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I have been using phpbb for a while. We got a new host and I decided to change it up because I hate the 1994 look. I love everything about it in all the showcases. My problem is I downloaded the files. Unzipped them. I then uploaded the upload folder to /var/www/mybb/ . I am using ubuntu 13.04 server with MySQLi 5.5.32. I go through the install wizard. It asked for my mysqli information. I entered it. Click next and it has this

Quote:MyBB Installation Wizard
Welcome
License Agreement
Requirements Check
Database Configuration
Table Creation
Data Insertion
Theme Installation
Board Configuration
Administrator User
Finish Setup
Table Creation
Connection to the database server and table you specified was successful.

Database Engine: MySQLi 5.5.32

The MyBB database tables will now be created.

Creating table mybb_adminlog...done
Creating table mybb_adminoptions...done
Creating table mybb_adminsessions...done
Creating table mybb_adminviews...done
Creating table mybb_announcements...done
Creating table mybb_attachments...done
Creating table mybb_attachtypes...done
Creating table mybb_awaitingactivation...done
Creating table mybb_badwords...done
Creating table mybb_banfilters...done
Creating table mybb_banned...done
Creating table mybb_calendars...done
Creating table mybb_calendarpermissions...done
Creating table mybb_captcha...done
Creating table mybb_datacache...done
Creating table mybb_delayedmoderation...done
Creating table mybb_events...done
Creating table mybb_forumpermissions...done
Creating table mybb_forums...done
Creating table mybb_forumsread...done
Creating table mybb_forumsubscriptions...done
Creating table mybb_groupleaders...done
Creating table mybb_helpdocs...done
Creating table mybb_helpsections...done
Creating table mybb_icons...done
Creating table mybb_joinrequests...done
Creating table mybb_massemails...done
Creating table mybb_mailerrors...done
Creating table mybb_maillogs...done
Creating table mybb_mailqueue...done
Creating table mybb_moderatorlog...done
Creating table mybb_moderators...done
Creating table mybb_modtools...done
Creating table mybb_mycode...done
Creating table mybb_polls...done
Creating table mybb_pollvotes...done
Creating table mybb_posts...done
Creating table mybb_privatemessages...done
Creating table mybb_profilefields...done
Creating table mybb_promotions...done
Creating table mybb_promotionlogs...done
Creating table mybb_reportedposts...done
Creating table mybb_reputation...done
Creating table mybb_searchlog...done
Creating table mybb_sessions...done
Creating table mybb_settinggroups...done
Creating table mybb_settings...done
Creating table mybb_smilies...done
Creating table mybb_spiders...done
Creating table mybb_stats...done
Creating table mybb_tasks...done
Creating table mybb_tasklog...done
Creating table mybb_templategroups...done
Creating table mybb_templates...done
Creating table mybb_templatesets...done
Creating table mybb_themes...done
Creating table mybb_themestylesheets...done
Creating table mybb_threadprefixes...done
Creating table mybb_threadratings...done
Creating table mybb_threadviews...done
Creating table mybb_threads...done
Creating table mybb_threadsread...done
Creating table mybb_threadsubscriptions...done
Creating table mybb_userfields...done
Creating table mybb_usergroups...done
Creating table mybb_users...done
Creating table mybb_usertitles...done
Creating table mybb_warninglevels...done
Creating table mybb_warningtypes...done
Creating table mybb_warnings...done
All tables have been created, click Next to populate them.



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The website encountered an error while retrieving http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.
Reload this webpage.
Press the reload button to resubmit the data needed to load the page.
Error code: 500

When I click next after all have been created it goes to a server error. The tables do show in the mysql db. Any idea what is happening? I have seen mention of error logs but this is usually only on installed forums I have seen. This is a dedicated server as well.
Thank you
Brandon
Upload all your files using Binary mode!
Tried that. Also tried the code from the wiki. I deleted it all and started fresh and it is still not working.
Quote: wget --content-disposition http://www.mybb.com/download/latest -O mybb.zip && unzip mybb.zip "Upload/*" && mv Upload/* . && rm -Rf Upload mybb.zip && mv inc/config.default.php inc/config.php && chmod -R 0777 cache uploads inc/settings.php inc/config.php
^ is it again interrupted and showing white screen in the middle ?
It is a completely blank webpage with the exact same error. I had a friend do it from his end and go through the steps with the exact same issue. The weird thing is it won't do anything with the mybb install. If I delete the mybb files completely and redownload them then it allows me to go back through the setup. If I reupload the files without deleting but overwriting it still doesn't work and won't allow setup again. If I delete the mysql db it doesn't change. It has to be a change to one of the files dealing with that step but I don't know where to go/what to do. Any help is appreciated and if anyone needs me to zip my files and host them I would be happy to.

Here is some more info I found in the apache error log

Quote:PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
[Sun Sep 01 16:20:42 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Sep 01 16:22:39 2013] [error] [client 180.76.5.16] script '/var/www/mybb/viewtopic.php' not found or unable to stat
[Sun Sep 01 16:35:09 2013] [error] [client 180.76.5.65] script '/var/www/mybb/viewtopic.php' not found or unable to stat
[Sun Sep 01 16:37:53 2013] [error] [client 50.149.235.233] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/mybb/inc/config.php on line 16, referer: http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php
[Sun Sep 01 16:38:14 2013] [error] [client 50.149.235.233] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/mybb/inc/config.php on line 16, referer: http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php
[Sun Sep 01 16:38:16 2013] [error] [client 50.149.235.233] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/mybb/inc/config.php on line 16, referer: http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php

I think I found the issue. The apache install didn't create the conf.d directory. Instead it messed up.

I spoke too soon

Quote:[Sun Sep 01 17:03:43 2013] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sun Sep 01 17:03:48 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Sep 01 17:03:51 2013] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
[Sun Sep 01 17:03:55 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Sep 01 17:03:56 2013] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
[Sun Sep 01 17:03:57 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Sep 01 17:04:37 2013] [error] [client 50.149.235.233] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/mybb/inc/config.php on line 16, referer: http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php
[Sun Sep 01 17:04:41 2013] [error] [client 50.149.235.233] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '1' (T_LNUMBER) in /var/www/mybb/inc/config.php on line 16, referer: http://108.61.43.90/install/index.php

It was my password. It was a super strong password with multiple symbols. It was the issue. A simpler password with standard characters fixed it.