Unable to install new events plugin

Coreyjwade · Post by **Coreyjwade** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:18 am

All sidebar plugins work. Most activated event plugins seem to work. When I try to install new ones, however, something fails. I get the following message when clicking on the proivded serendipity link, and a smiliar one when clicking at a link at the top of the page:

Trying to open URL package_event_en.xml...
Permission denied
Notice: Permission denied in /home/u5/publicagent/html/cblog/bundled-libs/PEAR.php on line 848
Permission denied

(Also, when I first tried to set up Sparticus, I momentarily clicked off, so I'm not sure if something changed)

((And please be user friendly in your response))

williamts99 · Post by **williamts99** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:28 am

You may want to read the last post by Garvin on the following thread
http://board.s9y.org/viewtopic.php?t=76 ... 8c853a7446

Which says:
Sadly those messages mean that your webserver is firewalled and cannot create outgoing connections.

This means:

A. You cannot send trackbacks

B. You cannot use Anti-Spam methods like Akismet, SURBL or DNSBL

C. You cannot use Spartacus.

Coreyjwade · Post by **Coreyjwade** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:25 am

I read your comment and the link, but really don't think that this is the case. Here is why.

When I first set the site up I was able to choose and look at all of the different templates. Even after the site was running, I could still access this feature. Now when I attempt to view the available templates I get a similar message:

Trying to open URL package_template.xml...
Permission denied
Notice: Permission denied in /home/u5/publicagent/html/cblog/bundled-libs/PEAR.php on line 848
Permission denied

I think this is because like in the post that you referenced, something was started in Sparticus and not finished. So the settings are somehow now inaccurate. I have no idea where these settings are, or how to access them. But I never had a problem until this attempt. I have made no changes whatsoever to the structure of the website. There must be a simple way to fix this.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:58 am

Hi!

Did you maybe change anything related to the Spartacus plugin, like the mirror settings?

Could it be that your provider added firewalilng just recently? Try to send a trackback to a foreign (or your own blog), does that work?

Regards,
Garvin

Coreyjwade · Post by **Coreyjwade** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:30 am

I don't really know what mirror settings are. When I try a trackback I get:

1 Danger Will Robinson, trackback failed.

In a new broswer.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:51 pm

Hi!

How do you try to do the trackback? Did you read the www.s9y.org FAQ/docs what trackbacks are?

Trackbacks are not meant to be clicked in a browser. Automatted tools only use that, you cannot "manually" perform a trackback using the browser.

Regards,
Garvin