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Re: [mv] Server running, reconfig works, but all web access attempts result in "Internal Server Error"
****** message to minivend-users from Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> ******
Tim,
Have you verified that your permissions are correct for your
"simple.cgi" script? Good Luck.
-mark
Tim Murphy wrote:
>
> ****** message to minivend-users from Tim Murphy <goombah@netcom.ca> ******
>
> Arrrghh.
> I'm trying to figure out this seriously confusing problem. I'm setting
> up a site on futurequest.net right now, (they run Apache 1.3.9) and the
> install of Minivend 3.14-5 goes flawlessly (all the tests are OK). The
> server starts fine, I can do a reconfig from the simple catalog
> subdirectory, the error.log file in the main mvend directory has an
> entry showing the successful reconfig, all the signs of a working setup.
> I have re-installed Minivend 5 times just to be certain the info
> required during the configuration is ABSOLUTELY correct, and also to
> take into account any possible screwups on my part in a given install.
> I understand the dreaded "Internal Server..." is a mostly useless error,
> but unfortunately the cgi logs and mvend logs don't shed any additional
> light. And, NO error.log file gets created in the catalogs/simple
> subdirectory. I'm wondering if that is a symptom of the problem.
> Anyway, here is the cgi log:
>
> %% [Sun Mar 12 22:48:56 2000] GET /cgi-bin/simple HTTP/1.0
> %% 500 /big/dom/xthemagicalblend/cgi-bin/simple
> %request
> Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/png,
> */*
> Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1,*,utf-8
> Accept-Encoding: gzip
> Accept-Language: en
> Connection: Keep-Alive
> Host: xthemagicalblend.futurequest.net
> Pragma: no-cache
> User-Agent: Mozilla/4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-15mdk i586)
> %response
>
> That's it, no other info.
>
> The mvend error.log contains:
>
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:07:25 -0500] - - MiniVend V3.14-5
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:07:25 -0500] - - Config '_mv_admin' at server
> startup
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:07:25 -0500] - - Config 'simple' at server
> startup
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:07:26 -0500] - - START server (30011) (INET and
> UNIX)
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:07:26 -0500] - - Accepting connections from
> localhost|127\.0\.0\.1
> LOCAL - minivend [12/March/2000:23:09:00 -0500] simple
> /cgi-bin/simple/process Reconfig 'simple' rebuild=no
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:09:01 -0500] - - Config 'simple' from running
> server (30011)
> - - - [12/March/2000:23:09:01 -0500] - - Reconfig of simple successful,
> build=.
>
> On one of the installations I received this error message when trying
> to get to the catalog:
>
> - - - [11/March/2000:23:04:16 -0500] - - Runtime error: REQUEST_METHOD
> is not
> defined at /big/dom/xthemagicalblend/mvend/bin/minivend line 2138.
>
> It hasn't shown up since the later installs. Perhaps it's indicative of
> something?
>
> And for some reason there's no catalog-specific error.log.
>
> Trying the vlink program as "simple" or "simple.cgi" makes no
> difference. It's so strange! I can see things are working (else why
> would the reconfig work) but trying to access the catalog from a
> browser always fails.
>
> I'm sort of a test case for futurequest, I guess. I managed to locate a
> previous user who tried to get Minivend going there, and ultimately he
> couldn't get it to work. I'd like to be able to figure this thing out,
> as futurequest
> really is an excellent webhost (they've tried to help me out as much as
> possible but I fear the intricacies of Minivend are unexplored for them
> as of yet) and I'd like to stay.
>
> There must be some hitch in the cgi interaction, but I can't see it. Can
> anyone suggest any further avenues of investigation? Sadly, my debugging
> abilities have reached their limit on this one.
>
> Mike, I know you're a very busy man. With your knowledge of the code, if
> you have the chance could you recommend an area (such as anything that
> has to do with cgi "issues") that I should dive into? If I could get
> this to run on futurequest I think it would be a Good Thing.
>
> Sincere thanks,
>
> Tim
>
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