MediaWiki-l October 2010

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mediawiki installation error in ubuntu 10.04
by ren yufei 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Dear all, There is a problem when I try to configure the mediawiki on Ubuntu 10.04. ______________________________________________________ MediaWiki 1.15.1 Installation * Don't forget security updates! Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list. Checking environment... Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems. * PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 installed Could not find a suitable database driver! * For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so module * For PostgreSQL, compile PHP using --with-pgsql, or install the pgsql.so module * For SQLite, compile PHP using --with-pdo_sqlite, or install the pdo_sqlite.so module * For MSSQL, compile PHP using --with-mssql not ready, or install the mssql not ready.so module * For DB2, compile PHP using --with-ibm_db2, or install the ibm_db2.so moduleI refer the installation guide as follows, and modified the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini as the guide said. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_Mediawiki_on_Ubuntu_10.04 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu LAMP info: $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid $ apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server built: Aug 19 2010 05:20:03 $ php -v PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Sep 17 2010 13:49:46) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies $ mysql -V mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.41, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 6.1 When I touch the php info web page, the result is correct as follows: System Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 Build Date Sep 17 2010 13:40:34 Server API Apache 2.0 Handler Virtual Directory Support disabled Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php5/apache2 Loaded Configuration File /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini Scan this dir for additional .ini files /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d Additional .ini files parsed /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/apc.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/gd.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysqli.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/pdo.ini, /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/pdo_mysql.ini PHP API 20090626 PHP Extension 20090626 Zend Extension 220090626 Zend Extension Build API220090626,NTS PHP Extension Build API20090626,NTS Debug Build no Thread Safety disabled Zend Memory Manager enabled Zend Multibyte Support disabled IPv6 Support enabled Registered PHP Streams https, ftps, compress.zlib, compress.bzip2, php, file, glob, data, http, ftp, phar, zip Registered Stream Socket Transports tcp, udp, unix, udg, ssl, sslv3, sslv2, tls Registered Stream Filters zlib.*, bzip2.*, convert.iconv.*, string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, dechunk Thank you for your help. Yufei

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<ref> ... </ref> not working
by Edorta García González 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

When I try to use <ref>...</ref> and <references/> to show the references... it doesn't work (the code is shown instead the references)... What am I doing wrong? I have used <ref> tags in other wikis and it works whit no problems. thanxs -- "If there is a shell, there is a way"

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MultiFileUpload problem
by David Benfell 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi all, I desperately need MultiFileUpload to work. I've got a fresh out of the box mediawiki-1.16.0 installation at http://www.parts-unknown.org/mediawiki/ . When I enable the extension, which I got from the mediawiki site (svn...), and click on the link to get to it, I get Fatal error: Call to undefined method UploadForm::uploadform() in /var/lib/mediawiki-1.16.0/extensions/MultiUpload/MultiUpload.body.php on line 68 I'm sorry but I just haven't any idea what that means. And if Google is to be believed, no one else in the whole wide world has ever encountered this problem. I could really use a hand. Thanks! -- David Benfell <benfell(a)parts-unknown.org> http://www.parts-unknown.org/

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Animated sidebar
by Neil Bird 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

I've just upgraded to 1.16.0 and am using the new vector skin. How can I get the animated sidebar items, as are on http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/ ? Is it an extension, config, skin edit, or what? -- [neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature [neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [neil@fnx ~]# exit

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error from update.php
by Dave Howorth 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

