[support] Installing php/mysql issues

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

That is NOT an option.   My "marching orders" was to get it working on 
our shared CentOS server.  It is not windows ... that is NOT an option.

I am PAINFULLY trying to go down the "main path" ...

I spent 10 hours yesterday trying to configre Apache/PHP with mysql 
support on that machine ....
I tried to do a virgin download of Apache 2.2.6 and PHP 5.2.5 ... I 
found out then that PHP 5.2.5 doesn't have MySQL support ....
I don't care what the reasons are provided I can get the documentation 
to tell me how to fix that issue ....
I was told to use the Apache/PHP CentOS packages ... and Anton provided 
the link which told me how to correctly how to set that up.
As a result CentOS installs Apache 2.0.43 ... and PHP 4.3.9 with mysql 
support ... so there ya go ....
After 10 hours I finally figured my environment was setup correctly .... 
that was the tough part ... and no fault of Drupal's ....

Now I have what I think is a "main path" environment ... and yes, I 
agree dropping in Drupal should be trivial ....
I did have some permissions issues which I fixed .... and I got the 
database installed ....
I even got rid of that damned white-screen of death ....................
Now I get to the page where I create the first account .... I create the 
first account ... and now I get to the page where it says Access Denied
and the first user can't login at all or even to the screen where I set 
that first password. 

I reported the errors I did because I thought that would have pointed to 
something stupid *I* did ....
but it seems when I try to create that first new user .... no new error 
messages are being generated ....
So .. now I am just doing research on the Drupal Forums .....

I'm sorry ..... but I have found this whole process to be challenging 
.... not just the Drupal Installation .............

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail at webthatworks.it>:
>
>   
>> I know it is pointless since you'd like to know if Drupal can run
>> smoothly on Resin in a Linux(?) env... but if by any chance you're
>> more familiar with Windows... try Drupal there.
>> You'd be confident that in your system there is nothing strange at
>> least... and if there is... it is your system and you know it.
>>
>>     
>
> I do quite a bit of development/test on WAMP (Windows Apache MySql 
> PHP).  And I agree with Ivan, Drupal is really painless to setup.
>
> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>
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