0.9.6.p2 Getting a blank page

Man, its not the Search Highlight Problem. We studied all these pages with "blank page" problems. But the Search ... definitely do not fix the problem.
We deleted it, we fixed it, we had a new version of this plugin. It has nothing to do with it.

But the problem with the manager is still a great problem.

I’m going to have to say it sounds like a problem with PHP/MySQL. There is IMHO a growing problem of instability when combining the latest releases of Apache (2.2.x) / PHP (5.2.x) / MySQL server (5.0.22+) / MySQL client lib (5.0.22+). If you are running PHP 5.2.x with any of the latest MySQL client libraries, there are a lot of people experiencing complete Apache shut downs because of some bad compatibility between the latest MySQL server and client versions. Make sure your environment has a known working configuration and is not showing these Apache crashes in your error log.

Here’s some additional reading if it might help...

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43134

What appears to be most important is that you have a version of MySQL server and the MySQL client lib that are known to work well together, under PHP.

Whatever the root of the cause, I couldn’t wait for a solution, as the client was pushing to get this up. The site now works perfectly in it’s new home: http://s243680362.onlinehome.us/info.php
At any rate, it’s an incredible CMS as we’re all aware. I’m sure this issue will be addressed at some point in the future as the software develops.

Regards,
Matt

We have

Apache 2.2.3
PHP 5.2.5
MySQL 5.026

but there is only the problem with modx. All the other programs do not have any problems, like about sessions or database acces ... like (Plesk)

Only restarting the apache helps for a while, then the problem with the manager occures again.

Tillmor, we have been experiencing similar issues, we use Plesk and we had to make this modification to allow paths outside the default PHP paths, here is our solution:

You will modify:

/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/conf/vhost.conf

Here is our vhost.conf file:

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/alpha">
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value include_path "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs:/usr/share/pear:/tmp"
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs:/usr/share/pear:/tmp"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_admin_flag engine on
php_admin_flag safe_mode off
php_admin_value include_path "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs:/usr/share/pear:/tmp"
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs:/usr/share/pear:/tmp"
</IfModule>
</Directory>

You also have to run this when you are done:

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -u --vhost-name=domain.com

We are a hosting company too and I realize that you may not have this level of access to your host server, but I hope it helps.

Now it should work since a mounth.
It seems that a apache modul or something else caused this problem.
We update apache, and now we haven’t any trouble with white sites with 500 Internal Server Error.

But I wouldn’t say that only the update get the success.

Pleth

I just updated from 0.9.5 to 0.9.6.1p2
I am also on a LAMP running Plesk
After the upgrade all I get is a blank page... no response at all!

I did try your suggestion for the vhost.conf file -- still no resonse.

Any ideas or suggestions.

tslomka,

we run Plesk on Virtuozzo and have multiple VPSs running near identical configurations. since my last post on this topic all that we have been able to determine internally is that this behavior is specific to a single VPS in our system. all i have been able to do with information is avoid that particular VPS when installing MODx sites. sorry i couldn’t be of more help.