By narayanbabu on

Hi i am new to drupal and i have followed the instructions and created a database with all the permissions and also i have created settings file in sites default folder.I am able to see the screen asking me enter the database details and save and continue.Here when i am entering the database details i am not getting any error but its not proceeding to next step ie to install sites.Please help me .I have also tried to enter the information of username and password in settings file but still i am not able to proceed to install sites.
Thanks in advance

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mardigrasstephen’s picture

mardigrasstephen commented

Narayanbabu,

I thought I was nuts or something. I removed my install of drupal from a hosted site and was reinstalling the same version.

If I put in the wrong information (wrong password/database) it gives me an error. If the information is correct, it returns to the same page.

Does anyone know if there is a drupal install log or debug I can enable? Something must have changed on my hosting site or I did something last time and don't remember doing it.

This is GOING to be drive me nuts since this worked like a champ 6 weeks ago.

Thanks,
Stephen

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StephTail commented

Same here, mardigrasstephen. It's just like it refreshes. I changed the permissions to the necessary files and folders but it makes no change. I even created a new database on the server to see if it was just a problem with the database and not Drupal itself. No change. I hope there is a simple solution for this.

EDIT: I fixed it! What you need is two files in the Sites/Default directory. default.settings.php AND settings.php. At first I just renamed default.settings.php instead of copying a new one. That was the problem. So I went into the original Drupal files that are on my harddrive and dragged and dropped another default.settings.php into my site using FTP and editing the permissions and now it works like a charm, and on the first try, too! Good luck with your installation along with everyone else.

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mardigrasstephen commented

That fixed it!

Stephen

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shawnmichaelent commented

Same here....the installation will not finish

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narayanbabu commented

Hi the problem is with the permissions for the folder we are using drupal folder should have all permissions.
I got it working today.

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shawnmichaelent commented

I get a blank screen after I submit the database information, so cannot continue with the steps to set up the site. I can tell the database has been set up, and that the settings.php has been updated with the database information. However, nothing happens beyond that step.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

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RoninYojimbo commented

I had this issue with godaddy myself. Problem is they use IIS, which I don't really understand what it means, but you can't manage the file permissions via FTP. I had to login to godaddy and modify the permissions via their file manager and now I'm up and moving. I'm told the issue is in Microsoft vs Linux servers. Maybe check that?

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skatz4drupal commented

Same problem, I have both files mentioned above and all my permissions are correct. Does anyone have any advice on how to diagnose this problem. I'm surprised that the installation process is so fragile and opaque

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ykaldes commented

After creating DB I got a page labled home and nothing happened!!!
http://graphicsman.net/install.php?profile=default&locale=en

HELP!!!!