Hi all, I just subscribed, so this may be a topic that has already been discussed and if so, I apologize in advance.

I just upgraded from Mac OS X 10.4.3 to 10.4.4, and my Media Wiki stopped working. Argghhh! I can't live without it.

Here's the error message: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /Users/beth/ Sites/mediawiki-1.4.5/includes/ObjectCache.php on line 409

I was running 1.4.5, on MySQL 4.x and php 4.x. I tried to find info about this problem online, and saw one message from someone who said it was related to an update in the php version on Mac, but I checked the documentation and MediaWiki 1.4.5 doesn't seem to require php 4.x specifically.

I am attempting fix the problem by installing the new version of Media Wiki, 1.5.4. However, when I try to install I see the following error in the Web installation.

Database config

MySQL server

Connection failed If your database server isn't on your web server, enter the name or IP address here.

I get the same error if I try to use the upgrade / update php scripts.

I've verified I'm using exactly the same database connection host, user id, and password as the previous version of the wiki, and indeed, I can connect to it using those same parameters from the command line with no problem:

[Delerium:~/Sites/wiki] beth% mysql -h localhost -u wikiuser -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 50 to server version: 4.0.21 Complete MySQL by Server Logistics

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> show databases; +----------+ | Database | +----------+ | test | | wikidb | +----------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql>

So, now I'm suspecting that the reason my Media Wiki 1.4.5 is failing after this update to Mac OS X 10.4.4 may be something else? Something to do with the way the operating system connects to MySql? But I'm not sure. I'm running mysql out of /usr/local/mysql and there is no other installation of mysql (that I *know* of...)

Any clues? Anyone else having a problem after updating to 10.4.4? I am happy to stick with 1.4.5 if I can fix that error, or upgrade to 1.5.4 if that's the better way to solve it. A solution to either of these problems would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Beth