December 2010 - support - lists.drupal.org

Icons in menus
by Roger 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

How can I place small images or icons in menu items to enhance or replace text? Is there a module or perhaps a theme that does this from which I can get ideas? Thanks Roger

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Using Drupal to connect Drupal content and external content
by Patrick Mead 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

I would like to create a web interface that allows business analysts and developers to relate software development artifacts such as test cases, requirements, tickets, etc. The key requirement is that some of the content should reside in other systems: FitNesse for executable test cases, SVN for Word documents , Trac for tickets. etc. Only a small fraction would be uploaded or created in Drupal. The reason for the core requirement is that I want to maximize choice in tooling for requirements management, defect tracking, and test case management. This application provides traceability only. The UI would allow me to do the following. * Enter an external URL and have that entity represented as a "node" in Drupal. * Provide a view of external and internal content (uploaded or created in Drupal) and create associations between nodes. For example, a user should be able to graphically depict a link from a Java file in Subversion to a versioned wiki page, representing a use case, in another system. * Query on the relationships. If I were to write this software, then I might use relationship tables to provide "isDependentUpon" relationships between two URLs. Alternatively, I might generate RDF documents to capture that association. I know that I produce software with this capability, but I wanted to avoid reinventing the wheel. I've installed Drupal and read a significant amount of documentation, but I want to terminate this search if Drupal is not the right tool for this task. That being said, Drupal is very attractive for other purposes. I am new to Drupal, so I apologize if I've asked an obvious question. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you Patrick

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PHP memory_limit Problem
by Fred Jones 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

On a certain site I just migrated to a new server, if I run phpinfo() I see memory_limit is 200M global and local. If I browse to admin/reports/status/php then I see 90M local and 200M global. To run phpinfo(); I just made a file called phpinfo.php in the same directory as Drupal's index.php, so whatever php.ini files should (AFAIK) apply to both. Any idea why Drupal thinks there's only 90M local? Thanks.

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Drupal on laptop
by Roger 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Thank you to all who replied. The problem was a missing address in the Ubuntu /etc/apt/sources.list in the security section. I added the missing line then apt-get / synaptic had no problems. It found and installed php-mysql and drupal now works well and the update manager now finds it so no need for command line. Now to get a battery for the old laptop and I'm away. Thanks again Roger

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Passing current nid to block webform
by Idan Arbel 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Hello, I have a webform displayed on a node page as a block. This is a property listing site, so I have the property page, and in it there's a block with a contact us for more info form. I'd like to be able to pass the current node title to the webform as a hidden field. I'm not sure how to do this. There are tokens in the field value such as %get[q], but that returns an empty result when the node is used as a block. I would also perfer to the node title. Thanks Idan

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Drupal on Laptop
by Roger 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

>> Presario 2700 laptop >> Ubuntu uses apache2 >> >> Installing Drupal I get an error, 'Web server does not appear to support >> database types. check with hosting provider.' > I've just installed ubuntu 10.04 and drupal 6.19 on an old compaq > > sudo apt-get install php5-mysql > > > > Thanks did that. I get error: Failed to fetch htp"//security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/php5-mysql_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5_i386.deb Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

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Is mysql running19
by Roger 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

On 11/12/10 05:06, support-request(a)drupal.org wrote: >> You don't say how you installed MySql, but this message would appear to >> > indicate that MySql is not running. >> > >> > On my Ubuntu laptop, from a terminal I did: >> > >> > $ ps -ef | grep mysql >> > mysql 25011 1 1 07:21 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld >> > 1000 28598 28579 0 07:26 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mysql >> > >> > So, first off, is it running? >> > Odd. > Yep It's running. I've been creating other databases for use with python. ps -ef shows it running installed with apt-get Yes it is odd.

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Drupal on a laptop
by Roger 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

I've just installed ubuntu 10.04 and drupal 6.19 on an old compaq Presario 2700 laptop Ubuntu uses apache2 Installing Drupal I get an error, 'Web server does not appear to support database types. check with hosting provider.' I have mysql 5 installed and the database set up as is on my desktop. Why the message, what am I missing please? thanks Roger

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php5.2 versus php 5.3.2
by Roger 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

On 09/12/10 12:49, support-request(a)drupal.org wrote: >> Check you php version. >> > >> > From calendar project page on drupal.org: >> > *NOTE: I basically have no more time to support problems related to >> > outdated versions of PHP. If you want dates to work correctly you need >> > to use PHP 5.2 or higher. Expect this to become an absolute requirement >> > in the near future. It is already a requirement for the D7 version.* >> > Except that in this case, calendar needs*exactly* PHP 5.2, but not > higher. The above mentioned error you get if you try to use PHP 5.3... > > Jarry > Thank you Jarry. Seems like I cannot have use of the calendar functions on my test pc which has the latest Ubuntu upgrades and updates. I won't be degrading php, I'm not so familiar with the system to know how to do this with safety, I am extremely worried that if the tech updates our drupal server our site will probably fail due to this condition. ouch! Roger

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Re: [support] support Digest, Vol 96, Issue 14
by Roger 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Check you php version. > > From calendar project page on drupal.org: > *NOTE: I basically have no more time to support problems related to > outdated versions of PHP. If you want dates to work correctly you need > to use PHP 5.2 or higher. thanks, according synaptic [Ubuntu] I have php 5.3.2-1. Seems from other posts it may be too far updated? Thanks again Roger

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