I will look into it. perhaps a typo in the book. I did not try lighttpd myself. Does this help?
http://web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/57 On Aug 25, 12:46 pm, Pivert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is for 4h30 that I'm trying to install web2py on my dedicated > ubuntu server 10.04, and I'm really pissed off. > > What I want : > Have my remote server installed with lighttpd & fastcgi to server a > fresh install of web2py on port 80, with web2py in /var/www/web2py. > > What I did : > I bought the pdf book, and starded there, but without luck : web2py is > working through fastcgi, but no color, like of there is no css > applied. I then started to test ALL examples found on google about > lighttpd config. ALL of them are buggy and immediately refused by > lighttpd at startup. Including the one in the web2py ebook. The > lighttpd.conf from ebook is refused because line 28 uses a = sign, > while it should probably be an =~. > > Current result : > Web2Py is working through lighttpd, but no css applied. Only > black&white, no background, ... > > My Questions : > - Please send us a basic lighttpd.conf that will successfully server > web2py through /tmp/fcgi.sock. > - Why does the eBook contins the line : > server.error-handler-404 = "/test.fcgi" > while /test.fcgi does not exists. > > Thanks.
