On Mar 5, 2004, at 08:47, Luke Townsley wrote:
> BtW, I am installing version 1.1.0 of MediaWiki. The tmp file in
> question is /var/tmp/fm42791078495739
> I am guessing it was created by the file manager/online interface that
> jumpline uses. Perhaps if I tried to install it without the web
> interface?
> I tried installing MediaWiki again (through the web interface again)
> after deleting the tmp file but setting the timeout to 600 seconds
> instead of 20. It still timed out and gave exactly the same results.
Well, the filename doesn't ring any bells for me...
Could you describe the exact steps you followed to install? I should
point out that MediaWiki 1.1.0 doesn't have a web interface to the
installer; install.php must be run from the command line, and is very
finicky even then.
I'd highly recommend you give 1.2.0rc2 a try: it's got a new web-based
installation which should be a little more straightforward (go to
config/index.php).
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.2.0rc2.tar.gz?
download
If you can get it to work, or have problems with the new installer too,
I'd appreciate any feedback before we make the final 1.2.0 release.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
My apologies if anyone gets this twice. I forgot to hit "reply all" the first time.
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From: Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org>, <townsley(a)bimidr.org>
Received: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 21:17:42 -0800
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] install disk space
>On Mar 4, 2004, at 20:26, Luke Townsley wrote:
>> What is the minimum disk space requirement to install and run
>> MediaWiki? I attempted to install it on a VDS Linux/Apache server
>> hosted by Jumpline with 500mb of space and at install, it returned an
>> error message and it also seems to have used roughly 1500mb mainly in
>> a tmp (500mb) file and in a /proc/kcore (1,000mb) file before giving
>> up. I deleted the tmp which seemed to have been created by the file
>> manager, but I have no idea what to do with the /proc/kcore file.
>The scripts take up about 3 megabytes (including all the
>localizations). Other than that you should just need the database
>(space will vary with the amount of data you put in) and a handful of
>temp files for session data.
>/proc/kcore isn't a real file; it's a virtual file used to access your
>system's memory. Nothing in /proc is an actual file on your disk drive,
>so you can discount the "size" of such files.
>If you're using 500mb in temp space, then something's probably very
>very wrong. What kind of tmp file is this? What's it called? What's in
>it?
>-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
BtW, I am installing version 1.1.0 of MediaWiki. The tmp file in question is /var/tmp/fm42791078495739
I am guessing it was created by the file manager/online interface that jumpline uses. Perhaps if I tried to install it without the web interface?
I tried installing MediaWiki again (through the web interface again) after deleting the tmp file but setting the timeout to 600 seconds instead of 20. It still timed out and gave exactly the same results.
I haven't been able to open the tmp file to see what is in it. The properties box gives me the following information:
fm42791078495739 Type:
Location:
Size: File
/var/tmp
518651904 bytes (519163904 allocated)
Device: 2057 Inode: 11944570 Links: 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Created on:
Modified on:
Last Access: Fri Mar 5 09:22:18 2004
Fri Mar 5 09:22:18 2004
Fri Mar 5 09:22:18 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Owner ID:
Group ID: 1017/(I deleted this)
101/vuser
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privileges: (600 / -rw-------)
Owner:
Group:
World: Read , Write
None
None
What is the minimum disk space requirement to install and run MediaWiki? I attempted to install it on a VDS Linux/Apache server hosted by Jumpline with 500mb of space and at install, it returned an error message and it also seems to have used roughly 1500mb mainly in a tmp (500mb) file and in a /proc/kcore (1,000mb) file before giving up. I deleted the tmp which seemed to have been created by the file manager, but I have no idea what to do with the /proc/kcore file.
Since the first release candidate, an in-place web-based install script
has been added. While still a bit experimental and incomplete, it makes
it much easier to get a new wiki started, particularly where shell
access isn't available for the old command-line installer.
*NOTE:* The web install script doesn't yet support updating old
databases or other maintenance procedures. It can create a new
database, or write a basic LocalSettings.php to access an existing
(up-to-date) database without altering it. The new installer is still
experimental and may fail mysteriously; we'd love to hear from you, if
you do or don't get it to work.
Download and release notes:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34373
See 'INSTALL' in the archive for some notes on the new installer.
MediaWiki 1.2.0 includes improved inline image and thumbnailing
support, smoother account management, and a number of interface tweaks
as well as numerous bug fixes and backend features (squid cache
purging, authenticated SMTP, tighter upload security, PHP5
compatibility). Also fixes an incompatibility with MySQL 3.2.x in the
default install that cropped up in 1.1.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
I've got a user who's forgotten his password and needs to get it back.
Is there an easy way that I can reset the password field for him, or
find out the password and send it to him? I've tried looking in
phpMyAdmin, and all I see are the blob and tinyblob fields, and I don't
know how to interpret those.
Thanks,
Dan Carlson, Administrator
Memory Alpha: A Star Trek WikiWiki
http://memoryalpha.st-minutiae.com/
mediawiki-l-request,
After I installed php 4.3.4,mySQL 4.x,mediawiki 1.2, I type http://myPcname/wiki/index.php in my local pc,it worked well,I saw the main page, but I type the same url form another pc in the local network, it return the following message. And now, it even can't work in my local pc, IE6 and Opera7.5 browser all returned the same following messsage:
======message begin
Notice: Undefined variable: REQUEST_METHOD in C:\wiki\Setup.php on line 74
Notice: Undefined variable: REQUEST_URI in C:\wiki\Setup.php on line 74
Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\wiki\Database.php on line 196
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\wiki\Setup.php:74) in C:\wiki\Database.php on line 414
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\wiki\Setup.php:74) in C:\wiki\Database.php on line 449
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\wiki\Setup.php:74) in C:\wiki\Database.php on line 450
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=====message end
I installed php/mysql/mediawiki on my notebook,Windows Xp pro,sp2. I have reinstalled php/mysql/mediawiki many times,but it don't work for me, what should I do?
致
礼！
刘爱军(xsfox)
laj(a)pps.com.cn
2004-03-03
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First, my thanks to the developers for this wonderful software....
Is it possible for an article to be "owned" by a particular user, who could
then enable and disable editing of that article?
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How can I change the design of MediaWiki?
It seems that it has something to do with the css files in /styles/ and the "Skin*.php" files. Which of the .css files are used and how do the Skin*.php files work?
btw.: How do I answer a thread in this mailingslist?
There've been lots of complaints about the MediaWiki installation
script over time, and with good reason! We don't actually use it for
Wikipedia since it doesn't fit our needs (centralized repository of
scripts for over a hundred wikis with near-identical config), nor does
it fit the needs of a lot of people trying to set up their own wikis,
who often don't have shell access to their web servers or root access
to the database.
I've checked in the beginnings of a new install script that doesn't
require shell access, root database access, or a separate place to put
the source files and the installation. You can just unzip the archive,
copy the directory tree to your web space, and run the configuration
script through the web like with any civilized PHP app with relatively
minimal fiddling.
At the moment it can create a configuration file that works with an
existing database, but doesn't yet do the database setup. I'll try to
get that merged in from the old command-line install script tonight or
tomorrow and release 1.2.0rc2 with it included.
(Tech note: we need to be sure that the maintenance scripts aren't
dangerous to have sitting around.)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)