I've previously posted this question on the forum but haven't managed to solve it yet, so I'm trying again here. I'm trying to move a wiki from an old Suse machine to a new Ubuntu one. The old machine is running: suse 9.3 mediawiki 1.4rc1-4.17i586 mysql 4.1.10a-3.8i586 php4 4.3.10-14.35i586 apache2 2.0.53-9.15i586 The new one is running: ubuntu 10.4 lucid mediawiki 1:1.15.1-1ubuntu2.1 mysql 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6 php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2 I installed the mediawiki package and it ran OK. I've copied the images and AdminSettings.php across and tweaked the LocalSettings.php. I've migrated the database and can happily browse it using mysql tools. I'm trying to run 'php update.php' but get an error. The output from it is as follows: # php update.php MediaWiki 1.15.1 Updater Going to run database updates for wikidb Depending on the size of your database this may take a while! Abort with control-c in the next five seconds...0 ...have ipb_id field in ipblocks table. ...have ipb_expiry field in ipblocks table. ...already have interwiki table ...indexes seem up to 20031107 standards ...hitcounter table already exists. ...have rc_type field in recentchanges table. ...have user_real_name field in user table. ...querycache table already exists. ...objectcache table already exists. ...categorylinks table already exists. Converting links table to ID-ID... Schema already converted ...il_from OK ...have rc_ip field in recentchanges table. ...image primary key already set. ...have rc_id field in recentchanges table. ...have rc_patrolled field in recentchanges table. ...logging table already exists. ...have user_token field in user table. The watchlist table is already set up for email notification. ...watchlist talk page rows already present ...user table does not contain old email authentication field. ...converting from cur/old to page/revision/text DB structure. 2010-10-06 13:22:16......checking for duplicate entries. 2010-10-06 13:22:16......Creating tables. MediaWiki internal error. Exception caught inside exception handler After getting some advice on the forum I managed to get an error log like this: Start command line script update.php Main cache: FakeMemCachedClient Message cache: MediaWikiBagOStuff Parser cache: MediaWikiBagOStuff Fully initialised Unstubbing $wgContLang on call of $wgContLang::ucfirst from Title::secureAndSplit Database::query: Writes done: DESCRIBE `ipblocks` SQL ERROR (ignored): Table 'wikidb.pagelinks' doesn't exist (localhost) Connecting to localhost wikidb... Connected SQL ERROR (ignored): Table 'wikidb.page' doesn't exist (localhost) SQL ERROR: Can't create table 'wikidb.page' (errno: 121) (localhost) Unstubbing $wgMessageCache on call of $wgMessageCache::get from wfMsgGetKey Unstubbing $wgLang on call of $wgLang::getCode from wfGetLangObj Unstubbing $wgUser on call of $wgUser::getOption from StubUserLang::_newObject Language::loadLocalisation(): got localisation for en from source Connecting to localhost wikidb... IP: 127.0.0.1 Connected Database::query: Writes done: DELETE FROM `objectcache` WHERE keyname='wikidb:messages:en:lock' SQL ERROR: Table 'wikidb.page' doesn't exist (localhost) I'd appreciate any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong, how to fix the problem or even how to get more diagnostic information. Thanks, Dave

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NETTAB 2010 Biological Wikis: Call for posters and participation
by Paolo Romano 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Apologizes for duplications === Joint NETTAB 2010 and BBCC 2010 workshop Biological Wikis November 29 - December 1, 2010 Congress Center, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy http://www.nettab.org/2010/ The joint NETTAB and BBCC 2010 workshop on "Biological Wikis" promises to be a great meeting for all researchers involved in the exploitation of wikis in biology. Come and discuss your ideas and doubts with such scientists as Alex Bateman, Alexander Pico, Andrew Su, Dan Bolser, Robert Hoffmann, Thomas Kelder, Mike Cariaso, Adam Godzik, Luca Toldo and many other who, we hope, will join the workshop. It's a great chance to follow smart tutorials and lectures on WikiPathways, WikiGenes, Semantic Wiki, PDBWiki, Gene Wiki and a proficient use of Wikipedia. See a list of keynote speakers and tutorials at http://www.nettab.org/2010/progr.html . There still is time to submit abstracts for posters and software demonstrations until next October 17, 2010! The complete Call is available on-line at http://www.nettab.org/2010/call.html . Registration is open at http://www.nettab.org/2010/rform.html . Register within next October 29, 2010 and take profit of early registration fees. A reduction of 20 euro applies to all fees for members of ISCB and other societies and networks. More reductions are foreseen for PhD students. Further information is availble at http://www.nettab.org/2010/ . Looking forward to seeing you soon in Naples. Paolo Romano Paolo Romano (paolo.romano(a)istge.it) Bioinformatics National Cancer Research Institute (IST) Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, I-16132, Genova, Italy Tel: +39-010-5737-288 Fax: +39-010-5737-295 Skype: p.romano Web: http://www.nettab.org/promano/

