[support] Drupal 6.16 not working

[Earnie Boyd]

Roger wrote:
> On 22 April 2010 13:40, Roger<arelem at bigpond.com>  wrote:
>>> Following the instructions for upgrade to 6.16 drupal now will not start.
>>> 127.0.0.1/dir1/upgrade.php produces a blank ...
>> Shouldn't that be update.php? Note: 'update' rather than 'upgrade'
>> ----------=================--------
>>
> Thanks
>
> Yup shoulda been update.php
>
> checked out
>
> http://drupal.org/node/732096   seems to refer to php 4
>
> I am running latest updates on Fedora 11,
>    php5.2 is installed and upgraded 2 weeks ago apache upgraded 3 weeks ago.
>
> Funny thing is I had 6.15 working for months but even after a fresh
> install of Drupal 6.16 it won't read Drupal in  /var/www/html/mydir or
> in /var/www/html.
>
> If I change  httpd.conf DocumentRoot to"/var/www/html/mydir when drupal
> is installed in "mydir" drupal starts.
>
> I've checked for overlaps or faults in/between httpd.conf and .htaccess,
> nothing apparent in either.
>
> If I set DocumentRoot back to /var/www/html then a separate drupal 6.15
> installation for a trial web system starts in its own directory.
>

I've had that issue.  It was due to the way I had configured the virtual 
domains.  Check your NameVirtualHost and VirtualHost settings.  Make 
sure they match but I forget if that is what caused the issue.

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