-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The best lesson to learn when learning about Linux (this is also valid for most of the *NIXs I have used), the logs are your friend. Asking "what went wrong" is like telling the mechanic "my car won't work". It is difficult to be less specific.
So, /var/log -- learn it, love it, live it. Also, just be aware that there are some minor differences in what data goes into which log. grep -r <term> * is another good friend. Also get used to using tail -n 50 -f /var/log/somelog.log when trouble shooting a particular problem. One last thing, I don't know of anyone using pclinuxOS other than you. You may have trouble getting some help. When I started I had some friends who Debian users, so I naturally switched to Debian (of course RH 5.2 was not very compelling in those days). The point is that by moving outside of "mainstream" so early in your Linux exploration, you may experience a lot more frustration and weirdness than if you started with something more mainstream. I know it is less cool to use what large numbers of other people are using, but you have to learn to walk before you can run. I wonder if I can squeeze any more cliches in here... maybe not Cheers, Mitchell Brown wrote: > Hmm - well it worked out of the box before, any reason why it wouldn't now? > > On 6/7/06, *Andrew J. Kopciuch* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 June 2006 10:54, Mitchell Brown wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a PCLinuxOS server in the basement. LAMP. Works great. > > I just loaded up PCLinuxOS marked all upgrades and loaded up > apache, mysql, > > phpmyadmin and php on another machine. > > > > I've tried to setup SMF (Simple Machines Forums) or MediaWiki. > Nothing > > works. It says 403 for the directory. It is permission 660 with owner > > apache:apache so that's not the problem. > > I discovered my PHP isn't right. If I type in another address > besides *.php > > then I can get to the file, but if I try and goto a .php file, it > just asks > > to download it. I've restarted apache, and reinstalled phpMyAdmin > - .. It > > doesn't work.. > > > > Read the PHP installation documents > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php > > You probably do not have a handler defined for php files. It's all > in the > docs on what you need to add. > > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > -- > pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF > 9091 C422 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEhyjqwRXgH3rKGfMRAhI7AJ9e+9AYcPYMHfR3ab3KjBo5xGUIrwCgshDm ePfu8P2rKdN7iddHgG0+VFY= =CFvH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
