[Resolved] MODx installed successfully, but index.php doesn't work

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maprie Reply #1, 20 years, 4 months ago

I have just installed MODx on a server (www.lodland.info) and the setup script said that all is OK. The Manager works without errors. But when I try to open the site, I only get the "Install Now"-Screen. I suppose the index.php in the root directory has a problem including the config.inc.php file. I have also tried to write the database login data in the index.php itself, which only gave me a blank page.

I suspect that the server is the reason for this problem, because I have already installed MODx on some other servers without encountering this problem.
Does anyone have an idea why MODx behaves this way?

I have noticed that PHP has no permission to write on the server (in the Filemanager file uploading is blocked). Could this be a reason?

Thanks, maprie

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sottwell Reply #2, 20 years, 4 months ago

If MODx cannot find the config.inc.php file in manager/includes, it will presume that it needs to be installed. But you should not have been able to install it at all if the installer couldn’t write the file.

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maprie Reply #3, 20 years, 4 months ago

The Install script said that the file is there and that it’s writable. If the config-file doesn’t work, the manager shoudn’t work either, right? But it does.
Can you think of any reason why the index.php cannot find a file which is in the required directory?

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xwisdom Reply #4, 20 years, 4 months ago

Hmmm,

Try setting your config.inc.php to 777. Run the upgrade and try it again.

If sucessful then try setting it to 755

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maprie Reply #5, 20 years, 4 months ago

Thanks for the advice, but it didn’t work. The upgrade said all Ok, but I still get only the Install Now Page.

Could it be a solution to enter the config data manually into the index.php file? I’ve tried this, but I must have done something wrong, as I just get a blank page. Is there a HowTo somewhere for this?

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maprie Reply #6, 20 years, 4 months ago

I have noticed, that on the MODx demo page a similar error to mine is visible:
http://demo.opensourcecms.com/modx/index.php?id=1

« MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »
 
PHP error debug
  Error: 	fopen(/home/opencms/public_html/demo/modx/assets/cache/docid_1.pageCache.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied	 
  Error type/ Nr.: 	Warning - 2	 
  File: 	/home/opencms/public_html/demo/modx/manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php	 
  Line: 	550	 
  Line 550 source: 	if($fp = @fopen($basepath."/docid_".$this->documentIdentifier.".pageCache.php","w")){ 	 
 
Parser timing
  MySQL: 	0.0018 s s	(16 Requests)
  PHP: 	0.0558 s s	 
  Total: 	0.0576 s s

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Ryan Thrash Reply #7, 20 years, 4 months ago

Your assets/cache folder also must be writable (chmod 777). osCMS doesn’t allow it for security purposes.

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maprie Reply #8, 20 years, 4 months ago

All the required folders have the required permissions set, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to install at all.

After I complained to the server admin, he changed something, and now I get this failure notice:

« MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »
 
PHP error debug
  Error: 	Unknown: failed to open stream: No such file or directory	 
  Error type/ Nr.: 	Warning - 2	 
  File: 	/www/home/www.lodland.info/pub/htdocs/www-data/manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php(681) : eval()'d code	 
  Line: 	70	 
 
Parser timing
  MySQL: 	0.0017 s s	(3 Requests)
  PHP: 	0.0258 s s	 
  Total: 	0.0275 s s

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maprie Reply #9, 20 years, 4 months ago

According to the server admin, this is probably a compatibility problem with Apache2.

Anyway, my MODx runs on a different server now...