Hi!

I'm having some disturbing problems after having tried to install FCKeditor module and would *greatly* appreciate some help.

After having checked the FCKeditor module on the Modules page (with the FCKeditor downloaded and plopped in the fckeditor sub-directory of site/modules/fckeditor as instructed) and clicked Save configuration I received a White screen and could not access /admin anymore nor /user - until I removed site/modules/fckeditor). Not so funny.

In the php_errorlog file a series of "MySQL Server has gone away" have been generated - while trying to UPDATE sessions table and INSERT INTO watchdog.

But there are still problems occurring:
1. When I check my cPanel error log I find that this error is now generated every time I go to /admin (i.e. even after I removed the FCKeditor directory):

[Sun Jun 13 14:08:57 2010] [error] [client --IPADDRESS LEFT OUT--] client denied by server configuration: /home/xxx/public_html/files/private/privacy_test.txt

2. Also, every time I try to run cron.php I get this log entry on my site:

"Attempting to re-run cron while it is already running."

3. (Minor issue but still:) I now have a single weight box with a zero sitting all by its lonesome below the Save configuration button on the Modules list page

SOME SETUP DETAILS:

I'm on a shared hosted server.
Apache version 1.3.41
PHP version 5.2.5
I have 72 modules installed included the core modules.
PHP memory limit according to /admin/reports/status is 96 MB

The issue is by the way quite similar to http://drupal.org/node/435692.

Of course I find this situation quite disturbing and I'm grateful for any assistance.

PWG

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PWG commented

Regarding the cron problem I might be able to solve it with http://drupal.org/node/360836 but since I already unistalled the module I think was the culprit - and the weight box at the bottom of the Modules page might imply that it is still lurking around - I'm not sure I should until I know more...?

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PWG commented

Some more information. The lone weight box at the bottom of the Modules page has the css id "edit-weights-fckeditor-wrapper" so it does belong to fckeditor. Not much of a surprise. So how do I permanently clear the fckeditor listing (or what's left of it - that is, the weight box)?

Problem #1 also still remains but I fixed #2 by deleting cron_last and cron_semaphore from the variables table and then clearing the cache. And of course, I still cannot use FCKeditor.

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PWG commented

Hm #1 occurred as well before I installed FCKeditor so it does not seem to be correlated. Any ideas why it happens?

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PWG commented

#1 seems to be connected to the Private Upload module. I've posted a separate issue about this: http://drupal.org/node/827252

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PWG commented

Geez, I'm really talking to myself here...Anybody?

The #2 cron issue for some reason returned and now I cannot fix the problem I did before.

Also, some new information. I tried installing the wysiwyg module. The same white screen (WSOD) problem as when installing fckeditor occurs. Does this suggest it is a memory problem?

I'd really appreciate some fresh eyes on this.

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Jorrit commented

The error log notices are not related to WSOD's as far as I can tell. I really don't know where else you could look.

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PWG commented

Hi Jorrit! Maybe so, but what could be cause the WSODs? Could this be a memory problem? It sounds strange to me, but maybe it is?

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PWG commented

Regarding #2 I managed to fix it again by uninstalling the Update status module before deleting the cron_last/semaphore variables and clearing the cache.

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Jorrit commented

It may be a memory issue. If you can, try to raise the memory limit for PHP. Check if the php.ini log_errors and display_errors are set to On.

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PWG commented

I checked and the memory limit is set to 96MB which is the maximum that my host allows.
How much memory does FCKeditor consume?

Another, very strange thing, though. I tried once more to install FCKeditor, to see if I could catch some more error messages. But lo and behold, now the installation suddenly worked! How could that be?? I haven't changed anything (not that I know of). Could it be because of my host somehow? That they were restricting my memory usage yesterday in a harder way than today. Any ideas?

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Jorrit commented

I really have no clue. Perhaps a file was damaged while uploading? Are all problems gone now?

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PWG commented

Yes, it seems so. Very strange. Especially since both fckeditor and the wysiwyg module caused the same error. Thanks, Jorrit!

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Jorrit commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

I'm very glad it works, because I really had no idea what could be wrong. Have fun editing!