>, etc, etc... no dice & some frustration (understatment)

To get my insanity to return, I moved my XOOPS directory to be immediately under the Apache/htdocs...bingo..with sanity restored, I moved it around to where I wanted the XOOPS directory to reside. Of course, I did have to make some adjustments to the Apache httpd.conf file, but who doesn't look forward to doing that. (despite being a server geek, I just wanted to see XOOPS work first before I got all nerdy on server infrastructure issues)

OK I'll see if I can cover most of the obvious in a single post.

Running Fedora Core 1
Apache root under /var/www/html
symlinked /download/xoops/xoops-2/html to /var/www/html/xoops
PHP Version 4.3.4
Apache modules - "out of the box" installation. No additonal mods as yet.
PHP-MySQL is installed.
PHP does work.
Permissions all set per instructions previously.
Ownership set to root.nobody recursively.
White page regardless if connect via lan or console.
No .htaccess used on folder permissions. Local LAN install only for testing purpose.

Thanks for your time.
Richard

Quote:What UID does Apache run as? And what are the permissions set for PHP files?

https runs as "apache"

(apologies in advance for the data-dump to follow)

permissions as below:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 6286 Sep 4 2003 admin.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 4066 Sep 26 2003 backend.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 16398 Nov 22 2003 banners.php
drwxrwxrwx 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:11 cache
drwxr-xr-x 7 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:11 class
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 17054 Jan 10 14:06 edituser.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 5486 Jan 2 2003 favicon.ico
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 4230 Sep 28 2003 footer.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 12602 Jan 5 21:23 header.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 11284 Jan 23 17:37 imagemanager.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 3679 Nov 21 2003 image.php
drwxr-xr-x 5 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 include
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 2554 Mar 24 2003 index.php
drwxr-xr-x 6 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 install
drwxr-xr-x 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 3 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 language
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 4861 Oct 9 2003 lostpass.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 3571 Feb 12 2003 mainfile.dist.php
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root nobody 3590 Jun 8 13:50 mainfile.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 12513 Sep 24 2003 misc.php
drwxr-xr-x 14 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:12 modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 8890 Apr 1 2003 notifications.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 2875 Feb 12 2003 pda.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 7098 Oct 15 2003 pmlite.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 6124 Feb 17 2003 readpmsg.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 11786 Jan 6 18:57 register.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 261 Jan 2 2003 robots.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 9764 Oct 2 2003 search.php
drwxrwxrwx 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:13 templates_c
drwxrwxrwx 5 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:13 themes
drwxr-xr-x 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:13 upgrade
drwxrwxrwx 2 root nobody 4096 Feb 7 05:13 uploads
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 8924 Sep 30 2003 userinfo.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 7983 Feb 7 04:27 user.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 5748 Mar 30 2003 viewpmsg.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 3729 Jul 8 2003 xmlrpc.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root nobody 877 Feb 4 2003 xoops.css

I'm having exactly the same problem...
i have stepped through the code and printed out "hello"'s and found out that it's crapping out on the following line:

ob_start();

in header.php

I'm assuming that it will die anywhere that statement occurs, or anywhere where output buffering is done?

Any ideas?

Some additional version and SQL information:

[root@lxsever mysql]# rpm -qa |grep -i mysql
MySQL-server-4.0.20-0
MySQL-devel-4.0.20-0
MySQL-shared-4.0.18-0
mysql-3.23.58-4
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9002-1
php-mysql-4.3.6-1.3
MySQL-client-4.0.20-0
[root@lxsever mysql]# MySQL -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 4.0.20-standard

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> use inetcms
Database changed
mysql> show tables;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Notice that although I've created the "inetcms" database in MySQL, the install script does not create any tables.

Richard

Richard,
That is very weird, you getting no error msgs but no tables being created.
Just to narrow possible causes, how about moving XOOPS root inside apache docroot?

Quote:

Can you check your phpinfo? You should see a section on mysql. Only thing I can think about is that your php-mysql might not have been compiled properly.