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Semediawiki-user] Semantic Mediawiki Beginners - Installation problem
by Jerry Van Suchtelen 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Sometimes you need to run php update.php in the maintenace directory. On Oct 12, 2010 12:57 AM, "Bruce Whealton" <bwhealton(a)futurewavedesigns.com> wrote: I realized I needed to install the extensions not all at once. I should have read further. Some extensions need to be loaded later After the tables are created. I did run into one problem I couldn't fix yet, though. The Semantic Maps extension had to be removed because it couldn't find a table And I don't know where or how that table is created. There doesn't seem to be any code that would create the coord_sm table and there is no Sql file that I've seen. Anyone know about this? Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Whealton [mailto:bruce@futurewavedesigns.com] Sent: Monday,... Subject: RE: [Semediawiki-user] Semantic Mediawiki Beginners - Installation problem Hello all, ...

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Semediawiki-user] Semantic Mediawiki Beginners
by Bruce Whealton 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Shana, if you or someone writes a "dummies" book on the semantic mediawiki, I'll definitely buy a copy. There are books on the semantic web but there aren't enough that are specific to an application. For example, there is no book on mediawiki and the semantic web technologies. there are books on Drupal which is Using the semantic web technologies but none on drupal and the semantic web. I did see a "dummies" book on " The Semantic Web" and did read it. It did both give a preview of what was coming and say that the semantic web exists already but without getting specific enough. One book I got on Programming the Semantic Web failed to say that it used python, a language I never used, and didn't realize that knowledge of python would be essential to get anywhere with the book, past chapter 1. I did find python interesting though J. So, I've done a great deal of reading but a terribly limited amount of practical work with the semantic web. I haven't yet picked up a book or complete course that said "this is what the semantic web is all about and here is how we will specifically use it in application x." Where application x could be mediawiki or a different cms or something. That's what is unfortunately lacking in my explorations. And how are all these people creating foaf files with so little out there in terms of tools for doing that? If there was a mediawiki extension for creating foaf files that would be awesome! And/or other related files, sioc, skos, etc. Bruce From: Shana Rosenberg [mailto:shanarosenberg@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:09 AM To: Bruce Whealton Cc: Semantic MediaWiki users; mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Semediawiki-user] Semantic Mediawiki Beginners Hey Bruce, I've found it kind of hard myself to find really basic information. But between having a background (somewhat, not great) in programming, and being an information professional (cool name for librarian), AND the help from Yaron and others on this list I've been able to get some amazing and powerful things done with SMW, semantic forms, etc. It was good advice from Yury to install semantic bundle instead of just SMW. Lots of great extensions are included and the install will take care of all of it for you (except that include needed in the LocalSettings.php). He also provided good links that I've pored over personally, but to be honest those are still not going to help the beginner faced with all this new stuff at once. If you have questions, don't be afraid to ask, just don't think you will get the blow by blow "Here's the code to do what you want". Unless I know the answer to the question--then you will get the blow by blow including why it works because I've been writing tech documentation "for dummies" for over a decade now :) If you have basic questions right now, why don't you reply to this thread and I'll see if I (or someone else, if they want!) can answer them. The most important thing to start out with is to be able to answer the question "What am I trying to do?". If you don't have a clear vision for what you want your wiki to do -- and I mean fundamental stuff like "I want each page to look like Wikipedia with that box on the side" or "I want an event calendar", you are going to feel overwhelmed from the start. It is best to work on one feature at a time unless a feature is interconnected with another one. :) Shana On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Bruce Whealton <bwhealton(a)futurewavedesigns.com> wrote: Can anyone recommend some good tutorials and training material for getting up to speed with the semantic media wiki features of mediawiki? I have it installed and saw a few videos and went to the wiki but I want to learn more and get better at this. Thanks in advance, Bruce ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-user mailing list Semediawiki-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user

