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When I try to read my blog (or access anything inside the blog directory), this is what happens with different browsers:

*Opera shows the download file dialog
*Firefox does nothing
*IE gives a "page cannot be displayed"

I have absolutely no idea what to do. I installed s9y on Wednesday, and the problem was first seen on Thursday. Between these I don't recall making any radical changes.

I already contacted the host. Their advice was 1) check the php file and 2) check the .htaccess.

It would help if you give us the URL to your site, so that we can see the problem.

It must be a template/CSS/Header issue, I think.

Regards,
Garvin

Okay, something is definitely wrong.

Rename your .htaccess file to "temp_htaccess" and see if it works then? If it does not work, you will need to contact your server admin and ask him for Error logfiles of Apache/PHP.

Regards,
Garvin

I have access to the logs myself. The error log is empty.

Oh, and I already forgot to mention that renaming .htaccess did not help.

Getting an empty page like yours usually means that PHP creates a coredump or the webserver creates an error!

If you were running a version lower than Serendipity 0.8.3, you might have got hacked?

Regards,
Garvin

I'm using 0.8.4, and I find hacking a very unlikely reason. The domain was registered last Tuesday, and I don't believe any cracker would have found the site so rapidly.

Okay, and 0.8.4 should be secure. Well, you will need to inspect your server logs - it all points to a coredumping PHP or database layer.

Inspect your server's syslog and look out for dead children; did you look at both the Apache Errorlog AND the PHP Errorlog? You did enable PHP errorlogging with a high error_level?

Regards,
Garvin

I contacted the host for additional logs, so far no answer. I think I'm going to reinstall s9y and see if it'll work then.

Now that I think more carefully, I did enable use of mod_rewrite last night. However, renaming the .htaccess should help if this was the cause, shouldn't it?

Actually when you rename the .htaccess, you should be able to log into your blog on http://blog/serendipity_admin.php again. But you would still need to go to the configuration and set Rewriting to "Off" again, so that the frontend can work again...

Regards,
Garvin