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I'm trying to upgrade from v1.4.1 to 1.5.0, I believe I followed the instructions correctly (moved the old version aside, unpacked to the same directory, then copied the config.php files back in) but when I go to the upgrader all of the database options, site name, etc., are set back to defaults. Do I need to put the main config.php file somewhere different than it was in 1.4.1, or rename it?

Thanks,
Brian

I have exactly the same problem. I copied all info from config.php to the install form but now I get the error:

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: template in /home/sites/historyandnews.co.uk/public_html/lib-common.php on line 1481

I have copied lib_common.php many times to the site and the same error still exists.

The problem is not the lib-common.php but that it didn't find the template class. Was that the first error message you got?

Check that your $_CONF['path_system'] is correct, which is set in the siteconfig.php file now.

bye, Dirk

config.php is in the same place as before (for the upgrade only - it's not needed later). Make sure your webserver can read it.

But I guess there isn't actually a problem: You will have to enter the database settings when you call up the install script. We don't read them from config.php (or db-config.php, on upgrades), as that would expose it to anyone who came by before you finished the installation and had a chance to remove the install script.

To quote from the changelog:

So just proceed with the installation and it will probably pick up your other settings from the old config.php just fine.

bye, Dirk

$_Conf[path] and path system are as they were in config.php. Do they have to be different in 1.5?

I have reloaded the backup of my database and redone the install. The install still doesn't read config.php and at end of upgrade I get the following mesage:
1062: Duplicate entry '1' for key 1
Upgrade to 1.5 seems to be a real problem - normally only problems are with upgrading my themes but this upgrade is giving real problems with the basic upgrade.
Can anybody help?

Ok, that's understandable. Thanks for the help.

Brian

This is a repost of my message from 22 Jun. I am getting desperate, has anyone managed the upgrade to 1.5? I have reloaded the backup of my database and redone the install. The install still doesn't read config.php and at end of upgrade I get the following mesage:
1062: Duplicate entry '1' for key 1
Upgrade to 1.5 seems to be a real problem - normally only problems are with upgrading my themes but this upgrade is giving real problems with the basic upgrade.
Can anybody help?

I have tried upgrade again with all plugins switched off and I still get the same error message. It looks as though the upgrade is trying to write something to the database that is \already there but no indication of what tables or fields are causing this.
Is there an easy way of doing this upgrade or does anyone know why all the above errors are occurring?

I am still not progressing at all with upgrade to 1.5. It seems absolutely horrendous can anyone tell me how to do the upgrade manually or do I wait for 1.5.1 which hopefully will install properly.
I have been running Geeklog on two sites for more than six years and have upgraded and got help where problems have occurred. The support has been superb but this time no one seems to want to help.
Is there anyone out there who can help resolve the problems I am having???????

I recently ran into an issue that would not allow me to install geeklog 1.5. I had installed a few times before with out incident, but this last time really stumped me. I finally got it installed.

What was happening was that the contents of the db-config and the siteconfig files were being deleted. I found out that even though the files themselves were set to read/write/modify, the server was still not allowing the files to be changed. So I ended up giving the root and public_html directories themselves read/write/modify permissions. Then it worked flawlessly.

A few weeks prior to this install, I had tightened up security on my server and not realizing that it would affect installs this bad. The web server is IIS with security set very high.

If your using IIS, could this be part of the issues your having?

Michael

Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time getting it to work. But you seem to be the only person so far with that problem, so I'm somewhat baffled.

There's no secret trick here or anything - your config.php only needs to be readable by the webserver when the install script is run.

Since you seem to be able to run the install fine otherwise, I can only suggest that you try and set the permissions (and file ownership) for config.php just like those for your db-config.php (which should be located in the same directory anyway). The install script will both read and write the db-config.php, so if that works, it should also work for your old config.php.

Hope that helps ...

bye, Dirk

I will try this after reloading the database backup for the nth time. I can see no change in the database - no new table with configuration settings or anything like that but when upgrade fails it seems to put a marker in the database to say upgrade is complete and won't let the upgrade to be run again - most annoying.

The first thing the upgrade does is to drop the (previously unused) gl_tzcodes table. It then changes a few things in the gl_users and gl_userprefs tables and adds the bodytext to the gl_storysubmission table.

When re-running the install, it actually checks if the bodytext is there in the gl_storysubmission table, so it must have done something.

Here's a hardcore debugging tip: In system/databases/mysql.class.php, find this line: and change it to = true; before you try again. Maybe that helps expose any DB errors that occur ...

bye, Dirk

Dirk, I'm getting the following error when I run the install/index.php:



I copied my config.php after unloading the files, and I double checked to make sure the trailing slash was still present in the site map. Any ideas?

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Luhme summa dat GL.

Did you move the db-config.php file to your public_html dir? If not, then leave out the public_html dir and have your path read as /home/rayscomm/ and nothing else. See if that works for you.

Michael

Still getting exactly the same error at end of upgrade "1062: Duplicate entry '1' for key 1"
If I then go to view my site I get:
Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: template in /home/sites/historyandnews.co.uk/public_html/lib-common.php on line 1481
There is an error.log file in my public_html directory with the entry:
Mon Jul 28 20:01:21 2008 - 1146: Table 'web35-jerrygreen.gl_conf_values' doesn't exist. SQL in question: SELECT name, value, group_name FROM gl_conf_values WHERE (type <> 'subgroup' AND (type <> 'fieldset'
In error.log in logs directory there are no entries.

I tried upgrading then a new install and no go. With about 20 sites on one GL core I put it on the back burner for awhile. I was hoping it would have been smoother but alas the old way worked better for me.

Well, I reinstalled everything, put my config file back in place, and I get the exact same error. Somewhere, there is a missing / in a path call for dbconfig.php, leading to the malformed path noted in the error. Can someone tell me where and when this file is called in the upgrade?

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Luhme summa dat GL.

The browser caught the url when it errored out:

www.geeklog-site/admin/install/index.php?mode=check_permissions&dbconfig_path=%2Fhome%2Frayscomm%2Fpublic_htmldb-config.php

Note the missing /. I added the slash into the URL and sent it, and was able to get to the main install page.

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Luhme summa dat GL.