[Cdash] CDash installation

Tue Jan 26 23:54:35 UTC 2010

These lines work when inserted before the first include (
include("cdash/config.php") ), but I start to get the 'What should
Firefox do with this file?' prompt again when inserted after this include.

Taking the idea a little further, I inserted the 'This is a test' line
at the beginning of config.php, then at the beginning of
config.local.php (because I have one).  Each test, install.php would
display the echoed 'This is a test' line.

So, I took a look at my config.local.php file...

It would appear the culprit was that when I had copied config.php to
config.local.php for editing, I did NOT remove the '/** DO NOT EDIT
AFTER THIS LINE */' portion at the end of the file.  Commented out this
portion, and I'm now looking at the CDash Installation screen.

Looks like it was basically an include() loop.  Interesting that PHP
wouldn't throw an error notification when coming across a loop like this.

-Daniel

Julien Jomier wrote:
> Strange. Could you try to put these two lines:
> 
>   echo "This is a test";
>   exit();
> 
> at the beginning of the install.php file, try to access it through your
> web browser and see if you get the text displayed. If that works, try to
> move the two lines at line 31 and then after each include. If all of
> these work, try to move the two lines at line 272 (before generate_XSLT).
> 
> let us know,
> Julien
> 
> On 1/26/2010 6:04 PM, Daniel Bentley wrote:
>> Checked that libapache2-mod-php5 in installed (it is) and working (as
>> evidenced in my php test pages).
>>
>> I installed phpmyadmin (though I'm more a CLI guy), and phpMyAdmin works
>> as expected.  Trying CDash after installing phpMyAdmin, gives me the
>> same problems as before.
>>
>>
>> And yes, in the output of phpinfo() there are sections for curl, gd,
>> mysql, and xsl, all of which show as 'enabled'.
>>
>> -Daniel
>>
>>
>> Julien Jomier wrote:
>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>
>>> Could you check that the following package is correctly installed:
>>>
>>>    libapache2-mod-php5
>>>
>>> Could you also try to install phpmyadmin (or phppgadmin depending on the
>>> database you plan to use) and see if one of these packages work.
>>>
>>> Julien
>>>
>>> On 1/26/2010 4:49 PM, Daniel Bentley wrote:
>>>> Trying http://server/CDash/install.php results in the same as other
>>>> .php
>>>> files from CDash, I am prompted 'What should Firefox do with this
>>>> file?'
>>>> as before.  As before, downloading the file when prompted by Firefox
>>>> results in a 0 byte file.  Other test PHP code in the CDash
>>>> directory (a
>>>> phpinfo() test page), with the same file permissions, still works fine.
>>>>
>>>> http://server/CDash/images/Alert.gif displays an image as expected.
>>>>
>>>> There are no redirects in my Apache configuration.  Speaking of Apache
>>>> configs, are there any particular 'Options' I should explicitly
>>>> have/not
>>>> have for the<Directory>   statement where CDash is located?
>>>>
>>>> -Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Julien Jomier wrote:
>>>>> Could you try to go to http://yourserver/CDash/install.php? CDash
>>>>> automatically redirects to the install page, maybe something is
>>>>> going on
>>>>> in that case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, could your try to get an image in the image directory to see if
>>>>> you can access it: http://yourserver/CDash/images/Alert.gif
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, do you have any redirect in your apache configuration?
>>>>>
>>>>> Julien
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/26/2010 12:11 AM, Daniel Bentley wrote:
>>>>>> php5-xsl was installed via apt-get at the beginning of the
>>>>>> installation
>>>>>> process (as a pre-req).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nothing shows up in the configured Apache error.log files.  The
>>>>>> access.log file shows a simple: "GET /CDash HTTP/1.1" 301
>>>>>> -which would indicate a redirection.  This access.log entry is for a
>>>>>> request for /CDash, which Apache handles the redirection to /CDash/.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Requests to /CDash/ (showing up as a blank page, but no browser
>>>>>> errors)
>>>>>> don't show up in access.log or error.log, nor do requests for
>>>>>> specific
>>>>>> files (ie. index.php or login.php) show up in the log files (but they
>>>>>> still produce the 'What would you like Firefox to do with this file?'
>>>>>> prompt).  Attempts to save the file when prompted, result in 0 byte
>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My PHP test file (with phpinfo() request that works as expected)
>>>>>> resides
>>>>>> in the same directory as CDash, with the same file permissions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Daniel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julien Jomier wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could you check if you have the XSLT package for PHP installed? I
>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>> it's php5-xsl for ubuntu. The XSLT does the translation of the XSL
>>>>>>> template and ultimately generates the HTML pages so that might be
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, did you check the apache/php error logs, maybe you can dig up
>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>> hints from the file? they should be in /var/logs/apache2/error.log.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let us know,
>>>>>>> Julien
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/25/2010 10:58 PM, Daniel Bentley wrote:
>>>>>>>> This one has been bugging the heck out of me, but I haven't found a
>>>>>>>> solution for it yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is an install on Ubuntu 9.10.  I have Apache set up so that
>>>>>>>> http
>>>>>>>> (port 80) and https (port 443) point to the same document root,
>>>>>>>> under
>>>>>>>> which is the directory CDash with the installation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can verify that PHP is working correctly, by creating a test.php
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> phpinfo() is this directory.  It displays the information as
>>>>>>>> expected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However, when I try going to
>>>>>>>> http://mymachine.mydomain.tld/CDash/ (or
>>>>>>>> https://), my browser thinks about it for a few moments, then
>>>>>>>> delivers a
>>>>>>>> blank page (blank even in source).  If I try to access a page
>>>>>>>> directly
>>>>>>>> (ie. index.php), I get a 'What should Firefox do with this file?'
>>>>>>>> dialog
>>>>>>>> prompt.  Even when saving the file this way, the resulting file is
>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>> blank.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Usually the 'What should Firefox do with this file?' response comes
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> an incorrect/missing PHP configuration at the Apache level that
>>>>>>>> affects
>>>>>>>> ALL PHP.  But this behavior I'm getting, has PHP working with some
>>>>>>>> pages
>>>>>>>> (the phpinfo() test page), but not CDash.  Any ideas on why this
>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>> be?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Daniel
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