RE: [mv] Minivend is just not working....I've tried everything

[Ed LaFrance <newmedia@newmediaems.com>]

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At 07:08 AM 4/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from "Kevsurf" 
><kevsurf@mindspring.com>     ******
>
>I have no idea why it is trying to run in INET mode.  I have only setup 1
>catalog and I know for a fact that the setup of that catalog was UNIX.
>
>I have all permissions set correct, everything in the right place I think,
>and I still get the "Minivend server is unavailable" error.
>
>Someone has got to know what is going on with this.

Yes, I had all the same problems you have had so far.  The last thing I did 
was:

chmod u+s cgi-bin/mycatname

...then if finally worked.

- Ed L.

>Does anyone have a solution?
>
>Thanks,
>Kevin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
>[mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of
>jojo@buchonline.net
>Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:48 AM
>To: minivend-users@minivend.com
>Subject: RE: [mv] Minivend is just not working....I've tried everything
>
>
>******    message to minivend-users from jojo@buchonline.net     ******
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>On  6 Apr, Kevsurf wrote:
> > ******    message to minivend-users from "Kevsurf"
><kevsurf@mindspring.com>     ******
> >
> > Ryan,
> >
> > Trouble is I can't surf the catalog.  I get the Minivend is unavailable
> > error.....
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Kevin
> > ******    message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>
> > ******
> >
> >>******    message to minivend-users from "Kevsurf"
> >><kevsurf@mindspring.com>     ******
> >>
> >>Ok, I got Minivend installed correctly as root and I chowned all of the
> >>files associated with Minivend so that they are owned by the username
> >>minivend.
> >>
> >>I have done the following also:
> >>
> >>1. Made sure that /usr/local/minivend/etc/socket was chmoded to 666 after
> >>the server was started or restarted.
> >>
> >>2. Rebuilt the catalog running makecat fromt the username minivend.
> >>
> >>3. Checked that my vlink/tlink file in the cgi-bin is chmoded 4755.
> >>
> >>Here is the output of my error.log file:
> >>
> >>- - - [06/April/2000:18:24:48 -0400] - - STOP server (13377) on signal
>TERM
>[DEL]
>
> >>port 7786: bind: Address already in use at /usr/
>[DEL]
> >>local/minivend/lib/Vend/Server.pm line 976.
> >> >
> >>- - - [06/April/2000:18:24:55 -0400] - - Continuing in UNIX MODE ONLY
> >>"error.log" 46L, 3219C
> >>
> >>Any suggestions on how to correct all of this are greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Yup, I've run into that problem (address already in use) -- but at this
> > point I don't use INET mode for anything at all.  If UNIX mode is working,
> > you should be able to surf your catalog from a browser perfectly.
> >
> > The only workaround for an address already in use (that I know of) is to
> > reboot the box.  :-)
> >
>
>If i remembered right, there is a bug and M.H. will fixed it in the
>next version. There are a problem to use another port number, if there
>are more than one minivend server running in the same machine. If you
>start the minivend server with the command like
>
>bin/minivend -u
>
>or
>
>bin/minivend -u -r (restart)
>
>minivend server will start in UNIX MODE ONLY. Regarding "...server
>unavailable..", make sure you use the bin/makecat once more and make
>sure you choose the UNIX MODE. You canīt access minivend server with
>the tlink (for INET MODE), if minivend server is running in UNIX MODE.
>Maybe anywhere is a wrong permissions too?
>
>Hope, this helps a little bit!
>
>Regards,
>
>         Joachim
>
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