• Registered: 2005-07-02
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Topic: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

All,

I just moved web hosts, and when I try to run the copy of PunBB that worked on the previous web host, I get the following error:

============start of error text===============

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

============end of error text================

The new web host has PHP 5 and SqLite.

Where do I look for this misconfiguration? There's nothing obvious that I can see in PunBB. The paths are different, but I don't see a place for those in PunBB.

Any hints would be appreciated.

Thanks,

- Henrik

2 Reply by yemgi

  • yemgi
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Re: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

check that config.php and o_base_url in the config table have the correct value then delete the files in the cache folder

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  • Smartys
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Re: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

Check your error_log and see what the error is.

  • Registered: 2005-07-02
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Re: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

Thanks yemge and Smartys. I can't find the error file, have sent a message to the web host to get location.

There's nothing remarkable in the config file (I've x'd out the password and cookie seed):

================== start of config.php ==============

<?php

$db_type = 'sqlite';
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_name = 'punbbforum';
$db_username = 'dufferinpark';
$db_password = 'xxx';
$db_prefix = 'general';
$p_connect = false;

$cookie_name = 'punbb_cookie';
$cookie_domain = '';
$cookie_path = '/';
$cookie_secure = 0;
$cookie_seed = 'xxx';

define('PUN', 1);

================= end of config.php ================

the o_base_url (found through text edit of sqlite database - is there a tool for this?) is http://dufferinpark.ca/forum which is correct

I've deleted cache files (and a bunch of files in /forum directory called core.nnnn ?)

I'll see what the error file says when I find it.

- Henrik

  • Smartys
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Re: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

Yeah, the error_log is what you need to look at. The error you're getting is a generic one from the webserver and as it says: "More information about this error may be available in the server error log." smile

6 Reply by Henrik Bechmann (edited by Henrik Bechmann 2008-04-05 21:02)

  • Registered: 2005-07-02
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Re: Just moved web hosts, now encountering problem, can't run copy

It turns out that the SQLite database format was corrupted copying from Linux to Window to Linux using FileZilla auto format. When I transferred the database as binary, all is good now.

The clue was when I tried running the database (punBB) in my local windows xampp LAMP installation, which reported a sensible error (complained of file format). That gave me the clue.

Thanks for your time and suggestions.

All the best,

- Henrik