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[Slashcode-general] Section Menu / Index

[Jason H. <ja...@ne...>]

I finally got the section menu to work in pre-bender, but it's 
changed again in Bender?

The block sectionindex is not updated anymore.
Any hints would be appreciated.

Regards,
-jh

-- 
Jason Huckaby

Maine Vertical
Portland, ME

Re: [Slashcode-general] Installation Woes

[<al...@ya...>]

--- "Ian (the webguy)" <ia...@in...> wrote: > Hi;
> 
> I've been working with Bender and I'm having problems getting it to work
> right on my system.
> 
> I've got Perl 5.005_03 running with mod_perl 1.25, Apache 1.3.9.25, php
> 4.0.5, and mysql-3.23.38 on a RedHat 6.1 Boxen.
> 
> More explicity, the mod_perl fails when I 'make test' with the mod_perl
> telling me that it's still waiting for the web server to warm up...even
> though I can telnet into the port that it's working on and get a
> 403-Forbidden if I try to get a "GET /" on the web server...

I hit a similar problem too - and decided to ignore that particular test (I think I 
commented it out or removed it from the t directory). The system seemed
to work fine afterwards so it may in fact be the test which is at fault.

One suggestion is to make sure you don't have an httpd already running before
doing the test. ALso you'll need to run the test as root for it to work at all.



 
> Anyone on the list have a good place to start?  The man pages really don't
> help, and I can't find anyone with similar problems.  This is a fresh
> install of 6.1, and I've got it on a test boxen...

Why 6.1 and not 7.1?

PS Does anyone know if the PHP and mod_perl incompatibilities were sorted out?


 
Alex McLintock
http://news.DiverseBooks.com <--- SF and Computing Books slash site.



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Re: [Slashcode-general] Slashcode.com & Slashdot.com?

[Brian A. <br...@ta...>]

Jason Huckaby wrote:
> 
> Have not been able to access either for a day or so.
Long story, but the answer basically is that we
are working on it (its a router issue).
	-Brian

[Slashcode-general] Installation Woes

[Ian \(t. webguy\) <ia...@in...>]

Hi;

I've been working with Bender and I'm having problems getting it to work
right on my system.

I've got Perl 5.005_03 running with mod_perl 1.25, Apache 1.3.9.25, php
4.0.5, and mysql-3.23.38 on a RedHat 6.1 Boxen.

More explicity, the mod_perl fails when I 'make test' with the mod_perl
telling me that it's still waiting for the web server to warm up...even
though I can telnet into the port that it's working on and get a
403-Forbidden if I try to get a "GET /" on the web server...

Anyone on the list have a good place to start?  The man pages really don't
help, and I can't find anyone with similar problems.  This is a fresh
install of 6.1, and I've got it on a test boxen...

Help??
Ian
---
Ian W., CNA, CNE, LNA, LNB, EMT-B
Network Administrator, International Sports Agency, a Division of Remani
International.
Student Computer Guru, Ohio Northern University Communications Services

"I'm sorry, but comfortable is the last thing I want in my server room. I
want it unbearably cold, and noisy. I want items scattered dangerously
around the floor. I want random floor tiles to be missing. I want a very old
sandwich of undetermined origin sitting half-eaten in the corner. I want the
first thought of any person that enters my server room to be 'Dear $DEITY, I
must get out of this place IMMEDIATELY!'"--Mike Sphar on the
Alt.Sysadmin.Recovery Newsgroup

Re: [Slashcode-general] Slashcode.com & Slashdot.com?

[Paul H H. <pa...@25...>]

No soap here either

freshmeat.net, thinkgeek.com and osdn.com seem to be down too...

Paul Hartzler


> Have not been able to access either for a day or so.  
> 
> Anything serious?
> 
> -jh
> 
> -- 
> Jason Huckaby
> 
> Maine Vertical
> 62 Lawn Ave.
> Portland, ME 04103
> (207) 415-3142
> 
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[Slashcode-general] Slashcode.com & Slashdot.com?

[Jason H. <ja...@ne...>]

Have not been able to access either for a day or so.  

Anything serious?

