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#1 2008-03-07 23:03:34

zugu
New Member
Registered: 2008-03-07
Posts: 2

Can't get past "populating database" screen

Hi,

I’m trying to get TXP installed on a free host with fsockopen() disabled. During the installation process I get the following errors:

http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newbitmapimagexo4.jpg (screenshot).

Here’s line 520 in /textpattern/lib/IXRClass.php:

$fp = (is_callable(‘fsockopen’)) ? fsockopen($this->server, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, 45) : false;

What can I do next? Is it possible to have the blog working without fsockopen() enabled? What would I miss in this case?

Cheers.

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#2 2008-03-08 02:20:16

Mary
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Registered: 2004-06-27
Posts: 6,236

Re: Can't get past "populating database" screen

By this point in the setup, everything has been added to the database except for language strings. So, you should be able to login to /textpattern just fine. All you’ll need to do is manually download your lang file, upload it to the “lang” directory, and install it from the Language Preferences page.

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#3 2008-03-08 07:53:36

zugu
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Registered: 2008-03-07
Posts: 2

Re: Can't get past "populating database" screen

Thanks.

But how does the lack of fsockopen() affect me?

Last edited by zugu (2008-03-08 07:57:12)

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#4 2008-03-08 11:24:36

ruud
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Registered: 2006-06-04
Posts: 5,068
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Re: Can't get past "populating database" screen

No. TXP doesn’t need that function.

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#5 2008-03-09 03:20:57

Mary
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Registered: 2004-06-27
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Re: Can't get past "populating database" screen

It simply means you won’t be able to make use of any features that rely upon XML-RPC, so that would be: remote posting, language updates from the server (you can do it manually with the file) and the button in the admin prefs that let’s you check for Txp updates.

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