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On Sep 20, 2004, at 5:52 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
> I'm in the middle of setting up a Wiki (v 1.3.3) server. When I
> connect
> to the wiki directory through the web browser as this install
> instructions indicate, I get the following error in the browser:
>
> SQL error: Table 'wikidb.cur' doesn't exist

Please post the output from the installer, and describe any problems
you may have had running the installer.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

You may refer the following page for installing:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide#For_system_administrators

There are platform-specific instructions at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Linux

If you still cannot resolve your problems, provde more details of you
hardware and software environments for help.

Good Luck.



On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:23:06 -0700, Brion Vibber <brion@ikso.net> wrote:
> On Sep 20, 2004, at 5:52 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
> > I'm in the middle of setting up a Wiki (v 1.3.3) server. When I
> > connect
> > to the wiki directory through the web browser as this install
> > instructions indicate, I get the following error in the browser:
> >
> > SQL error: Table 'wikidb.cur' doesn't exist
>
> Please post the output from the installer, and describe any problems
> you may have had running the installer.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
>
>
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> MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org
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>
>
>
>
>



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Be good....

Thanks to those whom have responded to my email. I also apologize for
my ignorance on this issue.

One of the problems I'm facing is, according to the release notes with
the release of 1.3.0 and later, the install.php is no longer provided or
used. However, much of the installation documentation still references
this file as part of the setup. (This really confused me for a while.)
I'm not sure if and/or where an install log is generated.

Specs:
Dell 800 MHz P3 w 512MB RAM
Mandrake Linux 10.00
MediaWiki 1.3.3
Mysql 4.0.18
PHP 4.3.4
Apache 2.0.48


Thanks,
Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Kiss All
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:36 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question

You may refer the following page for installing:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide#For_system_admin
istrators

There are platform-specific instructions at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Linux

If you still cannot resolve your problems, provde more details of you
hardware and software environments for help.

Good Luck.



On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:23:06 -0700, Brion Vibber <brion@ikso.net> wrote:
> On Sep 20, 2004, at 5:52 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
> > I'm in the middle of setting up a Wiki (v 1.3.3) server. When I
> > connect
> > to the wiki directory through the web browser as this install
> > instructions indicate, I get the following error in the browser:
> >
> > SQL error: Table 'wikidb.cur' doesn't exist
>
> Please post the output from the installer, and describe any problems
> you may have had running the installer.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> MediaWiki-l mailing list
> MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
>
>
>
>
>



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On Sep 20, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
> Thanks to those whom have responded to my email. I also apologize for
> my ignorance on this issue.
>
> One of the problems I'm facing is, according to the release notes with
> the release of 1.3.0 and later, the install.php is no longer provided
> or
> used. However, much of the installation documentation still references
> this file as part of the setup. (This really confused me for a while.)

Can you point out the particular documentation that has this problem so
it can be corrected?

> I'm not sure if and/or where an install log is generated.

When you run the installer, it makes output something like this:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/1.3_install_success

If you've never seen anything remotely like that, maybe you haven't run
the installer. Please read the directions in the file INSTALL.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Thanks for replying.

I guess my confusion is that in the INSTALL Readme file with MediaWiki
1.3.3, you are to 'Hop' into your browser and surf to the wiki
directory.

INSTALL
...
Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory.
It'll direct you into the config script. Fill out the form...
remember you're probably not on an encrypted connection.
Gaaah! :)

If all goes well, you should soon be told that it's set up
your wiki database and written a configuration file. There
should now be a 'LocalSettings.php' in the config directory;
move it back up to the main wiki directory, and the wiki
should now be working.

Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config
directory, or at least make it not world-writable (though
it will refuse to config again if the wiki is set up).
...

However, all I get in the browser menu is the message, 'Sorry, The Wiki
is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the
database server. I can't find any error logs.

I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am able
to access mysql with my username and password.

The part of the documentation I 'feel' may be incorrect is where it
instructs you to run the install with install.php, but according to
INSTALL Readme, this install file is no longer used.

INSTALL
...
In 1.3.0 the old command-line installer has been removed.
...

However, on the
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation page, it
instructs you run 'php4 install.php'.
...
Finish the Installation
Run the installation script:
php4 install.php
Now you might get a warning:
...

I apologize for my ignorance on this subject, but obviously, I'm missing
something and it's probably something very simple to fix.

Software:
MediaWiki Ver. 1.3.3
Mysql Ver. 4.0.21-standard for pc-linux on i686
Apache Ver. 2.0.49
PHP Ver. 4.3.4 (cgi)
Fedora Linux Core 2

Thanks,
Chuck
(Very frustrated)

-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:15 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question

On Sep 20, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
> Thanks to those whom have responded to my email. I also apologize for
> my ignorance on this issue.
>
> One of the problems I'm facing is, according to the release notes with
> the release of 1.3.0 and later, the install.php is no longer provided
> or
> used. However, much of the installation documentation still
references
> this file as part of the setup. (This really confused me for a
while.)

Can you point out the particular documentation that has this problem so
it can be corrected?

> I'm not sure if and/or where an install log is generated.

When you run the installer, it makes output something like this:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/1.3_install_success

If you've never seen anything remotely like that, maybe you haven't run
the installer. Please read the directions in the file INSTALL.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)


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On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
[snip]
> I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am able
> to access mysql with my username and password.

Don't do that; those are obsolete instructions (as noted at the top of
the page; I have now removed everything _but_ that notice so that
people do not become confused by it in the future).

Remove this false LocalSettings.php and follow the instructions in the
INSTALL file.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Thanks Brion.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:25 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question

On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote:
[snip]
> I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am
able
> to access mysql with my username and password.

Don't do that; those are obsolete instructions (as noted at the top of
the page; I have now removed everything _but_ that notice so that
people do not become confused by it in the future).

Remove this false LocalSettings.php and follow the instructions in the
INSTALL file.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)


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