Tried it and it still does not work. Even told apache to listen to port 8080, no good. Still recieving "is of type application/octet-stream".
Thanks On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:35:22 +1100, Russ Bradford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sorry, just figured it out. > >http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe should get you started. > >-----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 >>>
