By Ullapool on

I just installed Drupal 7.8 (and have uninstalled, reinstalled, blown out the database, installed in a different directory - all do not fix this).

The "Text" module is unclickable.

Here's what it says:

Text
7.8 Defines simple text field types.
Requires: Field (enabled), Field SQL storage (enabled)
Required by: Drupal, Comment (disabled), Forum (disabled), Tracker (disabled)

Notice that the requirements are "enabled".

So why can I not click on Text?

Please help. Thank you!

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michaellenahan’s picture

michaellenahan commented

You can't de-select the text module, because it's one of the modules required for Drupal to work.

You should not need to de-select it ... what is it you are trying to achieve?

Ullapool’s picture

Ullapool commented

When I go into "Article" under Content Types I get this message:

Inactive fields are not shown unless their providing modules are enabled. The following fields are not enabled:
Body (body) field requires the text_textarea_with_summary widget provided by text module
Tags (field_tags) field requires the taxonomy_autocomplete widget provided by taxonomy module
Image (field_image) field requires the image_image widget provided by image module

Note that it says the text module appears not to be enabled.

It's not checked in the module list. It's uncheck and uncheckable - while many others are in different states of checked and unchecked and can be toggled, the Text one cannot.

michaellenahan’s picture

michaellenahan commented

It's strange that the text module should be unchecked on a fresh install.

This isn't usually a good thing to do, but you could try manually enabling the module in the database.

UPDATE `system` SET status = 1 where name like 'text'

After doing this go to:
Modules > Save configuration
and:
Configuration > Performance > Clear all caches

mnglfiddle’s picture

mnglfiddle commented

Hi, as the discussion doesn't seem to have continued, can I ask how to do what you said above? I cannot find this in the my site's admin options for Drupal, or in my cPanel...

Thanks,
Matthew

>This isn't usually a good thing to do, but you could try manually enabling the module in the database.
>
>UPDATE `system` SET status = 1 where name like 'text'
>
>After doing this go to:
>Modules > Save configuration
>and:
>Configuration > Performance > Clear all caches

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jeramy commented

I tried this modification to the database, and it did turn on the Text module, but I still have no basic page body and, under 'Manage Fields' under the Structure of the Basic Page I still get the error message:
Inactive fields are not shown unless their providing modules are enabled. The following fields are not enabled:
Body (body) field requires the text_textarea_with_summary widget provided by text module

I have submitted a bug report to simplescripts.com since it is thier installation that seems buggy.

Edit: I missed the second step listed below: "Then go back to your Drupal system, go to Configuration / Development / Performance and Clear the Cache." Once I cleared the cache everything seems to work fine. Thank you for your help.

mnglfiddle’s picture

mnglfiddle commented

Please let us know if your problem was ever resolved and how exactly. I have the same issue for a site I already had up and running. I accidentally installed over top of it in the same directory, and when I went back to rebuild the site, the fresh Drupal install (Drupal 7) did exactly what yours did. Same problem, same error message.

I deleted everything and all the files on line and re-installed, with the same results.

Thanks,
Matthew

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Courtney.B commented

I'm having the same exact issue. Investigated this link: http://drupal.org/node/1283622. They're solution was to install CKeditor.

However, shouldn't the text module work right out of the box? I'm currently investigating and will update if I find out other information.

Issue: http://drupal.org/node/1279780

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neatheral commented

I've had exactly the same problem and just put up post on post install forum to try to get help, then came across this. Will try CKeditor, but don't know why text module not there. There doesn't appear to be a text data file in my Mysql database, but not sure if that is what it would come under in the database.

I just followed the advice about changing the Mysql database, givne above. It worked. You need to download MySql Workbench and then follow instruction on how to get into your data base. Click on the systems file, and change the 0 to 1 on the text file. Then when you go back to Drupal remeber to clear the Cache.

I didn't the first time so thought it hadn't worked.

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TWD commented

Same problem here.
Not sure if this is a Drupal 7 bug, a Simple Scripts installer bug or a Hosting bug (though probably not).

Anyway, the guts of the problem is the Text Module was neither clicked NOR clickable in the modules list page.

To fix it I did indeed have to go into the database itself but its pretty straight forward.
Most Hosting companies will have a phpMyAdmin program available.
Just log into your database using that.
Find the table called "dr_system" which lists all the installed modules.

Find the row that says "text" and edit the status field.
For some reason the status says 0 but it should be set to 1.
Save those database changes.

Then go back to your Drupal system, go to Configuration / Development / Performance and Clear the Cache.

Now go back and try editing your content. You should now have a body field at least.

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jsheppard commented

Creating a new site with a Fresh install of Drupal 7.8 using SimpleScripts and am experiencing the same issue as many of those who have posted here. Text module is both not selected and not selectable. Additionally, the "Comments" module (which depends on the Text module) is selected. Will attempt the database remedy you recommend and post results.

Thank you for your help.

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cbarnett commented

Duplicate

TWD’s picture

TWD commented

duplicate

Courtney.B’s picture

Courtney.B commented

Another way to solve this problem (other than manually changing the database), is to install 7.7 first, then upon completion to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8.

Doing this with SimpleScripts has fixed the problem. I've tried both ways and both have worked.

jsheppard’s picture

jsheppard commented

After reading this post, I tried addressing my problem with this approach rather than the manual database modification approach and it seems to fixed the immediate issue of the text module and the other core modules that depend on it.

Thank you!

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Courtney.B commented

I recently sent a ticket to Simple Scripts about the Text module issue and a clean install of D7.8.

They replied saying that the problem is resolved.

Are they any individuals still having this problem?