I had the same problem. It had something to do with running Apache and having IIS as well. From memory you need to direct your browser to access port 8080. Unfortunately I have forgotten how to do this - anyone else?
Cheers, Russ. -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave McCormick Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2006 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Installation problem I have the complete tree /gis/cgi-bin/mapserv chown'ed by apache and mapserv is chmond +x. Yes, I have another script "test.cgi" in the same dir and it works fine. A stupid question, if "mapserv" is a cgi, why does it show as an executable??? I normally program "pic chips". Thank you. On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:51:44 -0800, Brent Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >hi, >i would check that the mapserv is chown'ed by you:apache and >chmod +x it > >also check your apache conf file to make sure that ScriptAlias points >to the cgi-bin. > >your result seems like apache isn't recognizing mapserv as a cgi >script. do you have any other scripts in that directory? do they work? > >-brent > >On Mar 13, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Doyon, Jean-Francois wrote: > >> "mapserv" is the CGI, therefore the PHP configuration has no bearing >> on it. >> >> Look in apache's "error_log" to see if anything shows up when you >> make a request to the CGI? >> >> Normally, you should see the same message in your browser that you >> would see from the command line (i.e. "QUERY_STRING not set ..."). >> >> Since you don't presumably some error occurs, and hopefully it shows >> up in apache's error log file. >> >> J.F. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave McCormick >> Sent: March 13, 2006 11:14 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Installation problem >> >> Hi, >> >> I am using Mandrake 10, Apache 2.2 , PHP 4.4.2. Following the >> instructions from here >> http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/compiling_on_unix and here >> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/verboselinuxinstall. >> >> When I get to the end and test "./mapserv" the correct message >> returns. >> >> When I test on a browser "http://yourhostname.com/cgi-bin/mapserv"; >> I recieve >> "download program as file?". >> >> I imagine the proplem is in my php setup, but after four times of >> setting things up (reinstall apache, php, etc, I still have the same >> problem. >> >> Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong. >> >> Thanh you, >> Dave >>
