Devel Module is Drupal Malware?
cyberswat - March 24, 2007 - 15:06
I installed the Devel module and am now looking at a completely blank site. I've located these issues after I gave myself this problem.
http://drupal.org/node/125376
http://drupal.org/node/126098
To begin with, this module should be removed from download until it is fixed but that is not why I am posting. Can anyone offer assistance in getting my site to display pages again? I've removed the module and it's references in the system table as well as deleted all entries from the 4 cache tables. I'm using drupal 5.1
Any help is appreciated.
Fixed it
Maybe malware is a little harsh. Significantly broken is more accurate.
In addition to the system and cache tables, I deleted devel info from variables and permissions. The site remained broken until manually called the /cron.php page. At that point it started working again.
I feel your pain. We lost a
I feel your pain. We lost a site due to this module a couple of weeks back and started the 126098 node. As I've just written in that thread, it is irresponsible to leave this module there for everyone and his dog to download.
it's called "devel" for a reason
"everyone and his dog" shouldn't consider themselves drupal developers that would want to install something called "devel.module" which bills itself as a "module containing helper functions for Drupal developers..." if that's not you, don't install it. if that's you, and devel.module is broken, please fix it by providing a patch. ;)
helper functions? Well, I
helper functions? Well, I hear what you're saying dww but the biggest help I got off that module was that the bright white screen of death it gave me enabled me to spot a few smudges on my monitor that I hadn't seen.
I think there should at least be a "health warning" for this mod, at least until the bugs get fixed.
Still broken?
If your site is still broken, it might be useful to allow the devel developer or someone else to access the server and investigate the cause of the problem.
And please post some info to http://drupal.org/node/126098 such as exact PHP version, extensions used (Zend Optimizer, APC etc), memory limit and whatever you can think of.
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Zend Optimizer?
Pity you didn't post anything substantial to the issue yet. Fortunately someone else did; According to http://drupal.org/node/126098#comment-219204 Zend Optimizer is the likely culprit.
Please try so for yourself: disable ZendOptimizer (comment the extension in php.ini and restart the server) or upgrade it to a fixed version. If that doesn't solve the problem, file an issue against devel. Make sure to include all relevant information.
Maybe I'm going on to long about this or perhaps it seems I'm trying to rub it in, but I want to stress that issues need information, not emotion. Without information, they are not worth the magnetic particles they are stored on.
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I appreciate your concerns,
I appreciate your concerns, your assumptions and your lecture ... but I posted this to restore my site and not dedicate more of my time to troubleshooting the module. As such I haven't returned to this thread until now. You might note I posted that I had resolved the issue (not the modules developers issues) and was able to get my site working again which was exactly what I was after.
As there is obviously a desire to isolate and fix this issue I will do what I can to reproduce the problem in a fashion that will be beneficial to the developers of the module and follow your instructions to relay that information.
Zend Optimizer is not on the server but thank you for your concern.
Hmm...
It's working fine for me. But I only use it on my test sites.
Go to phpMyAdmin and locate the System table. Browse for the Devel module. Change the status to 0 to disable it.
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memory limit?
There's a good chance you just hit your memory limit for PHP. Devel takes up quite a bit of it. Try raising your PHP memory limit or removing several other modules, and you should see your site again.
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Ran into this a while ago...
See this comment 217025 on node 132639, it has the solution to the problem...
Confirming that the above
Confirming that the above post by afreytes contains the solution.
Oh
I know exactly how it feels when something like this happens. I've experienced things like that a couple of times and it's never fun. I hope you could sort it out quickly.
Candace, Web Designer currently working on the Asthma Treatment Online Pharmacies project.
*Please check it*
Delete the rows for devel and devel themer from the system table. Delete all rows beginning with devel from the variables table; this query will do it: delete from variables where name LIKE 'devel_%';. Then delete the 'variables' row in the cache table. Your site should then be back up.
I don't know what caused the problem, but these are recovery steps.please try this