can't get the installer working

[fai]

Hi,
I've been trying to install serendipity but I can't even get the installer to say hi... This is the first time I'm trying to set up a site so may be I'm doing everything wrongly. Here's what I did: I downloaded s9y to my pc and then uploaded it to my webspace. I unpacked it into my public-map and a new folder appeared with lots of s9y stuff in it. I found an install-document, but nothing happens when I click it. When its opened a piece of text appears. I can't find any .exe what so ever, so what am I supposed to do??
I hope you can help me, it is the latest version available on the main site.
Thanx a lot beforehand,
regards, fai

[tomsommer]

Just upload all the files from archive into a folder and visit the folder -- the installer will help you from there.

[Guest]

nothing happens.... really.... thx for responding anyway.
any other suggestions?
grtz, fai

[tomsommer]

nothing happens.... really.... thx for responding anyway.
any other suggestions?
grtz, fai

link please

[NexusTwelve]

I'm having the same failed results (the installer doesn't start, I just get the 'SERENDIPITY_NOT_INSTALLED' message) -- I downloaded the tar.gz file and uploaded it, then decompressed it on the server. I can't figure out what's wrong: <http://dissentispatriotic.net/serendipity>. Thanks.[/url]

[garvinhicking]

You don't seem to have extracted your "lang" subdirectory, and that's the reason no language strings can be shown. So make sure you extract the tar.gz file with paths.

Regards,
Garvin

[NexusTwelve]

I was able to get all the files uploaded and start the installation. I configured everything, and clicked on the button at the bottom of the page to finish the installation. I got a message saying that the installation was sucessful, but under it a long list of errors for missing tables. When I clicked on the link to the blog, I got the following error message: Query failed: Table 'ekmesnz_numbone.ekmesnz_entries' doesn't exist. <http://dissentispatriotic.net/serendipity>. When I went back to change the settings on the admin suite, the login didn't recognise my username or password. Do I need to re-upload everything and try again, or is there a way to fix this?

[garvinhicking]

It really seems that there were some errors with the SQL generation, maybe a wrong DB Prefix or DB name - you don't happen to have the error messages at hand?

You can re-install the whole stuff if you delete your serendipity_config_local.inc.php file and then the Installer will popup again.

Regards,
Garvin

[NexusTwelve]

Well, I deleted the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file and tried again, and got more of the same. Here is the full error message:

Attemping to setup database...
Checking to see if the database is already in place. If you see a database query error here, ignore it... Done
Creating default database setup... Done
Table 'ekmesnz_numbone.serendipity_config' doesn't exist Done creating database
Attemping to write /hsphere/local/home/ekmesnz/dissentispatriotic.net/serendipity/.htaccess file...Done

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /hsphere/local/home/ekmesnz/dissentispatriotic.net/serendipity/serendipity_sidebar_items.php on line 688


Serendipity was successfully installed on your system.
Please remember your password: "harold", your username is "petronius".

You can find your new PHP blog right here
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Configuration written & saved

Once I clicked on the 'your new php blog is right here' link, I got the following:

Query failed: Table 'ekmesnz_numbone.serendipity_entries' doesn't exist

It still won't recognise my username and password that I set up in the control panel. I'm pretty positive the database name is correct, is there a way to double check that the prefix is ok?

Thanks.
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[garvinhicking]

To me it seems that you entered a wrong dbPrefix. Which values did you enter for dbName, dbPrefix?

It seems you should enter 'ekmesnz_numbone' as dbName and 'serendipity_' as prefix, right? And did you make sure that the database 'ekmesnz_numbone' exists, and that it's called exactly that way? Which serendipity version are you trying to install?

You are using MySQL, right?

[NexusTwelve]

I'm trying to install serendipity 0.7.1.

I am using mySQL, and ekmesnz_numbone is indeed an existing database. It is the default database. As far as the prefix goes, yes, it was set to 'serendipity_', which is the default in the installer. Is there a way to find/create a prefix that would work, since this one is not?




Thanks for your help.

[garvinhicking]

Hm, this is really weird. Does the MySQL user account you're using only allow special table creation? It is possible that your hoster only allows special prefixes, that depends on the MySQL privilege setup.

Can you try to log into your MySQL stuff via phpMyAdmin and execute this SQL code (click on "SQL" tab):

Code: Select all

USE ekmesnz_numbone;
CREATE TABLE serendipity_entrycat (
  entryid int(11) not null,
  categoryid int(11) not null
);

and tell us if you receive any error messages?

Regards,
Garvin

[NexusTwelve]

this is what I got in the way of error messages:



SQL-query:


USE ekmesnz_numbone


MySQL said:
#1044 - Access denied for user: '@' to database 'ekmesnz_numbone'

[garvinhicking]

That error means you are not logged in properly to your MySQL! Did you specify empty user and password? Please make sure that your MySQL and privileges are setup properly, and maybe ask your hoster/provider how to proceed.

Regards,
Garvin

[Guest]

I have tried installing and i can't seem to get past this error, i have tried adjusting my permissions, maybe i'm doing it in the wrong place...?

To check your local webserver installation, serendipity needs to be able to write the file ".htaccess". This was not possible because of permission errors. Please adjust the permissions like this:
chmod go+rwx /home/G01/gracia/www/blog/
and reload this page.