Install problem: loop at ?action=language

Most people on Linux don’t have these problems; you need to check your PHP configuration and make sure sessions are configured/working properly.

Quote from: 2ndMile at Feb 26, 2008, 08:37 AM

I am caught in the loop as well at the language.

Platform Debian
MySQL Version 5.0.45
PHP Version 4.4.7

Tried the path fix above but to no avail. Was a solution ever found?

I finally set it up..
In my case it was php session.save_path -- afair, it should be set, session dir should be present and writeable

session
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user

Directive Local Value Master Value
session.auto_start Off Off
session.bug_compat_42 Off Off
session.bug_compat_warn On On
session.cache_expire 180 180
session.cache_limiter nocache nocache
session.cookie_domain no value no value
session.cookie_lifetime 0 0
session.cookie_path / /
session.cookie_secure Off Off
session.entropy_file no value no value
session.entropy_length 0 0
session.gc_divisor 1000 1000
session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440
session.gc_probability 1 1
session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
session.referer_check no value no value
session.save_handler files files
session.save_path /var/php_sessions /var/php_sessions
session.serialize_handler php php
session.use_cookies On On
session.use_only_cookies Off Off
session.use_trans_sid On On
session
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user

is /var/php_sessions writeable?

Yes... I am running another instance of ModXCMS on with this host under another account. It works fine.

Got it. It was the session save path. I needed to set it in the install/index.php file.