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1. wsmeets
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi all,

   My name is Wilbert Smeets, I live in the Netherlands and have a hard time installing wordpress. I hope you can provide me with some awsners.

   While installing WordPress I encounter some problems that I myself can not fix. Google isn't a help too me at this point. The wordpress directory is accessible since I can call the readme.html from any pc.
   Could someone please give me a clue on what to do in this case?
   I can see that /etc/wp-settings.php seems to be linked to itself.
   I have no idea why, nor do I have a clue on how to resolve this.
   Here is a part of the error.log
   I have edited the ip's and urls for privacy reasons.

   [Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] PHP Warning: require_once(/etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Too many levels of symbolic links in /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 20
   [Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 20
   [Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] File does not exist: /var/www/myurl.com/htdocs/Blog/favicon.ico, referer: http://blog.myurl.com/wp-admin/install.php

   Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

   Cheers,

   Wilbert Smeets

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What is the question?

3. wsmeets
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Lol...

   What is causing this and how can I resolve it.

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What is happening when you type the ....install.php in your browser's address bar? (you never said that part)

   If you meant it doesn't work because of the errors you quoted... what was your host's answer when you asked them?

5. wsmeets
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Well the problem is. I am the host :)
   I have a production server in a datacentre for several websites I host. All works well. I'm using Apache2, PHP5 and mysql 5.0.41. All these things are tested and work.

   For one reason or another it looks like /etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php is symbolic linked to itself. I can't even do a simple 'cat /etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php'

   I have no idea why this is the case, I did a fresh install of wordpress with 'apt-get install wordpress' (I use debian).

   I searched the forums here, but it doesn't seem to be a known issue.

   When opening install.php I get a blank page.

6. wsmeets
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   A little more info I just found.
   In my blog directory I can access wp-settings.php just fine.
   However the install.php wants to access it in /etc/wordpress

   There is a symbolic link there, that also links to itself /etc/wordpress/wp-settings.php

   I think the whole issue can be resolved by letting install.php open the original wp-settings... I just don't know how to do that.

7. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I am the host :)

   I was afraid that would be the answer. We do NOT support server setup questions. Try in a specialized forum. Since WP works normally on well configured servers... we cannot do anything about your server. Sorry.

8. wsmeets
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't think this is server related really.
   My server works just fine. It hosts over 50 domains...
   Heck, I even support .net with mono ;)
   If a regular install of debian with the only added options apache2, php5, mysql 5 and mono is a serverissue then wordpress would not be running on many systems.

   The install.php script tries to access the wp-settings.php in /etc/wordpress which makes no sense, since the original file is in the www-root of this particulair domain. So your awsner is to me a bit like saying: "i have no clue, so it's your fault." That is not meant like a flame btw.

   My question is purely wordpress setup related, since the server is configured and running well.

   But let me rephrase my question.
   How can I get install.php to access the real wp-settings.php and not a symbolic linked version of it. I have a feeling that would resolve my issue.

9. omgitztrey
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I think this should be the main concern... not the stupid favicon but that the file doesn't exist. What's your directory structure for wordpress?

   [Tue Jul 24 22:23:34 2007] [error] [client *.*.*.*] File does not exist: /var/www/myurl.com/htdocs/Blog/favicon.ico, referer:

10. wsmeets
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    ah, the favicon is not an issue, almost none of my customers use it. It just doesn't get uploaded. It is not a reason for failure. Favicon is what you see on this site for example, next to the url, there is a little W
    That is a favicon.

    But I have to say that my issue is resolved. I've downloaded the sources from here (I used a debian rep. first) and now it does work. I have no idea what is wrong with the debian package. I'm gonna do some tests with it in a virtual machine and report it to the debian maintainer. Anyway, should someone here get the same issues as I had, then this is the step-by-step solution

    apt-get remove wordpad
    rm -rf /usr/share/wordpress
    rm -rf /etc/wordpress
    rm -rf /var/www/directorywhereyouwantedtorunwordpress

    download it from this site
    untar/unzip

    Alter your config.php

    Fixed.

    Best regards,

    Wilbert Smeets

11. perionotas
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Hola: he tratado todo el día de instalar wordpress sin éxito. Creo que he seguido los pasos indicados, pero a la hora de llegar a la parte final donde ya debe uno poner la dirección para poder acceder a los pasos iniciales de configuración, no me acepta la dirección y es que dice que hay que poner:
    http://usuarios/nombre del blog/wp-admin/install.php.

    No sé si mi error está en el nombre de los usuarios, porque el ejemplo es de otro servidor y cuando yo pongo los datos que tengo, pues nadamás no me deja acceder.
    Yo pondría
    http://perionotas.com.mx/perionotas/wp-admin/install.php.
    según mi cuenta registrada en el hosting, la base de datos y el FTP esos son los datos que yo entiendo se ponen.
    ¿Podrás ayudarme a entender porque no puedo entrar?

    P.D. Perdón por el idioma, pero no hablo inglés, si la respuesta fuera en español se los agradecería.

12. moshu
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Foros de soporte en Espanol

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