-jh

-- 
Jason Huckaby

Maine Vertical
62 Lawn Ave.
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 415-3142

Re: [Slashcode-general] debugging daily headlines mail

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

al...@ya... (Alex McLintock) writes:

> I know that journals isn't installed properly - I can fix that,
> but I am confused as to what sends the daily email of headlines.
> 
> No one seems to be getting them, and I can't see any errors or
> evidence that they were sent at all.
> 
> Can anyone offer me some tips as to where to look for more
> information?
> 
> Useful Facts: The "here is your password" email is working
> correctly.

/usr/local/slash/sbin/dailyStuff sends the headline email,
specifically its mailingList() subroutine.  Check
/usr/local/slash/site/yoursitename/logs/slashd.log to make sure it
has the lines "It's Tomorrow: Run Slashd daily Voodoo".  If you
want, add some code to dailyStuff to log what it's doing (append log
lines to a file in /tmp, for example, every time it calls
sendEmail).

Don't forget to check your /var/log/mail* logs just in case :)
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 ja...@mc...

Re: [Slashcode-general] debugging daily headlines mail

[Nathan V. <na...@th...>]

You need to turn on the send_mail variable in the vars table (go to
Variables in the admin menu).  I think this is documented somewhere.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Alex McLintock wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> I have Bender installed on a RedHat Linux box (v7.1) and pretty tight IP Chains
> protection of the network.
>
> I know that journals isn't installed properly - I can fix that, but I am confused
> as to what sends the daily email of headlines.
>
> No one seems to be getting them, and I can't see any errors or evidence that they
> were sent at all.
>
> Can anyone offer me some tips as to where to look for more information?
>
> Useful Facts:
> The "here is your password" email is working correctly.
>
>
>
>
>
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[Slashcode-general] debugging daily headlines mail

[<al...@ya...>]

Hi folks, 

I have Bender installed on a RedHat Linux box (v7.1) and pretty tight IP Chains
protection of the network. 

I know that journals isn't installed properly - I can fix that, but I am confused
as to what sends the daily email of headlines. 

No one seems to be getting them, and I can't see any errors or evidence that they
were sent at all.

Can anyone offer me some tips as to where to look for more information?

Useful Facts:
The "here is your password" email is working correctly.





=====
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OpenWeb Analysts Ltd, http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ 
DR WHO COMPETITION: http://www.diversebooks.com/cgi-bin/caption/captions.cgi?date=200104
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Default message formatting

[Markus A. <mar...@ub...>]

yo...@ho... wrote:
> Anyone know why the default message formatting on my site is HTML instead of
> Plain Text, and how one might change it?

Find out how you (as a user) can change it, then change it manually in the DB
for the Anonymous User.

Markus.

[Slashcode-general] Default message formatting

[Micah Y. <yo...@ho...>]

Hi,

Anyone know why the default message formatting on my site is HTML instead of 
Plain Text, and how one might change it?

Thanks

[Slashcode-general] probs with install-slashsite

[Marcelo I. <mi...@hu...>]

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Re: [Slashcode-general] No Stories on the main page! help?

[Jay D. <ja...@na...>]

No, the current www.geekfrat.com website is still running 1.0.9, we have a
machine behind the firewall that we are building the new database, and site
on.

Index.shtml shows only 1 story.

And as for the updating stories, it shows that for _every_ story in the
Database.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie McCarthy" <ja...@mc...>
To: <sla...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Slashcode-general] No Stories on the main page! help?


> ja...@na... (Jay Daniel) writes:
>
> > First, only 1 story will show up on the main page at a time,
> > even though I have articles set to 30.
>
> Looks fine to me now.  Perhaps it's set wrong for the user you're
> viewing with -- check index.shtml and see if it's different from
> your index.pl, and/or log out, try from another machine, log in
> as someone else...
>
> Try restarting your webserver too :)
>
> > The second problem is that slashd will keep "updating" stories
> > each time it runs the five minute update: (example:)
> [...]
> > This gets repeated _every_ 5 minutes for some reason.
> >
> > Any clue whats wrong?
>
> Nothing's wrong, that's how it works.  slashd is updating hitparade
> and the .shtml files for active stories.  Note the timestamps on the
> log all within the same second;  it's not like this steals a lot of
> your resources (until you start getting 500 comments per story :)
> --
>  Jamie McCarthy
>  ja...@mc...
>
>
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Re: [Slashcode-general] No Stories on the main page! help?

