every time I enter the details of mysql and click save I get a balnk page and can do nothing. I have found that deleting the 2 files in zp-data I can get back into setup again only to get a blank page again. I am new to mysql so any help greatly received
Using V1.2.9 on www.streamline.net server, MySQL client version: 5.0.77 Protocol version: 10 phpMyAdmin - 2.11.9.5

Please check your server CGI logs. Blank pages are typically caused by script errors so we need to know what the error was.

If I were to speculate it would be that Setup is failing to write to the files in the folder or not able to read them once written.

The CGI Bin is empty and I can only fing 2 log files on the server 1st one its last entry was 11/2008 and the second i have copied the lst part sorry was not sure how much to send.
67.2010-03-13 17:11:52 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 200 0 0 239 917 500 0 0 239 917 50068.2010-03-13 17:11:59 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 200 0 0 239 698 437 0 0 239 698 43769.2010-03-13 17:12:13 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /index.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 - 200 0 0 175 625 43770.2010-03-13 17:17:16 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 - 200 0 0 8524 683 6437 0 0 8524 683 643771.2010-03-13 17:17:17 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/admin.css - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 565 23472.2010-03-13 17:17:17 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/js/jquery.js - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 569 23473.2010-03-13 17:17:19 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/js/zenphoto.js - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 571 314074.2010-03-13 17:17:20 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/fail.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 571 25075.2010-03-13 17:17:20 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/zen-logo.gif - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 576 25076.2010-03-13 17:17:20 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/pass.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 571 25077.2010-03-13 17:17:20 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/warn.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 572 25078.2010-03-13 17:18:05 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/setup.php chmod_permissions=0 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 200 0 0 11518 717 598479.2010-03-13 17:19:41 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php?chmod_permissions=0 200 0 0 239 937 193780.2010-03-13 17:19:51 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php?chmod_permissions=0 200 0 0 239 718 500 0 0 239 718 50081.2010-03-13 17:21:08 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php?chmod_permissions=0 200 0 0 239 718 484 0 0 239 718 48482.2010-03-13 17:21:41 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php?chmod_permissions=0 200 0 0 239 718 718 0 0 239 718 71883.2010-03-13 17:23:15 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php?chmod_permissions=0 200 0 0 239 718 114084.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 - 200 0 0 8524 683 6265 0 0 8524 683 626585.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/admin.css - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 565 10986.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/js/jquery.js - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 569 6287.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/js/zenphoto.js - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 571 7888.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/zen-logo.gif - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 576 23489.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/pass.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 571 23490.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/warn.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 213 572 23491.2010-03-13 17:25:21 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /zp-core/images/fail.png - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 304 0 0 212 571 23492.2010-03-13 17:27:34 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 200 0 0 239 925 515 0 0 239 925 51593.2010-03-13 17:27:41 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 POST /zp-core/setup.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.photos.martinpoole.co.uk/zp-core/setup.php 200 0 0 239 706 484 0 0 239 706 48494.#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.095.#Version: 1.096.#Date: 2010-03-13 17:59:3197.#Fields: date time s-sitename s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs-version cs(User-Agent) cs(Cookie) cs(Referer) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status sc-bytes cs-bytes time-taken 98.2010-03-13 17:59:31 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /index.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 - 200 0 0 175 625 56299.2010-03-13 18:00:38 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /index.php - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) setup_test_cookie=5088 http://www.zenphoto.org/support/topic.php?id=7111 200 0 0 175 676 578100.#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0101.#Version: 1.0102.#Date: 2010-03-13 18:40:51103.#Fields: date time s-sitename s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs-version cs(User-Agent) cs(Cookie) cs(Referer) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status sc-bytes cs-bytes time-taken 104.2010-03-13 18:40:50 W3SVC1851858780 10.216.12.13 GET /cgi-bin/test-sln.cgi - 80 - 86.112.63.126 HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+8.0;+Windows+NT+6.1;+WOW64;+Trident/4.0;+SLCC2;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727;+.NET+CLR+3.5.30729;+.NET+CLR+3.0.30729;+Media+Center+PC+6.0;+OfficeLiveConnector.1.4;+OfficeLivePatch.1.3) - - 404 0 2 1795 385 62105.

What I was refering to is the CGI error log. I do not know where it might be on your server. Perhaps not in the CGI bin folder.

I did not find any useful information in your above log.

I have just had a responce from my provider stating that they only have Logfiles, there is no CGI error log, can you think of anything else to get this working, I have installed wordpress yesterday in another directory and the mysql details were correct so it is not that and I still get a blank page after submitting the mysql details.

If we don't have the exact error, everything would just be guesswork. You should talk with your provider to find out how to get that error.

Thanks for your help, problem solved, my hosting was on a windows server, switched to Linux and all is well.
Thank you

I've just installed zenphoto 1.2.9 on a Windows server (with Apache 2.2.15, PHP 5.2.13, and MySQL 5.1.45). When I initially tried to use setup.php, a couple of warnings and some errors related to my MySQL configuration were displayed. Upon correcting the errors, setup.php gave produced only a blank page. No PHP errors were displayed or logged, although PHP should have been configured to do both.

One of the warnings had to do with Multi-Byte String (mbstring) extension, which was not installed (mbstring is not installed by default during PHP setup on Windows). I initially paid little attention to the warning, because 1) it was only a warning not an error, and 2) I didn't think that I was using a language that required multibyte strings.

When I repeated the zenphoto setup after changing my PHP configuration to include the mbstring extension, everything worked beautifully and I'm now very happily running zenphoto.

This information may help others who have encountered the "blank page" problem during setup.

I too am having problems getting a connection to the MySQL server in setup. I'm assuming the "MySQL Host" setting is looking for the server name, as leaving this set to the default "localhost" returns "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)" error. When I paste in the full server name provided by host which is in the format "domainname.hostingmysql.com" then press save, I get the blank page mentioned in the previous post.
As in the previous post, I am also getting a Multi-Byte (mbstring) warning in setup. I have no idea how to change my PHP configuration to include the mbstring extension as the previous member did to correct this problem. Could someone shed some light? Thanks.

1. Please see the 2nd post above.
2. Again, it's a warning and not necessary needed.

I just contacted my hosting company. It's not possible to access the CGI error logs. They also don't offer Linux servers, so it will have to stay on Windows (re, the post 4 above).

Just to clarify in the setup page. The "MySql Host" field should not be left to the default "localhost", but should be the path indicated by what my hosting control panel is calling "Server Name". Is this correct?

Any other suggestions as to how get past this 10061 error?

I am tempted to suggest to get another host.. Access to the error log of your server should be standard, on all shared host I know here (Germany) it is...

Yes, the MySQL host is the server name. Localhost does not work on too many hosts. Make sure that really all info is correct.

Note that we officially only support and test Apache servers. But since some users use IIS servers successfully hopefully someone will have an idea.

Your service provider should be able to tell you what the MySQL Host field should be set to. Only they will know for sure.