By mballom on

Hi,

I wans installing Drupal 6.16 (on xp, IE6, wamp 2.0 with PHP 5.2.11) after i complete the first steps which are setting language and database setup, i reach the "install site" step where it lags. The screen shows the word "Content" and no further thing does happen.

I am totally newbie and have no clue what to do. Can you help me?

Thanks

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callasabra’s picture

callasabra commented

Since I am having the same problem (Installation hangs at 'install site') I figured I would post here instead of a new thread. I am installing drupal-6.16 on godaddy shared MySql and php. Here is what i have tried to no avail.

Increasing php memory per http://drupal.org/node/207036
Checking firewall and browser per http://drupal.org/node/352285
Checked settings.php (as best I know how)
chmod o+w certain files and dirs (per INSTALL.txt)

I am running out of options. I have several other sites on godaddy up and going so I don't know what the issue is here. Any advice is appreciated.

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sepeck commented

Update your IE version or try a different browser. This is to rule out rendering issues.

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nvaken
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Primary language Dutch
commented

Having the same issue here... Fresh install, no attached modules pre-installed. Only pre-installed Dutch translation.

Tried the following browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (8.0.6001.18702)
- Mozilla Firefox (3.6.7)
- Google Chrome (5.0.375.99)

All the same, also tried the installation in English (thought it might be a problem in translation), no effect.

Server specs:
- PHP 5.2.13
- MySQL 5.0.45
- APC 3.0.19

Drupal install specs:
- Drupal 6.17
- Subdirectory install (eg. http://www.domain.com/drupal/)

I've done numerous of Drupal installs on our server, it never happend before. The only thing different on the server is the APC module, I've just installed that a week ago and this is the first Drupal install I'm doing after that.

Also no php errors/warnings in error_logs.

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nvaken
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Primary language Dutch
commented

After a bit of fiddling around. I've found out that the sub-directory install was the problem for me. Take the following steps to fix this particular situation (if you got "stalled" at install step "Site install") :

1) Delete settings.php (located at: [INSTALL_DIR]/sites/default/settings.php)
2) Drop (delete) all the drupal tables in your database.
3) Recreate the settings.php from default.settings.php (both located at: [INSTALL_DIR]/sites/default/)
4) Edit the settings.php:
Line: # $base_url = 'http://www.example.com'; // NO trailing slash!
Change to: $base_url = 'http://www.[yourdomain].[ext]/[drupal_install_folder]'; // NO trailing slash!
5) Re-run the install, it should work this time around.

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callasabra commented

I wanted to follow up on this issue b/c many people are having this problem and I was able to resolve it, at least for me. The cause of my problem was a proxy server between me and my remote server. Apparently, drupal installs to do work well through a proxy server.

My location required that I configure proxy settings to connect to the net. Once I removed the proxy server from the mix, the install worked fine.

This may not help everyone, but I hope it saves some people a headache or two.