Installating Drupal 6.2 on Vista

Jun 3, 2008 4:17pm

AlanF 2 post(s)

I spent a day and a half unsuccessfully trying to install Drupal 6.2 on Vista/WAMP. Finally, I found the Bitnami Drupal 6.2 stack, and installed it successfully. Wahoo! The only problem so far is that phpMyAdmin doesn’t recognize the username and password that I used during the Bitnami configuration process. Not sure why. Leaving both blank or the password blank doesn’t work, either. Any clues?

Since your installation worked successfully, I’m hoping you might have insight into the problem I was facing when doing my own non-Bitnami installation, because there’s a chance you have seen my problem and addressed it.

I was able to install Drupal 6.2 successfully on XP, but never on Vista (though I could install Drupal 5.7 on Vista). The process always hung when I pressed “Save and continue” from the “Database configuration” page. Using the Firefox Live HTTP Headers extension, I saw that the HTTP from this action never reached the localhost.

None of the following worked:
- using “127.0.0.1” rather than “localhost” in addresses typed into the browser
- editing httpd.conf to use port 81 rather than port 80, or to comment out “ServerName” entirely
- disabling User Access Control from Vista
- renaming .htaccess
- adding ”# to comment out a line starting with” in the hosts file
- using “Intranet Settings” in Internet Explorer

Another question: is it possible to configure Bitnami to contain multiple sites? I’ll search the existing forums and documentation to see whether that’s been answered elsewhere.

Thanks!
Alan

Jun 3, 2008 4:37pm

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

Hi Alan,

The phpMyAdmin login is ‘administrator’, I think that may solve your issue with that :)

Regarding the Vista problems with Drupal 6.2, I’ll try to reproduce them and get back to you (probably tomorrow, because I don’t have a Vista machine near me right now).

Cheers

Jun 3, 2008 5:36pm

AlanF 2 post(s)

Wow, that was a quick response!

Indeed, I could log into phpMyAdmin when I used “administrator” with the password I had specified during installation. Is there anything in the installation interface that tells the user that this is the username?

I look forward to hearing about your attempt to reproduce the problems I saw.

Thanks,
Alan

Jun 3, 2008 8:45pm

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

If I recall correctly, it is said at installation time (and maybe in the README too, though I’m not a hundred percent sure) :)

Jun 4, 2008 8:56am

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

Hi Alan,

I was able to reproduce the error, thanks for reporting it. We will work on it.

Cheers

Jun 4, 2008 2:52pm

AlanF2 4 post(s)

Hi, it’s me again. Had some weird issue with my OpenID login, so I signed up for a new account.

Glad to hear you reproduced the error and will be working on it.

There was one question in my post that you might not have noticed: is there a way to support multiple sites using one Bitnami installation?

Thanks,
Alan

Jun 4, 2008 4:09pm

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

Hi,

You mean multiple applications (like mixing Drupal with WordPress) or multiple instances of the same application? The answer for both is not yet, but mixing applications will be possible soon :)

Cheers

Jun 8, 2008 9:30pm

AlanF2 4 post(s)

So I take it that you won’t be supporting multiple instances of Drupal?

Have you been able to get an idea as to what’s causing the error?

Thanks,
Alan

Jun 9, 2008 4:42am

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

We will support it eventually, but right now we’re working on so many things that it will need to wait.

About the error, we don’t know what’s happening yet, still looking into it.

Cheers

Jun 16, 2008 3:13pm

AlanF2 4 post(s)

Meanwhile, I wanted to use phpMyAdmin to test out some SQL. But I found out that with the Bitnami Drupal stack, I couldn’t use phpMyAdmin via WampServer, so I had to uninstall the Bitnami Drupal stack.

I also discovered that upgrading Vista to Service Pack 1 didn’t make my Drupal 6.2 installation problem (hanging) go away.

Jun 16, 2008 3:24pm

antonio Administrator 485 post(s)

Hi,

You couldn’t use phpMyAdmin probably because the WampServer Apache and BitNami Drupal Stack Apache were conflicting in the same port.

We are still looking into the Vista issue, thanks for the extra info!

Cheers

Jun 17, 2008 12:20pm

Manu Administrator 50 post(s)

Hi!,

I’m not be able to reproduce the problem. I installed Drupal 6.2 and Drupal 5.7 in Windows Vista without problems. I have installed it with 1GB RAM and 512MB RAM and it works correctly.

Alan, How much RAM does your pc have? Do you have any process running together with BitNami Drupal installation that consume memory a lot?

Cheers,
Manu.

Jun 17, 2008 3:58pm

AlanF2 4 post(s)

My PC has 4 GB installed physical memory (RAM). I don’t have any memory-consuming process running. I really don’t think that memory is the issue because then I might be seeing intermittent issues.

How do I set the BitNami Drupal Stack Apache port so that it won’t conflict with the WampServer Apache port? I believe that the WampServer Apache port is set via httpd.conf. I think I had to jump through some hoops to change it in the past because it was locked by the OS.

Jun 17, 2008 6:51pm

Manu Administrator 50 post(s)

Hi Alan,

You can change BitNami Drupal Apache port at apache2/conf/httpd.conf, the apache directive is called “Listen”, you can change it to 8080 (for example).

Listen 8080

Now you must to restart Apache server.