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

ja...@na... (Jay Daniel) writes:

> First, only 1 story will show up on the main page at a time,
> even though I have articles set to 30.

Looks fine to me now.  Perhaps it's set wrong for the user you're
viewing with -- check index.shtml and see if it's different from
your index.pl, and/or log out, try from another machine, log in
as someone else...

Try restarting your webserver too :)

> The second problem is that slashd will keep "updating" stories
> each time it runs the five minute update: (example:)
[...]
> This gets repeated _every_ 5 minutes for some reason.
> 
> Any clue whats wrong?

Nothing's wrong, that's how it works.  slashd is updating hitparade
and the .shtml files for active stories.  Note the timestamps on the
log all within the same second;  it's not like this steals a lot of
your resources (until you start getting 500 comments per story :)
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 ja...@mc...

[Slashcode-general] No Stories on the main page! help?

[Jay D. <ja...@na...>]

We've just upgraded our site (www.geekfrat.com) from 1.0.9 to 2.0.0 and =
we're seeing some strange problems.

First, only 1 story will show up on the main page at a time, even though =
I have articles set to 30.

The second problem is that slashd will keep "updating" stories each time =
it runs the five minute update: (example:)

Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating D'oh! 'Simpsons' worm hits Macs =
01/06/11/1919201
Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating Transmeta revs up Crusoe =
01/06/14/0149240
Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating Netscape unveils 6.1 beta of =
browser 01/06/14/0155244
Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating Microsoft "incredibly sorry" =
about goofed fix 01/06/14/023230
Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating REVIEW of World War II Online =
01/06/16/0211239
Sun Jun 17 02:59:22 2001        Updating World War II Online launch Q&A =
01/06/16/0238217

This gets repeated _every_ 5 minutes for some reason.

Any clue whats wrong?

Re: [Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

cap...@sl... (Patrick Galbraith) writes:

> The one question in requiring perl 5.6 is "how many systems come
> preinstalled with perl 5.6?"

That I don't know.  Red Hat 7.1 comes with 5.6.0...

> I don't see any problem with requiring 5.6, I'm just curious as
> to how many people would then have to upgrade perl?

We're already requiring them to build apache and mod_perl from
scratch; perl itself is even easier.  5.6 is over a year old
(March 2000), well OK, 5.6.1 is only two months old.  But there
are no major backwards compatibility issues.
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 ja...@mc...

Re: [Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Patrick G. <cap...@sl...>]

The one question in requiring perl 5.6 is "how many systems come
preinstalled with perl 5.6?" 
I don't see any problem with requiring 5.6, I'm just curious as to how
many people would then have to upgrade perl?

