You don't need to worry about the files in /usr/local/etc - they're just example files, Thinking Sphinx generates Sphinx config files in your app's config directory.
What version of Thinking Sphinx are you using? The latest releases work with Sphinx 2.0.2, and it looks like your Sphinx installation is in a standard location (and thus in the PATH for your user). -- Pat On 17/12/2011, at 5:55 AM, Mark L. wrote: > ...also in /user/local/etc and there are the files sphinx.conf.dist > sphinx-min.conf.dist but the contents of both of these reference > mysql, and I am using postgres. > > On Dec 16, 9:22 am, "Mark L." <[email protected]> wrote: >> ...thanx for the response Pat...heres the output you requested... >> >> [jlocklear@jlocklear hls]$ which searchd >> /usr/local/bin/searchd >> [jlocklear@jlocklear hls]$ searchd >> Sphinx 2.0.2-beta (r3019) >> Copyright (c) 2001-2011, Andrew Aksyonoff >> Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Sphinx Technologies Inc (http:// >> sphinxsearch.com) >> >> FATAL: no readable config file (looked in /usr/local/etc/ >> sphinx.conf, ./sphinx.conf). >> >> On Dec 16, 2:32 am, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mark >> >>> config/sphinx.yml does not get created automatically - it's optional. How >>> did you install Sphinx? What's the output when you run `searchd` and `which >>> searchd` on the command line? >> >>> -- >>> Pat >> >>> On 16/12/2011, at 11:53 AM, Mark L. wrote: >> >>>> Should this be installed when you install the gem? I have an app I am >>>> trying to configure that is running rails 2.3.14, and have installed >>>> both sphinx and thinking sphinx and am trying to run 'rake >>>> db:migrate', and I get the error... >> >>>> [jlocklear@jlocklear hls]$ rake db:migrate >>>> Pure ruby mysql.rb driver used! >>>> Cannot find or read /home/jlocklear/railsApps/hls/config/newrelic.yml >> >>>> Sphinx cannot be found on your system. You may need to configure the >>>> following >>>> settings in your config/sphinx.yml file: >>>> * bin_path >>>> * searchd_binary_name >>>> * indexer_binary_name >> >>>> For more information, read the documentation: >>>> http://freelancing-god.github.com/ts/en/advanced_config.html >>>> == AddsomeIndexes: migrating >>>> ================================================= >>>> -- add_index(:cars, :workflow_state, {:name=>"index_workflow_state"}) >>>> rake aborted! >>>> An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled: >> >>>> PGError: ERROR: relation "cars" does not exist >>>> : CREATE INDEX "index_workflow_state" ON "cars" ("workflow_state") >> >>>> Tasks: TOP => db:migrate >>>> (See full trace by running task with --trace) >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Thinking Sphinx" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thinking Sphinx" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thinking Sphinx" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thinking-sphinx?hl=en.
