Last modified: 2010-05-15 15:37:35 UTC
The installation seems to stall after it says initializing Media namespace No LocalSettings.php file was created in the config folder. What do I do now ? MediaWiki 1.5.3 installation Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems. Checking environment... PHP 4.3.4: ok Warning: PHP's register_globals option is enabled. MediaWiki will work correctly, but this setting increases your exposure to potential security vulnerabilities in PHP- based software running on your server. You should disable it if you are able. PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title) Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. PHP is configured with no memory_limit. Have zlib support; enabling output compression. Neither Turck MMCache nor eAccelerator are installed, can't use object caching functions Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3. Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads. Found GD graphics library built-in. Installation directory: /home/www/ncsumba.freesuperhost.com/mediawiki Script URI path: /mediawiki PHP is linked with old MySQL client libraries. If you are using a MySQL 4.1 server and have problems connecting to the database, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/old-client.html for help. Trying to connect to MySQL on freesuperhost.com as root... MySQL error 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@freesuperhost.com' (Using password: NO) Trying regular user... ok. Connected to 4.0.24_Debian-10; enabling MySQL 4 enhancements Database concha78_data exists Creating tables... using MySQL 3/4 table defs... done. Initializing data... Created sysop account WikiSysop. Initialising "MediaWiki" namespace...
Did you wait for it to finish, or did you cancel it?
The webpage had completely loaded so I waited for ten seconds and then closed the window. Are you saying that I should wait and that it will somehow reload the page with new information ?
Sounds like the script was cut off, then. Check PHP's maximum execution time limit. Check PHP's error logs.
I'm running it off a free host who won't give me that kind of information. I have installed several open source packages before but never really had a problem. Mediawiki seems to be lacking sufficient install documentation. Given that I can't change the above, is there anything else you can suggest ?
Run a script that executes for say an hour and see when it gets cut off, and compare that with the time it takes from the installation to start until it stops.
Example of script that run forever: <?php while(true) { } ?>
I tried running the script below and found that it waits for atleast 22 seconds before timing out. Now what ? <?php $format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S'; while(true) { $strf = strftime($format); echo "$strf\n<br>"; } ?>
Depending upon a number of factors, the queries which need to be run when updating the MediaWiki namespace might take considerable time to execute, which means PHP is stuck like a lemon waiting for a result. Are you able to reproduce this error on a vanilla install using a different database?
I'm using a free PHP/MySQL server at 100webspace.com I've currently been able to successfully run the following software off it. * dokuWiki * eGroupware * phpBB * phpicalendar * phpScheduleIt * CMS Made Simple I will do a fresh install and see how it goes.
Resolving invalid; if you still encounter problems, take it to the mailing list. Two reasons: [a] the mailing lists have a wider target audience used to solving these issues [b] this is a problem with your configuration, not MediaWiki at large
Can you guide me as to how to take it to the mailing list ? Thanks !
Information on the mediawiki-l mailing list can be found at http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