Jamie McCarthy wrote:
> 
> ko...@mi... (Mike Boatright) writes:
> 
> > And even more to the point, I did a bad thing by installing
> > CPAN::Perl before I did any of this [...]
> >
> > I now have Perl 5.6.0 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/  and Perl
> > 5.6.1 installed in /usr/local/lib/perl5 (arch i586...).
> 
> This isn't the end of the world (see below for fix) but you're the
> second person I've seen recently who's done this.
> 
> Slash team, this isn't really our issue, but it's an issue that
> affects us.  I propose as a workaround, we change the INSTALL file
> to strongly recommend an upgrade to the latest version of perl, in
> step 2.  I know of no side-effects (bender and fry run fine with
> perl 5.6.1).
> 
> Mike, the short version of what happened is that there are some ugly
> glitches in the CPAN module installation process.  It would be nice
> if there were a way for a module to say "install version X on
> systems with perl version X1;  install version Y on systems with
> perl version Y1."  But with some modules, it doesn't work that way.
> You install the module, you get a free half-baked upgrade to the
> latest version of perl along with it.  It's dumb and it needs to be
> fixed but if you're not running 5.6.1 there's not much we can do
> about it.
> 
> "Half-baked" apparently means exactly what you (and the other person)
> describe:  one version of perl in /usr/*, another in /usr/local/*.
> Needless to say, this causes problems.
> 
> If perl 5.6.1 were installed before the user began the CPAN module
> installation process, this problem would not occur.
> 
> > Is there any way to get out of this short of formatting the
> > system and reinstalling RH7.0 (short of rebuilding the slash
> > rpm)???
> 
> Oh my yes -- nothing so drastic required!  Perl is pretty good about
> looking backward into previous versions for its modules.  So once
> you get fully up to 5.6.1, your installed 5.6.0 modules should still
> be present.
> 
> Personally, I always go behind the back of the package manager for
> installing perl.  It's happy because it thinks/knows a copy of perl
> is indeed installed.  I'm happy because I always get the latest
> version of perl and I watch it install with my own two eyes so I
> know right where it goes.
> 
> Here's what I'd do.  There may be quicker fixes but I'm a little
> paranoid about getting a clean installation:
> 
> 1)  Recompile a fresh perl 5.6.1 from scratch and install it over
>     the top of whatever you have.
> 
> This is quite simple.  As root:
> 
> cd /usr/local/src # or wherever
> GET 'http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz' > perl-5.6.1.tar.gz
> tar zxf perl-5.6.1.tar.gz
> cd perl-5.6.1
> ./Configure -des && make && make test && make install
> 
> If it asks you any questions (it shouldn't), hit return for default.
> 
> 2)  Reinstall modules.  "perl -MCPAN -e shell" for the CPAN shell,
> "r" to list out of date modules, and "install X" to install anything
> that looks out of date.  (Note that some modules may be misversioned
> and list as out of date when they're not -- DBD::ADO, DBI::Shell,
> and Template::Plugin::XML::DOM are prime culprits.)
> 
> Then install the big bundles, Bundle::CPAN and Bundle::LWP would be
> my suggestions, and then install Bundle::Slash.  Then do
> DBIx::Password again -- and be sure to read its README!
> 
> 3)  Remove /usr/local/slash/slash.sites, put install-slashsite back
> the way it was (whatever was before #!/usr/local/bin/perl), and
> re-run install-slashsite.
> 
> I haven't used the slash RPM so I'm not sure where in there it would
> go.  I imagine right before step 3 -- though from your description,
> my step 2 should almost be unnecessary...anyway, give that a try.
> --
>  Jamie McCarthy
>  ja...@mc...
> 
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Alessio B. <al...@se...>]

Jamie McCarthy:

> Mike, the short version of what happened is that there are some ugly
> glitches in the CPAN module installation process.

This doesn't happen if you have the latest CPAN module. In this case
you have just a warning, for example "Data::Dumper is available with
perl 5.6.1, I will install it if you use the command..." etc.

I suggest to do, first

install CPAN
reload cpan (or quit and restart shell)

then

install Bundle::Slash

BTW, If you use UNINST=1 as a parameter to 'make install', CPAN shell
will clean up older versions for you.

> I haven't used the slash RPM

Which doesn't exist, talking about release version and not pre.
 
-- 
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

ko...@mi... (Mike Boatright) writes:

> And even more to the point, I did a bad thing by installing
> CPAN::Perl before I did any of this [...]
> 
> I now have Perl 5.6.0 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/  and Perl
> 5.6.1 installed in /usr/local/lib/perl5 (arch i586...).

This isn't the end of the world (see below for fix) but you're the
second person I've seen recently who's done this.

Slash team, this isn't really our issue, but it's an issue that
affects us.  I propose as a workaround, we change the INSTALL file
to strongly recommend an upgrade to the latest version of perl, in
step 2.  I know of no side-effects (bender and fry run fine with
perl 5.6.1).

Mike, the short version of what happened is that there are some ugly
glitches in the CPAN module installation process.  It would be nice
if there were a way for a module to say "install version X on
systems with perl version X1;  install version Y on systems with
perl version Y1."  But with some modules, it doesn't work that way.
You install the module, you get a free half-baked upgrade to the
latest version of perl along with it.  It's dumb and it needs to be
fixed but if you're not running 5.6.1 there's not much we can do
about it.

"Half-baked" apparently means exactly what you (and the other person)
describe:  one version of perl in /usr/*, another in /usr/local/*.
Needless to say, this causes problems.

