I thought I would document the solution for this problem on the list - as I heard other people had a similar experience with the upgrade from RC2->1.1. I'm pasting from an email exchange between Ariel and I, which helped get us. Thanks again Ariel!
> All those problems are caused by GeoServer not being properly configured. > > The way to debug is keep hitting: http://yourgeonode.com/geoserver > until it gives you the UI. > > What I found to be missing after the upgrade were two things: > > #1. GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR set to /var/lib/geoserver/geonode-data in > /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml > #2. GEONODE_BASE_URL set to http://localhost/ or http://mygeonode.com/ > in /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/web.xml > > Without GeoServer properly configured, no other part of GeoNode will > work correctly. -joe On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Joe Larson wrote: > I could be calling this the wrong thing (subject). > > I upgraded with apt-get on Ubuntu Lucid. I accepted the packaged web.xml: > > Configuration file `/etc/geonode/geoserver/web.xml' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. > What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > D : show the differences between the versions > Z : background this process to examine the situation > The default action is to keep your current version. > *** web.xml (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y > Installing new version of config file /etc/geonode/geoserver/web.xml … > > I cannot connect directly to GeoServer (500 error > https://gist.github.com/1755792). When I try to log into a layers > profile-page, this is the emailed log > https://raw.github.com/gist/1755840/d0aea83b82bf764f298cc7559edcbe4092ea19fe/gistfile1.txt > This is from /var/log/geonode/geoserver.log (the last few lines which > appeared somewhat relevant, to me) > https://raw.github.com/gist/1756381/af5c8b23e99c6979c46555d17642e5b395b42073/gistfile1.txt > > -joe
