[support] Any clues... ?q is now ?e

[J C]

Thank you let me check on your points.  This is Drupal 5.  It will be a
while before I get back to everyone.  --Jeff

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Earnie Boyd
<earnie at users.sourceforge.net>wrote:

> Quoting J C <jnc3105 at gmail.com>:
>
>  Curious to understand what might be intercepting the Drupal URL such that
>> it
>> will not accept the /admin or /user URL and instead complains that Page
>> not
>> found while within Drupal.  Also, that where I expect to see "?q" I
>> instead
>> see "?e"
>>
>>
> Don't know about the ?e unless some character translation in your browser
> client.  This Page not found error can happen for reasons beyond Drupal's
> control such as a malformed settings.php file or a contrib module.
>
> What version of Drupal?
>
>  I presume this is from a Drupal module for redirection.  Unfortunately I
>> am
>> helping a group reclaim their website that someone else built for them for
>> which they are not familiar with the modules in use and at this time and
>> the
>> old group is not around anymore.  In essence, they cannot access the Admin
>> page.  I was able to force the proper Admin pswd and Role priveleges for
>> them at the database level for their userid though.
>>
>>
> Firstly, clear the cache and sessions tables as well as the browser
> cookies.  You may want to even try with a different browser brand.
>
> Secondly, you might want to deactivate the optional contrib modules.  You
> may even need to Uninstall them.  Backup your DB first.  If deactivating a
> module resolves the issue then open an issue for the module at
> http://drupal.org/project/issues.  Else it is time for more debugging.
>
>  The specific scenario is:
>> 1) Go to a URL domain/edits  <= not sure what this is but it brings up the
>> Login Block in the center of the page
>> 2) See the Login Block in the middle of the page and enter your userid and
>> pswd and hit submit
>> 3) Be redirected to an error page
>>
>> Other scenario
>> 1) Use the domain/admin or domain/user/1
>> 2) Receive page not found while withing Drupal
>>
>> These scenarios are within Drupal's control throughout though.  Not sure
>> what is missing, thanks.
>>
>>
> If you need more help feel free to ask.
>
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