If perl 5.6.1 were installed before the user began the CPAN module
installation process, this problem would not occur.

> Is there any way to get out of this short of formatting the
> system and reinstalling RH7.0 (short of rebuilding the slash
> rpm)???

Oh my yes -- nothing so drastic required!  Perl is pretty good about
looking backward into previous versions for its modules.  So once
you get fully up to 5.6.1, your installed 5.6.0 modules should still
be present.

Personally, I always go behind the back of the package manager for
installing perl.  It's happy because it thinks/knows a copy of perl
is indeed installed.  I'm happy because I always get the latest
version of perl and I watch it install with my own two eyes so I
know right where it goes.

Here's what I'd do.  There may be quicker fixes but I'm a little
paranoid about getting a clean installation:



1)  Recompile a fresh perl 5.6.1 from scratch and install it over
    the top of whatever you have.

This is quite simple.  As root:

cd /usr/local/src # or wherever
GET 'http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/stable.tar.gz' > perl-5.6.1.tar.gz
tar zxf perl-5.6.1.tar.gz
cd perl-5.6.1
./Configure -des && make && make test && make install

If it asks you any questions (it shouldn't), hit return for default.

2)  Reinstall modules.  "perl -MCPAN -e shell" for the CPAN shell,
"r" to list out of date modules, and "install X" to install anything
that looks out of date.  (Note that some modules may be misversioned
and list as out of date when they're not -- DBD::ADO, DBI::Shell,
and Template::Plugin::XML::DOM are prime culprits.)

Then install the big bundles, Bundle::CPAN and Bundle::LWP would be
my suggestions, and then install Bundle::Slash.  Then do
DBIx::Password again -- and be sure to read its README!

3)  Remove /usr/local/slash/slash.sites, put install-slashsite back
the way it was (whatever was before #!/usr/local/bin/perl), and
re-run install-slashsite.



I haven't used the slash RPM so I'm not sure where in there it would
go.  I imagine right before step 3 -- though from your description,
my step 2 should almost be unnecessary...anyway, give that a try.
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 ja...@mc...

[Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Mike B. <ko...@mi...>]

Attempting to install Slash 2.0.0 via RPM

1) Downloaded slash rpm
2) Got MySQL running; created virtual user slash@localhost
3) Got Apache/mod_perl running (I think)
4) Ran CPAN and installed Bundle::Slash and DBIx::Password

Actually, also had to CPAN install mysql before DBIx::Password.

And even more to the point, I did a bad thing by installing CPAN::Perl
before I did any of this (and told it my architecture was i586...).

I now have Perl 5.6.0 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/  and Perl 5.6.1 installed
in /usr/local/lib/perl5 (arch i586...).

Uh oh.

So the install Bundle::Slash and install DBIx::Password went into the 5.6.1
libraries in /usr/local/lib/perl5.

/usr/local/slash/bin> ./install-slashsite slash@localhost gives following
errors:

Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at ./install-slashsite line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./install-slashsite line 18.

Ah, so brilliant guy that I am, I change the first line of install-slashsite
to:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

Ooops, all the Perl modules for Slashcode were installed by the RPM into
5.6.0.  Tried to erase the package and reinstall, goes back into the 5.6.0
directories (even though "which perl" shows /usr/local/bin/perl so @INC
should have pointed to the 5.6.1 libraries, right?

Is there any way to get out of this short of formatting the system and
reinstalling RH7.0 (short of rebuilding the slash rpm)???  If so, how?

Mike Boatright
BBC Technology, Digital Media Solutions

[Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Mike B. <ko...@mi...>]

Attempting to install Slash 2.0.0 via RPM

1) Downloaded slash rpm
2) Got MySQL running; created virtual user slash@localhost
3) Got Apache/mod_perl running (I think)
4) Ran CPAN and installed Bundle::Slash and DBIx::Password

Actually, also had to CPAN install mysql before DBIx::Password.

And even more to the point, I did a bad thing by installing CPAN::Perl
before I did any of this (and told it my architecture was i586...).

I now have Perl 5.6.0 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/  and Perl 5.6.1 installed
in /usr/local/lib/perl5 (arch i586...).

Uh oh.

