Hi Forget about windows :( it is old, not updated and unsupported by years...
Sorry :( 2012/5/18 Stew Wilson <[email protected]> > Hi everyone, > I'm an English teacher at a high school in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. I'm > not a librarian, and have never used catalog software before. I'm helping > some other English teachers here put together an English library for the > students, and I have been recommended Koha by a number of librarians. > > I am not very technically proficient. I have never used Linux, so have > opted for a Windows install. I used Raja Biswas' Youtube > video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7WgoeSmOc>as a guide. The > installers I used are: > > - ActivePerl 5.8.8.820-MSWin32-x86-274739 > - Apache 2.0.59-win32-x86-nossl > - MySQL-4.0.26-win32 > - Koha2.2.8-W32-R0 > > I found that using these installers that Koha would actually install > (previous attempts with the latest versions of Perl, SQL etc failed). > > So, it installed fine, but when I type in "intranet" or "opac" it gives me > the dreaded 500 server error: "Premature end of script headers: > mainpage.pl > ". > > I know from my reading of this listserve, and from other websites, that > this is the most common error. I cannot find a consensus answer - or even > an answer that makes sense to me! > > Rob Weir's handy troubleshooting > guide<http://www.koha.rwjr.com/Koha_on_Windows.html#d0e755>suggests > that I post the error log "opac-error_log" or "intranet-error_log" > into a forum for assistance. A search of my computer reveals neither of > these files. I have to assume that something isn't running. I do have an > error log for Apache, but it seems to be ok. When I type in localhost, I > get the message "it works!", so I'd think Apache should be fine. I read > that error 500 is sometimes caused by a lack of permissions in ActivePerl, > but I have yet to find a way to fix this that makes even the remotest sense > to me. > > I've had a look at the "WinMySQL" program that is located in the Koha > folder of the start menu. When I right-click and select "start service", > the traffic light goes green for about a second and then goes red again. I > hope that's useful! > > Sorry to be a pain with the same old error that everyone strikes. But if > anyone could help me in the right direction that would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks for your time, > > > Stew Wilson > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- *Hugo Agud - Orex Digital * *www.orex.es* * * Director Avenida Sarriá 29 · 08029 Barcelona <http://twitter.com/OrexDigital> :<http://orexsl.blogspot.com>hugoaguda - Tel: 93 539 40 70 Fax: 93 539 33 30 [email protected] · http://www.orex.es/ No imprima este mensaje a no ser que sea necesario. Una tonelada de papel implica la tala de 15 árboles y el consumo de 250.000 litros de agua. Aviso de confidencialidad Este mensaje contiene información que puede ser CONFIDENCIAL y/o de USO RESTRINGIDO. Si usted no es el receptor deseado del mensaje (ni está autorizado a recibirlo por el remitente), no está autorizado a copiar, reenviar o divulgar el mensaje o su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, por favor, notifíquenoslo inmediatamente y bórrelo de su sistema. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