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Safely change upload directory path without breaking old links
by Tech Geek 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

I am using MediaWiki 1.12 installed on Linux machine. We have been using MediaWiki for over a year with the file upload variables set to their default values. Here is what the current mediawiki image folder looks like: wikiserver:~# ls /var/www/wiki/images 0 2 4 6 8 a b d e gnuplot thumb 1 3 5 7 9 archive c deleted f temp Now we need to change upload directory path to something more generic like "uploads" with the hash strcture instead of "images" directory. I created the "uploads" directory and set the proper permission to it: wikiserver:~# ls -l /var/www/wiki/ total 116 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-09-03 18:02 AdminSettings.php -> /var/lib/mediawiki/AdminSettings.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2937 2008-03-20 15:09 api.php lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-09 17:27 config -> /var/lib/mediawiki/config lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2010-03-09 17:27 extensions -> /var/lib/mediawiki/extensions lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-09 17:27 images -> /var/lib/mediawiki/images -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3176 2010-04-17 15:21 img_auth.php drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 24576 2010-09-03 18:03 includes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3260 2008-03-20 15:09 index.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3782 2008-03-20 15:09 install-utils.inc drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-09-03 18:03 languages lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-09-03 18:02 LocalSettings.php -> /var/lib/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 16384 2010-09-03 18:03 maintenance -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1483 2008-03-20 15:09 opensearch_desc.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6580 2010-04-17 15:21 profileinfo.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 289 2008-03-20 15:09 redirect.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91 2008-03-20 15:09 redirect.phtml drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-09-03 18:03 skins -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 603 2008-03-20 15:09 StartProfiler.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12822 2008-03-20 15:09 Test.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4012 2010-04-17 15:21 thumb.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1371 2008-03-20 15:09 trackback.php lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2010-10-07 18:10 uploads -> /var/lib/mediawiki/uploads/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88 2008-03-20 15:09 wiki.phtml Now I am thinking to have the following in my LocalSettings.php file: $wgUploadPath = "{$wgScriptPath}/uploads"; $wgUploadDirectory = "{$IP}/uploads/"; $wgHashedUploadDirectory = false; So far everything looks good and the new files uploaded will work just fine. Now my question (s): What about the links/path to the files that have been upload previously? I am guessing that those will break since they reside in /var/lib/mediawiki/images directory. Do I need to move them to the new upload directory /var/lib/mediawiki/uploads ? What about the existing articles that link to those files in the images directory? Is there a script which will do the automated image link building? Thanks

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Mediawiki not rendering uploaded images
by Raymond M 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

I have a mostly working mediawiki == MediaWiki 1.16.0 == 2010-07-28 I have in my LocalSettings.php ... $wgEnableUploads = true; $wgUploadSizeWarning = 1024*1024; $wgMaxUploadSize = 512*1024*1024; $wgFileExtensions = array( 'png', 'fig', 'gif', 'tif', 'tiff', 'm', 'c', 'h', 'cpp', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'doc', 'xls', 'tex', 'pdf', 'dat', 'txt', 'ppt', '3gp', 'wmf' ); $wgHashedUploadDirectory = false; $wgUseTeX = true; $wgUploadPath = "images"; $wgUploadDirectory = "images"; $wgMathPath = "{$wgUploadPath}/math"; $wgMathDirectory = "{$wgUploadDirectory}/math"; $wgTmpDirectory = "{$wgUploadDirectory}/tmp"; I can upload files, but I don't see them rendered when I refresh the corresponding page (although the image file link text has changed color). The browser seems to momentarily be drawing the outline box for the image. Also my formulas using LaTeX are working partially, <math>x</math> renders, but <math>\hat{x}</math> does not. These may be related symptoms of the same problem.

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