So the install Bundle::Slash and install DBIx::Password went into the 5.6.1
libraries in /usr/local/lib/perl5.

/usr/local/slash/bin> ./install-slashsite slash@localhost gives following
errors:

Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at ./install-slashsite line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./install-slashsite line 18.

Ah, so brilliant guy that I am, I change the first line of install-slashsite
to:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

Ooops, all the Perl modules for Slashcode were installed by the RPM into
5.6.0.  Tried to erase the package and reinstall, goes back into the 5.6.0
directories (even though "which perl" shows /usr/local/bin/perl so @INC
should have pointed to the 5.6.1 libraries, right?

Is there any way to get out of this short of formatting the system and
reinstalling RH7.0 (short of rebuilding the slash rpm)???  If so, how?

Mike Boatright
BBC Technology, Digital Media Solutions

[Slashcode-general] Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC

[Mike B. <ko...@mi...>]

Attempting to install Slash 2.0.0 via RPM

1) Downloaded slash rpm
2) Got MySQL running; created virtual user slash@localhost
3) Got Apache/mod_perl running (I think)
4) Ran CPAN and installed Bundle::Slash and DBIx::Password

Actually, also had to CPAN install mysql before DBIx::Password.

And even more to the point, I did a bad thing by installing CPAN::Perl
before I did any of this (and told it my architecture was i586...).

I now have Perl 5.6.0 installed in /usr/lib/perl5/  and Perl 5.6.1 installed
in /usr/local/lib/perl5 (arch i586...).

Uh oh.

So the install Bundle::Slash and install DBIx::Password went into the 5.6.1
libraries in /usr/local/lib/perl5.

/usr/local/slash/bin> ./install-slashsite slash@localhost gives following
errors:

Can't locate DBIx/Password.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Slash/DB.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at ./install-slashsite line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./install-slashsite line 18.

Ah, so brilliant guy that I am, I change the first line of install-slashsite
to:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

Ooops, all the Perl modules for Slashcode were installed by the RPM into
5.6.0.  Tried to erase the package and reinstall, goes back into the 5.6.0
directories (even though "which perl" shows /usr/local/bin/perl so @INC
should have pointed to the 5.6.1 libraries, right?

Is there any way to get out of this short of formatting the system and
reinstalling RH7.0 (short of rebuilding the slash rpm)???  If so, how?

Mike Boatright
BBC Technology, Digital Media Solutions

Re: [Slashcode-general] Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0 (fwd)

[<tra...@hu...>]

Yeah...I figured that part out :)

Someone was kind enough to point out a thread on Slashcode (http://slashcode.com/comments.pl?sid=01/03/31/2236215&cid=2) 
that outlines what he had to do to get it working.  I replaced the newmotd 
sub with the following code:

	my $fortune = `/usr/games/fortune -s`; 

	my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:MYSLASHDBNAME','MYSLASHUSERNAME'); 
	$fortune = $dbh->quote($fortune); 
	my $SQL = "UPDATE templates SET template=$fortune WHERE name='motd'"; 
	$dbh->do($SQL); 
	$dbh->disconnect;

And added 'use DBI;' to the begining of the script with all the other 'use' 
statements.  Works like a charm now.

At Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:45:22 -0800 (AKDT), Nathan Vonnahme <na...@th...> 
wrote:

