[Slashcode-general] Please help me with this install problem.

[Bill W. <bil...@gm...>]

Hello.  I am trying to install slash and have worked through a few problems
but I am currently stuck.  I see no errors in /var/log or anything else that
might give me a clue what the problem is.  I've read most of the resources I
can find...

I added slashd.conf to the end of httpd.conf.  As it is the default apache
page comes up.  If anyone has any pointers to web references that relate to
this specific problem ?  I am running the right apache that was compiled
with modperl etc.  I don'tget any visible errors.  I just want a working
version of slash that I can play around with.. :(  I don't want to start
hacking things and deal with broken things later.. I assume there is some
trivial step I am missing out on.

Here is some output I get which might help diagnose what step needs to be
done.  Thanks in advance for any input.

 perl -MSlash::Test=slash -le 'print Dumper $slashdb'

STDERR -
Error:Slash::Test:/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Test.pm:171:determineCurrentSkin
called but no skin found (even default)
Which was called by:Slash::Test:/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Test.pm:122

STDOUT -
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 '_dbh' => bless( {}, 'DBIx::Password' ),
                 '_dbh_prepare_method' => 'prepare_cached',
                 '_querylog' => {
                                  'db' => undef,
                                  'enabled' => undef,
                                  'next_check_time' => 1194162158,
                                  'qlid' => 0
                                },
                 '_skins_cache' => {},
                 '_skins_cache_time' => 1194162150,
                 'db_driver' => 'mysql',
                 'virtual_user' => 'slash'
               }, 'Slash::DB::Static::MySQL' );

This is what happens when i try to start the slash daemon.  Pretty
worthless, except perhaps the last line...

 /etc/init.d/slash start
Starting slashd slash: ok PID = 2838
debian:/usr/local/slash# No directory, logging in with HOME=/
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/DB/MySQL.pm line 7966.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/DB/MySQL.pm line 7969.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/DB/MySQL.pm line 7978.
Use of uninitialized value in scalar assignment at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 2726.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 2035.
Use of uninitialized value in hash element at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 2038.
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 1622.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric ge (>=) at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 1675.
Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/Utility/Environment.pm line 1690.
Error:main:/usr/local/slash/sbin/slashd:76:determineCurrentSkin called but
no skin found (even default)
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/Slash/DB/MySQL.pm line 10100.
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/File/Spec/Unix.pm line 81.
Use of uninitialized value in -d at /usr/share/perl/5.8/File/Path.pm line
159.
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /usr/share/perl/5.8/File/Path.pm line
160