Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Installation problem on RedHat 8

[Chris Weiss]

IIRC there was a problem in .10 and .9 where some the version numbers had extra
chars in the applications table that setup doesn't deal with.

thorstuff (address@hidden) wrote*:
>
>Dave,
>I followed this procedure but it does not work with the existing data. I
>had the tarball for version 0.9.10 which the existing data is stored in.
>I installed it on the Red Hat 7 box, imported that data and checked to
>see that it would run. Everything did. Then I upgraded to 0.9.14. The
>setup program said the applications needed to be upgraded which I told
>it to do. When it got through it said that if there was no error message
>then the install was successful. When I click the Re-Check My Install
>button I get the message again that the applications need to be upgraded.
>Also when I try to log in after successfully doing so before upgrading
>to 0.9.14 I get the following error message which I have received every
>other way I have attempted this upgrade:
>Database error: Invalid SQL: select config_value from phpgw_config WHERE
>config_app='phpgwapi' and config_name='cache_phpgw_info'
>
>File: /var/www/html/phpgroupware/phpgwapi/inc/functions.inc.php
>Line: 646Session halted.
>Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in
>/var/www/html/phpgroupware/phpgwapi/inc/class.db_mysql.inc.php on line 565
>
>The previous version will not run at all on the Red Hat 8/Apache 2.0
>machine because of the login problem that was addressed earlier.
>
>Any more suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Don Griffey
>Thor Systems
>
>Dave Hall wrote:
>
>>thorstuff <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the reply Dave.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>np
>>
>>
>>
>>>I had not thought of the part about the Administration app not
>>>being
>>>there but you may be right. I did a parallel install of this app
>>>to my
>>>Red Hat 7 development box at home and  (both from the tarball).
>>>After I
>>>installed the apps the Red Hat 7 box had about three times as many
>>>database files as the Red Hat 8 box had. There had been four or
>>>five
>>>attempts at installing the tarball before I tried it.
>>>
>>>I have a lot of data in the previous install before the conversion
>>>from
>>>Red Hat 7 to Red Hat 8 but I cannot  seemingly transfer it
>>>directly into
>>>the new install. To be honest I am not sure exactly what was done
>>>before
>>>I was given the job. I did also follow the instructions about
>>>updating
>>>(if that is the right term) from the CVS.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Ok ... so you have drawn the short straw by the sounds of things.  I am
>>still a bit lost about what you are trying to acheive.  If you are
>>trying to move an install from one machine to another ... here is what I
>>would do:
>>
>>mysqldump the old install
>>
>>Untar the tarball ... run a cvs update
>>
>>Copy over your old header.inc.php file.
>>
>>Manually edit the header file for your new db server name
>>
>>import the db data
>>
>>Run the setup again to make sure everyting is upto date
>>
>>That should be it.  If i have misunderstood, could you please explain a
>>bit more.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sorry about the vagueness of the last part but I wasn't sure it
>>>was even
>>>relevant so I did not want to dwell on it. The host name under Red
>>>Hat 7
>>>was 10.1.0.1. But that has to be replaced with localhost where it
>>>was
>>>used. Mostly this in mysql database login scripts.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>This now makes sense.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hope this clears things up some.
>>>
>>>Don Griffey
>>>
>>>Dave Hall wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>doneg <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am having a problem with an install of the phpgroupware
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>program
>>>
>>>
>>>>>on a
>>>>>RedHat 8 machine (Using Apache 2). I have updated the program
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>from
>>>
>>>
>>>>>the
>>>>>CVS as noted in the "Can't log in" thread (I had that problem
>>>>>too.) but
>>>>>when the phpgroupware starts up I do not get the Administration
>>>>>icon to
>>>>>continue the administration process.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Ummm ... sounds like a bad setup.  I take that you do not have
>>>>
>>>>
>>>any real
>>>
>>>
>>>>data in your db.
>>>>
>>>>Go to setup - setup/config and check that you have the admin app
>>>>installed.  I would also suggest that you go to setup -
>>>>
>>>>
>>>setup/config -
>>>
>>>
>>>>create accounts - this should recreate the accounts properly.
>>>>
>>>>btw what package system are you using? cvs, tarball, rpms?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>While this may or may not have a bearing on the problem, I have
>>>>>had to
>>>>>go into all of my php app config files and change the host from
>>>>>the
>>>>>machine url to "localhost." This has been something of an issue
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>as
>>>
>>>
>>>>>I
>>>>>have worked for the past four days or so (off and on) to get the
>>>>>phpgroupware working. But whether it is a problem now I don't know.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Ummm ... i don't understand why you have done this.  But it could be
>>>>part of your problem.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers
>>>>
>>>>Dave Hall (aka skwashd)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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