>
>
>Changes in the vars don't show up until you stop/restart apache.  You'll
>have much better luck using a block or a template.  Probably a template,
>then you include it like
>
>[% INCLUDE motd %]
>
>-n
>
>
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 tra...@hu... wrote:
>
>> So, can anyone provide any insight on this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:47:31 -0500 (EDT)
>> Subject: Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0
>> From: tra...@hu...
>> Reply-to: tra...@hu...
>> To: sla...@li...
>>
>> As everyone probably knows, Slash 2.0.0 just has "Bite my shiny metal 
>ass!
>> -- Bender" hardcoded for the MOTD template.  After seeing this and 
>reading
>> the comments in that particular template, I'm assuming that for whatever
>> reason, the Fortune/MOTD function is not operational upon the initial 
>install.
>>
>> Question is, what is the proper way to get this function working?
>>
>> I've messed around with setting it up as a Block as the comments hint 
>at,
>>  but can't figure out how to get that displayed in the index page 
>when not
>> logged in as an Admin.
>>
>> So, I tried setting it up as a variable (motd) and had Slashd update 
>that
>> field in the 'vars' table with the following code:
>>
>>         sub newmotd {
>>                 return unless -x '/usr/games/fortune';
>>                 chomp(my $t = `/usr/games/fortune -s`);
>>                 $slashdb->setVar('motd', $t);
>>         }
>>
>> I've edited the footer templates to:
>>
>>         [% constants.motd %]
>>
>> instead of
>>
>>         [% INCLUDE motd %]
>>
>> since it should be getting the text from the var motd instead of the 
>template.
>>
>> The field in the 'vars' table gets updated just fine when Slashd runs 
>the
>> code, but the index page doesn't get updated unless I stop and restart 
>Slash
>> AND Apache.
>>
>> Another question I suppose is is this a good way of doing it?  Or 
>is there
>> a better way?
>>
>> Any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
>
>
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0 (fwd)

[Nathan V. <na...@th...>]

Changes in the vars don't show up until you stop/restart apache.  You'll
have much better luck using a block or a template.  Probably a template,
then you include it like

[% INCLUDE motd %]

-n


On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 tra...@hu... wrote:

> So, can anyone provide any insight on this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:47:31 -0500 (EDT)
> Subject: Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0
> From: tra...@hu...
> Reply-to: tra...@hu...
> To: sla...@li...
>
> As everyone probably knows, Slash 2.0.0 just has "Bite my shiny metal ass!
> -- Bender" hardcoded for the MOTD template.  After seeing this and reading
> the comments in that particular template, I'm assuming that for whatever
> reason, the Fortune/MOTD function is not operational upon the initial install.
>
> Question is, what is the proper way to get this function working?
>
> I've messed around with setting it up as a Block as the comments hint at,
>  but can't figure out how to get that displayed in the index page when not
> logged in as an Admin.
>
> So, I tried setting it up as a variable (motd) and had Slashd update that
> field in the 'vars' table with the following code:
>
>         sub newmotd {
>                 return unless -x '/usr/games/fortune';
>                 chomp(my $t = `/usr/games/fortune -s`);
>                 $slashdb->setVar('motd', $t);
>         }
>
> I've edited the footer templates to:
>
>         [% constants.motd %]
>
> instead of
>
>         [% INCLUDE motd %]
>
> since it should be getting the text from the var motd instead of the template.
>
> The field in the 'vars' table gets updated just fine when Slashd runs the
> code, but the index page doesn't get updated unless I stop and restart Slash
> AND Apache.
>
> Another question I suppose is is this a good way of doing it?  Or is there
> a better way?
>
> Any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com

[Slashcode-general] Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0 (fwd)

[<tra...@hu...>]

So, can anyone provide any insight on this?

Thanks!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:47:31 -0500 (EDT)
Subject: Fortune/MOTD Slash 2.0.0
From: tra...@hu...
Reply-to: tra...@hu...
To: sla...@li...

As everyone probably knows, Slash 2.0.0 just has "Bite my shiny metal ass! 
-- Bender" hardcoded for the MOTD template.  After seeing this and reading 
the comments in that particular template, I'm assuming that for whatever 
reason, the Fortune/MOTD function is not operational upon the initial install.

Question is, what is the proper way to get this function working?

I've messed around with setting it up as a Block as the comments hint at,
 but can't figure out how to get that displayed in the index page when not 
logged in as an Admin.

So, I tried setting it up as a variable (motd) and had Slashd update that 
field in the 'vars' table with the following code:

        sub newmotd {
                return unless -x '/usr/games/fortune';
                chomp(my $t = `/usr/games/fortune -s`);
                $slashdb->setVar('motd', $t);
        }

I've edited the footer templates to:

        [% constants.motd %]

instead of

        [% INCLUDE motd %]

since it should be getting the text from the var motd instead of the template.

The field in the 'vars' table gets updated just fine when Slashd runs the 
code, but the index page doesn't get updated unless I stop and restart Slash 
AND Apache.

Another question I suppose is is this a good way of doing it?  Or is there 
a better way?

Any words of wisdom will be appreciated.

Thanks.

Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com