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New Install 503 Error Could not load MODX config file.[Resolved]

  • Jay Gilmore Reply #11, 11 years, 10 months ago
    The installer should actually create the file but some environments do not allow this to occur. There is a note about this here: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Basic+Installation#BasicInstallation-PreInstallationChecks

    If you still can't get it to work, reupload the files including the setup directory and rerun setup.
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      jimmyjazz Reply #12, 11 years, 3 months ago
      Trying to install the latest version of Revo and I keep getting this error message

      '503 Error Could not load MODX config file.'

      This is Wamp localhost:

      Server Configuration
      Apache Version : 2.2.22
      PHP Version : 5.4.3

      I've changed .htaccess & I've tried re-unzipping & reloading to no avail.
      I don't really understand what some of the other posters are actually telling me to do, can someone explain is more simpler terms?
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        tommip Reply #13, 10 years, 4 months ago
        Just encountered the same problem. Adding the core/config/config.inc.php file and running the setup as oliverschwartz suggested worked just fine. smiley
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          engine Reply #14, 10 years, 3 months ago
          Quote from: kseniya at May 14, 2012, 11:07 AM
          To install latest version Revo try to use full installation way like this yoursitename/setup/index.php
          For me it worked.
          It worked for me as well
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            pmagony Reply #15, 9 years, 8 months ago
            Quote from: oliverschwarz at Jun 16, 2012, 10:32 AM
            I have just downloaded and installed modx-2.2.4-pl on a linux system (Apache2/PHP 5.3.10 + Suhosin) and I get the same error after setting up a local host and calling the site. I, too, get the error "Could not load MODX config file". I traced the error to core/model/modx/modx.class.php [l. 492].

            MODX expects an empty, writable config file at /core/config/config.inc.php. This is described in the installation manual - but one can easily miss that. Just create the empty, writable file there and it should be working.

            The easiest alternative is to call the setup directly by opening: http://mymodxsite.loc/setup/ in the browser.

            Thanks brother, the above solution worked.