When did you download BitNami Drupal Stack? Can you try to download Drupal Stack again? We released a new version last week, it may work now.

Cheers,
Manu.

Jun 3, 2008 4:17pm AlanF 2 post(s)	I spent a day and a half unsuccessfully trying to install Drupal 6.2 on Vista/WAMP. Finally, I found the Bitnami Drupal 6.2 stack, and installed it successfully. Wahoo! The only problem so far is that phpMyAdmin doesn’t recognize the username and password that I used during the Bitnami configuration process. Not sure why. Leaving both blank or the password blank doesn’t work, either. Any clues? Since your installation worked successfully, I’m hoping you might have insight into the problem I was facing when doing my own non-Bitnami installation, because there’s a chance you have seen my problem and addressed it. I was able to install Drupal 6.2 successfully on XP, but never on Vista (though I could install Drupal 5.7 on Vista). The process always hung when I pressed “Save and continue” from the “Database configuration” page. Using the Firefox Live HTTP Headers extension, I saw that the HTTP from this action never reached the localhost. None of the following worked: - using “127.0.0.1” rather than “localhost” in addresses typed into the browser - editing httpd.conf to use port 81 rather than port 80, or to comment out “ServerName” entirely - disabling User Access Control from Vista - renaming .htaccess - adding ”# to comment out a line starting with” in the hosts file - using “Intranet Settings” in Internet Explorer Another question: is it possible to configure Bitnami to contain multiple sites? I’ll search the existing forums and documentation to see whether that’s been answered elsewhere. Thanks! Alan

Jun 3, 2008 4:37pm antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	Hi Alan, The phpMyAdmin login is ‘administrator’, I think that may solve your issue with that :) Regarding the Vista problems with Drupal 6.2, I’ll try to reproduce them and get back to you (probably tomorrow, because I don’t have a Vista machine near me right now). Cheers

Jun 3, 2008 5:36pm AlanF 2 post(s)	Wow, that was a quick response! Indeed, I could log into phpMyAdmin when I used “administrator” with the password I had specified during installation. Is there anything in the installation interface that tells the user that this is the username? I look forward to hearing about your attempt to reproduce the problems I saw. Thanks, Alan

Jun 3, 2008 8:45pm antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	If I recall correctly, it is said at installation time (and maybe in the README too, though I’m not a hundred percent sure) :)

Jun 4, 2008 8:56am antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	Hi Alan, I was able to reproduce the error, thanks for reporting it. We will work on it. Cheers

Jun 4, 2008 2:52pm AlanF2 4 post(s)	Hi, it’s me again. Had some weird issue with my OpenID login, so I signed up for a new account. Glad to hear you reproduced the error and will be working on it. There was one question in my post that you might not have noticed: is there a way to support multiple sites using one Bitnami installation? Thanks, Alan

Jun 4, 2008 4:09pm antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	Hi, You mean multiple applications (like mixing Drupal with WordPress) or multiple instances of the same application? The answer for both is not yet, but mixing applications will be possible soon :) Cheers

Jun 8, 2008 9:30pm AlanF2 4 post(s)	So I take it that you won’t be supporting multiple instances of Drupal? Have you been able to get an idea as to what’s causing the error? Thanks, Alan

Jun 9, 2008 4:42am antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	We will support it eventually, but right now we’re working on so many things that it will need to wait. About the error, we don’t know what’s happening yet, still looking into it. Cheers

Jun 16, 2008 3:13pm AlanF2 4 post(s)	Meanwhile, I wanted to use phpMyAdmin to test out some SQL. But I found out that with the Bitnami Drupal stack, I couldn’t use phpMyAdmin via WampServer, so I had to uninstall the Bitnami Drupal stack. I also discovered that upgrading Vista to Service Pack 1 didn’t make my Drupal 6.2 installation problem (hanging) go away.

Jun 16, 2008 3:24pm antonio Administrator 485 post(s)	Hi, You couldn’t use phpMyAdmin probably because the WampServer Apache and BitNami Drupal Stack Apache were conflicting in the same port. We are still looking into the Vista issue, thanks for the extra info! Cheers

Jun 17, 2008 12:20pm Manu Administrator 50 post(s)	Hi!, I’m not be able to reproduce the problem. I installed Drupal 6.2 and Drupal 5.7 in Windows Vista without problems. I have installed it with 1GB RAM and 512MB RAM and it works correctly. Alan, How much RAM does your pc have? Do you have any process running together with BitNami Drupal installation that consume memory a lot? Cheers, Manu.

Jun 17, 2008 3:58pm AlanF2 4 post(s)	My PC has 4 GB installed physical memory (RAM). I don’t have any memory-consuming process running. I really don’t think that memory is the issue because then I might be seeing intermittent issues. How do I set the BitNami Drupal Stack Apache port so that it won’t conflict with the WampServer Apache port? I believe that the WampServer Apache port is set via httpd.conf. I think I had to jump through some hoops to change it in the past because it was locked by the OS.

Jun 17, 2008 6:51pm Manu Administrator 50 post(s)	Hi Alan, You can change BitNami Drupal Apache port at apache2/conf/httpd.conf, the apache directive is called “Listen”, you can change it to 8080 (for example). Listen 8080 Now you must to restart Apache server. When did you download BitNami Drupal Stack? Can you try to download Drupal Stack again? We released a new version last week, it may work now. Cheers, Manu.

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