Side Bar Menu
Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
They are hardware problems and the data center crew can't fix it.
I don't know if this is related to the problems above, but the left
side bar menu at the Wiki is back to default, at least for me. It is
showing:
* Main Page
* Community portal
* Current events
* Recent changes
* Random page
* Help
* Donations
Is it what you are getting? Or you see the customized one from:
http://fahwiki.net/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar
I suspected db corruption and reloaded the db from the backup. Then the
customized menu appears for some pages and is again replaced by the
custom one. I unchecked disable page cache in my preferences but it
makes no difference.
The only vaguely similar reference i found was:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Navigation_bar#Sidebar_Doesn.27t_Update_on_Main_Page
Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
Andrew Schofield
Andrew
Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
> Yeah, it appears broken. I can't get the custom menu to appear on any pages.
> Do you know when the custom menu disappeared? It must have been fairly
> recently as I'm pretty sure it was there when I was looking at some pages
> today.
I think it was still there after the last server crash. And I can make
it appear when I reload the db from the backup, but after a few pages
it is back to default. It is getting late here and my head is alredy
hot from the day. Tomorrow i will investigate it further.
Clodoaldo
Bas Couwenberg
changes I made Yesterday to the UserID and CPUID pages had vanished
too, but it appears you put those back by hand?
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Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
>
> It indeed appears that the DB gets rolled back or something. The
> changes I made Yesterday to the UserID and CPUID pages had vanished
> too, but it appears you put those back by hand?
I reloaded the db from the backup which was from the day before.
Before i did that i saved the current day changes in a text editor and
after the reload i did put they back.
Clodoaldo
Clodoaldo
>
> I don't know if this is related to the problems above, but the left
> side bar menu at the Wiki is back to default, at least for me. It is
> showing:
>
> * Main Page
> * Community portal
> * Current events
> * Recent changes
> * Random page
> * Help
> * Donations
It looks like it is fixed now. I will keep the db read only until
tomorrow just in case it it not.
Bas Couwenberg
Thanks,
Bas
Bas Couwenberg
> tomorrow just in case it it not.
Seeing that the DB is still read-only I assume that the problem is
still not resolved?
I've gotten a couple of blank pages every now and then when I get to
see if the site is back in full operation.
Is there any way I can help out?
Maybe run a mirror of the Wiki until the hardware is fixed?
Regards,
Bas
Clodoaldo
>
> On 11/16/06, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It looks like it is fixed now. I will keep the db read only until
> > tomorrow just in case it it not.
>
> Seeing that the DB is still read-only I assume that the problem is
> still not resolved?
Not resolved yet. I'm moving to a new provider, but it will take a few days.
> I've gotten a couple of blank pages every now and then when I get to
> see if the site is back in full operation.
>
> Is there any way I can help out?
>
> Maybe run a mirror of the Wiki until the hardware is fixed?
Do you have a permanent IP ? If so i can send you the db and site
backups and i would point the the DNS to your IP.
Clodoaldo
Bas Couwenberg
The server on which it runs is a Debian Stable. There is no mediawiki
package in Stable, only in Testing and Unstable, so I'll have to
install from source.
What software should be installed to run mediawiki?
I see that the Debian package in Unstable depends on apach2, I still
run Apache 1.3.33 on my server, and cannot upgrade to 2.x because this
would break several websites I run on it.
Just checked the versions used on your server, to match this
configuration I'd have to run it on the webserver on my workstation
which runs Debian Unstable. It has Apache 2.2.3 installed, and also
has PHP 5.2.0 and MySQL 5.0.26 available.
To reach this webserver I'll need to add a port to my NAT table to map
to the apache2 server and setup a default redirect on my normal
webserver.
This is unfortunately more work than I initially anticipated, but I'm
willing to set this up. The Wiki is an important resource which should
be available (which it is, although read-only).
Do you think it's worth to setup this mirror, or should we simple wait
a few more days until you have moved to the new provider?
Clodoaldo
>
> The server on which it runs is a Debian Stable. There is no mediawiki
> package in Stable, only in Testing and Unstable, so I'll have to
> install from source.
Not necessary. Just copy the site backup to a directory readable by
Apache. The directories and files permissions are important.
>
> What software should be installed to run mediawiki?
>
> I see that the Debian package in Unstable depends on apach2, I still
> run Apache 1.3.33 on my server, and cannot upgrade to 2.x because this
> would break several websites I run on it.
>
> Just checked the versions used on your server, to match this
> configuration I'd have to run it on the webserver on my workstation
> which runs Debian Unstable. It has Apache 2.2.3 installed, and also
> has PHP 5.2.0 and MySQL 5.0.26 available.
For mediawiki 1.7 it is necessary PHP 5.1. MySQL 4.0 is enough. I
don't know about the required Apache version. This is the virtual
server config, I don't see anything 2.x specific
<VirtualHost 65.23.153.13:80>
ServerName fahwiki.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/fahwiki.net
ErrorLog logs/fahwiki.net-error_log
CustomLog logs/fahwiki.net-access_log combined
Options FollowSymLinks
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 65.23.153.13:80>
ServerName www.fahwiki.net
RedirectMatch permanent /(.*)$ http://fahwiki.net/$1
</VirtualHost>
> To reach this webserver I'll need to add a port to my NAT table to map
> to the apache2 server and setup a default redirect on my normal
> webserver.
>
> This is unfortunately more work than I initially anticipated, but I'm
> willing to set this up. The Wiki is an important resource which should
> be available (which it is, although read-only).
>
> Do you think it's worth to setup this mirror, or should we simple wait
> a few more days until you have moved to the new provider?
My personal opinion is that it is not worth. But only you can evaluate
that. I will place the backups in a public directory in case you want
to try and will let you know where.
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Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
Bas Couwenberg
> >
> > The server on which it runs is a Debian Stable. There is no mediawiki
> > package in Stable, only in Testing and Unstable, so I'll have to
> > install from source.
>
> Not necessary. Just copy the site backup to a directory readable by
> Apache. The directories and files permissions are important.
Excellent, that make one less obstacle.
> >
> > What software should be installed to run mediawiki?
> >
> > I see that the Debian package in Unstable depends on apach2, I still
> > run Apache 1.3.33 on my server, and cannot upgrade to 2.x because this
> > would break several websites I run on it.
> >
> > Just checked the versions used on your server, to match this
> > configuration I'd have to run it on the webserver on my workstation
> > which runs Debian Unstable. It has Apache 2.2.3 installed, and also
> > has PHP 5.2.0 and MySQL 5.0.26 available.
>
> For mediawiki 1.7 it is necessary PHP 5.1. MySQL 4.0 is enough. I
> don't know about the required Apache version. This is the virtual
> server config, I don't see anything 2.x specific
The apache version is indeed not restricted to 2.x, according to:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation#Minimum_system_requirements
"As of version 1.7 PHP 5.x is required -- PHP 4.x is not supported
from this version onwards."
PHP 5.x is only available in Debian Unstable, or from backports.org to
get it in Stable.
So I can run it on my Stable webserver with the backport of PHP 5.
Since I won't have time to work on this until tomorrow evening, I
think I'll just wait a little longer until you've moved to the new
provider.
If that move takes more time due to unforeseen reasons I'll setup the
mirror anyway.
Regards,
Bas