Called MT and after a really long wait on hold, the wait was apparently worth it. A young man helped me with everything from email issues, to ssh issues. We overwrote the ftp upload of modx with a new install through ssh, the db test is now working!
What I’m gonna have to do from now on, is upload the .tar file of modx install, and extract through ssh to avoid complications.
Thanks for all your comments and help.
MT does have pretty good customer service, i’ve never called them, but i’ve submitted a few tickets through their support system and gotten responses within a couple hours.
when i do an install of modx (and keep in mind i’m lazy) i usually just ftp up the 1,500 or so files via filezilla, and then change the permissions of the needed files/directories with from there. it is much easier to upload the .tar and extract through ssh though, and you can be much more certain that your permission changes take effect (sometimes ftp programs seem to make the change, but actually don’t... looking at your dreamweaver).
glad you got it working!
one more note on mt’s (gs) servers, i wanted to do a test of modx revolution, however the version of mysql on (gs) is NOT compatible. i was able to get it installed by altering the modx install file to allow it to install on whatever version of modx is on (gs) (can’t recall the version # right now). unless mt plans on updating the (gs) mysql version, which i wouldn’t count on, you’ll have to move elsewhere or go up to a virtual dedicated, where you can use a newer release of mysql, if you want to use modx revolution.
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