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  • Hello.

    I am trying to install WordPress. The process went fine. I created the database, and the install.php script created all the necessary tables.

    When I get to the WordPress login page (at the end of the install.php process), I enter admin and the generated password. When clicking the Login button, the browser just sits there. The status bar fills up to about 50% and nothing.

    I’m running WinXP, Apache 2.0.54, PHP 5.0.4, MySQL 5.0.18, and WordPress 2.0.1.

    Has anyone ever seen this behavior?

    Thanks,
    — Jason

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  • I think I’m seeing the same thing. The site itself is fine. Just can’t login.

    However, if I click “edit” on an existing post, I can get into the admin section fine. Just can’t get to the “Dashboard” page which seems to be the only one explicitely going after index.php?

    I’m puzzled.

    Thread Starter jsm174

    (@jsm174)

    I’m glad I’m not going crazy.

    I removed the databases and tables and started over. Still no luck 🙁 WordPress does support MySQL 5 right?

    Thanks,
    — Jason

    HandySolo – did you do an install or an upgrade?

    I did an upgrade. And I *think* I just fixed my deal (blank page when logging in as admin using IE, php “download” when using firefox).

    I had neglected to delete the contents of the wp-contents/cache directory as documented in one of the upgrade steps. Did that this morning and seem to be back in business.

    I have had a fress installation, and it seems that i have the same problem..

    Freezes at login, but if you go to a other page after that you see your logged in.. but if you want to go to Dashboard it loads verry slow (At the bottom: 2.0.1 — 90.16 seconds) .. But i can edit post fine..

    PS: i don’t have a cache map… (above post)

    Thread Starter jsm174

    (@jsm174)

    For my situation, I’m not getting a blank screen.

    Just a browser that times out about after an hour when trying to login as admin.

    If I type an invalid password, I do get the “Error: Incorrect password.” message.

    My installation seems to start fine, the first step completed successfully, the second step creates the tables in my db, but never comes back, I thought there was another screen to set up users.. I never got that screen.. Thanks, steve.

    I tried to set the admin password manually in phpMyAdmin using the old_password function but it did not work..

    Linux 2.6.15-1-586tsc
    Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) PHP/5.1.2 Server at localhost Port 80
    MySQL 5.0.18

    no one knows how to fix this?

    Ok.. i have found the problem that caused my Dashbboard page (admin/index.php) to freeze… I deleted all part with $rss (so also the code that related to it) There are 3 in total.. each of them causes 30 seconds delay.

    I can’t post the code here.. so i put it into a txt file..

    http://www.amigoz.nl/admin_index_fix_worldpress.txt

    I can’t promiss that I never will delete this file.. but it may help the onces who are having this problem right now

    Interesting. I thought clearing my cache fixed it, but the problem seems to come and go. When I could get to the page, I DID notice I wasn’t seeing the feed stuff way at the bottom…

    Thread Starter jsm174

    (@jsm174)

    > There are 3 in total.. each of them causes 30 seconds delay.

    No go for me. Mine just hangs until the browser times out in (~5 minutes).

    I have no problem modifying code since I do it all day, but since I’m new to WordPress, I refuse to delete code that should work properly. Plus I’m not seeing anything strange in the web server error log.

    If its a bug, I wish someone would say so. 🙁

    I just noticed that apache logs NOTHING when I attempt to go to my main admin page (http://www.mydomain.com/blog/wp-admin/) However, I can hit “edit” on any existing post and get into Admin that way – just can’t go to Dashboard page. Sometimes. Gah.

    I wonder what happens if I turn off my permalinks, thus altering .htaccess…

    [later]

    Nope, same deal.
    Deleted .htacess. No dashboard (or firefox wants me to download index.php)
    Re-created .htaccess. same.

    Man, annoying.

    [more later]

    Ramon’s work-around fixed me up. Now to wait for a fix…

    I had similar problems and it as due to the CACHE on the WORDPRESS side, not my local browser cache. Have you deleted the contents of the ‘cache’ folder in ‘wp-content’?

    Have you deleted the contents of the ‘cache’ folder in ‘wp-content’?

    Many times. Sometimes it seems to work. Sometimes it doesn’t. Just restored to my original wp-admin/index.php and cleared cache to try again. No Workie.

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