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MikeWQ Member
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I just downloaded the newest version and I tried to make an installation.
It askwd for info about database and after that I pressed go or what did say..
The result is a blank screen with no going back.
how do I re-run the installation or anything at all?

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  • MikeWQ Member
    I could add to this that no error logs to be found.
    And that I tried to change the directory but did not help
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    If there is a blank screen that could mean a lot of things. Wrong file/folder permissions or a PHP fatal error. You should always review your server error log (ask your host where to find it) if that happens.

    I suspect wrong permissions as it happend after the MySQL entering. Please review the config file in ``<path to your install>/zp-data/zenphoto.cfg.php`. Enter the MySQL credentials manually and re-run setup by accessing`<path to your install>/zp-core/setup/`
  • MikeWQ Member
    I installed all files again and started over from the beginning.
    it worked. I choose MySqlLi instead of MySQL

    But the gallery is very slow. Something is not quite right.
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    You need to understand that Zenphoto renders the sized images and thumbs on the fly on the first visit to cache them:
    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/caching
    http://www.zenphoto.org/news/problems-with-albums-and-images
  • mrskhris Member
    I have the same problem. Tried making installation; server core-dumps after I enter db access data. Here is a line from apache log:

    [Mon Sep 29 21:52:51.849278 2014] [core:notice] [pid 3026] AH00051: child pid 5992 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /etc/apache2

    At the same time older (but updated to the same version) installation works fine. The problem seems to be in setup scripts somewhere. I did some digging, and it all leads to
    zp-core/setup/index.php, line 325:

    require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/admin-functions.php');

    admin_functions.php, in turn, try to include functions.php:

    Line 8:
    require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/functions.php');

    and that's where it halts. Script cannot get past this line in zp-core/functions.php:

    Line 10:
    global $_zp_current_context_stack, $_zp_HTML_cache;

    Just my two cents.

    My current configuration:
    Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.5.9-1ubuntu4.4 mod_perl/2.0.8
  • mrskhris Member
    On additional note, it seems zenphoto is not to blame :)
    I've upgraded apache and php to latest version from ppa:ondrej/php5 and ppa:ondrej/apache2 repositories, and now setup works! My apologies for ever blaming zenphoto :)
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    All right :-) Which php/apache versiosn were it before the upgrade? It should work fron PHP 5.2+ although bascially all testing is done on 5.4 primarily.
  • mrskhris Member
    Like I said in first post:

    My current configuration: (non-updated)
    Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.5.9-1ubuntu4.4 mod_perl/2.0.8

    And now it is
    Apache/2.4.10 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.5.17-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1

    (upd: sorry, wrong PHP version, it's correct now)
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Ah, sorry, didn't re-read the previous posts… Interesting, my local server (MAMP) I do most testing is actually 5.5.9 for some time (and not 5.4 changed a while ago) as well without any problems.
  • laz Member
    i am sorry if i have missed something, but i am getting this same issue, and i cannot resolve it.

    i am trying to install zenphoto 1.4.9 on linux mint. i have upgraded php and apache to the most recent versions (in the mint repos), and i still get the "no data received" error as soon as i enter my database information. the apache error log shows a segfault:

    [Wed Aug 26 09:03:59.771206 2015] [core:notice] [pid 24662] AH00052: child pid 25116 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)

    i have successfully installed zenphoto several times before, but this is the first time on this configuration.

    any ideas?

    php: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11

    apache: 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.5
  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    Sorry, no real idea. Never seen this myself. Sources on the net recommend to increas the output buffer on the server.
  • fretzl Administrator, Developer
    For sure a server configuration issue.
    Best try the Ubuntu and/or Linux Mint forums.
  • questionmark Member
    I experienced exactly the same problem: the very same segmentation fault described earlier by mrskhris...

    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
    apache2: 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.6
    php5: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12
    libapache2-mod-php5: 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12

    Restarting the Apache server (sudo service apache2 restart) helps for a while, but after a few Zenphoto page calls the error re-occurs and Apache2 has to be restarted yet again. Of course this is no solution, but at least this workaround will at least get your through the setup routine. ;)

    No idea where this is coming from. There's some weird interplay between Apache, PHP and Zenphoto... note that I have never experienced such a problem with any other PHP framework on this very server.
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