Geouser = website desabled

Requalified as a support request for the GeoUser module.

From the README.TXT of the GeoUser module, it seems that you have to download GeoLiteCity from Maxmind in order for that module to work:

Download GeoLiteCity:
from http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity
unzip the package you've just downloaded

It also disabled my website, except deleting the GeoUser directory did not solve my problem. I still can't access my site. The module said it did not depend on any other module, which apparently is not the case.

Take a look in the error logfile to see if that can give you a clue to why a removal of the geouser directory didn't work.

There is no mention in the Drupal-6 version about any dependency, but you need to install more.

I got Net_GeoIP from http://download.pear.php.net/package/Net_GeoIP-1.0.0RC1.tgz, and moved that to /usr/share/php (mv Net_GeoIP-1.0.0RC1 /usr/share/php/Net). The logs tell you where it the path the files are searched for.

And as noted earlier, you also need to get GeoLiteCity.dat (from http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz) and move the unziped file into the geouser directory.

I also had to edit the links to the files in the geouser.module to give the full paths:

require_once('/usr/share/drupal-6/sites/all/modules/geouser/geouser.inc');

$geo = new Net_GeoIP('/usr/share/drupal-6/sites/all/modules/geouser/GeoLiteCity.dat');

That should at least be a step to get it working.

Also, if you want to see a map of where the user is from, you need to get yourself a Yahoo application ID as is described in the settings for GeoUser.

My remaining problem now (except for trying not to have to edit the module-file), is to convert the data in the GeoLiteCity file from ISO-Latin-8 to UTF-8...

/BoK

The better way to reference the files is to change these lines;

10: require_once(drupal_get_path('module', 'geouser') .'/geouser.inc');
55: require_once(drupal_get_path('module', 'geouser') .'/Net/GeoIP.php');
56: $geo = new Net_GeoIP(drupal_get_path('module', 'geouser') .'/GeoLiteCity.dat');

Note: Obviously this means the module expects to find the GeoIP.php inside a directory called 'Net' within your geouser directory.

Line 10 also shouldn't be there... But meh, this isn't my module so whatever... It should be inside a hook_init (or perhaps hook_boot I get them mixed up...)

Pobster

Oops, marked this as fixed accidentally - should be as patch (not my module!)

Pobster

Why active again? It works fine after the changes?

Pobster

It can't be "Patch (xxx)", because there is no patch I can see. But no big deal, I don't know that module at all (and sure hope that it is still maintained).

A patch doesn't have to be a file?!?!?! The above instructions are a patch, hence why it should be a patch. Leaving the status as active suggests there's no fix... and that's just stupid... All it takes is to change a couple of lines, it's hardly rocket science.

Pobster

Thank you for your attention for GeoUser module,
Please always check for the latest release.

Maybe, i'm missing something, but I've installed both the module and the geolite city file, but nothing happens. I don't have access to anything beyond the generic permissions. What do I need to do?

well, I have been trying to get this thing to work.. and no luck.
why cant there be a detailed installation guide somewhere.. the readme file in the geouser dir sucks... too small

is this module being maintained?