Hi all,
I've patched two Joomla! 1.0.9 installations with the latest 1.0.10 patch and in both cases I've noticed the same problem:

when logging in as an admin at the back-end I get on top of the page the following message:
"Warning: Missing argument 2 for initsessionadmin() in /var/www/html/site/includes/joomla.php on line 742"

Everything seems to work otherwise, but the message still remains...
Please note that the patch installation, in both cases, has been done correctly.
Any advice?

Thanx in advance... PLEASE HELP! 

Will forward to the Q&T Forum, this is monitored. I have seen quite a lot of these after Joomla 1.0.10 came out. Could you please state PHP, Mysql and Apache version? What modules and components are you using?

I have this error as well, on one site but not on another..... both on the same server!
PHP 4.4.2 (phpsuexec)
MySql 4.1.19
apache 1.3.36

Both sites run OpenSef

I think this work around from Yair should help you guys.
Amy

Apache version: Apache/2.0.49 (Fedora)
PHP: 4.3.10
MySQL: 3.23.58

The only component I'm using is JCE WYSIWYG Editor
No extra modules.

However, I've followed AmyStephen's advice and overwritten index2.php (I think that's what you ment, there's no index2.htm there  ) into the admin folder and it seems that the problem's gone. No warning message anymore, and everything seems to work smoothly.

Thanx again

To clarify, the problem occurs when upgrading a 1.0.9 installation to 1.0.10 via the upgrade patch, not the full install?  If that is the case we need to get one of the developers to repackage the patch to include index2.php because this has apparently changed but was overlooked when it came time to create the patches. 

I think that's the case...

Which patch file specifically did you use?  The options were:

Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.10-Stable-Patch_Package.zip
Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.10-Stable-Patch_Package.tar.gz
Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.10-Stable-Patch_Package.tar.bz2

I tried to duplicate this problem using the middle one, Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.10-Stable-Patch_Package.tar.gz, but I did not recieve the error that you guys are referring to.

I used the tar.gz patch in both cases

Perhaps I have stumbled onto something here.  I did not encounter the problem using the upgrade path that you said you followed, I did however encounter the problem when I upgraded from 1.0.8 to 1.0.10 using the 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 upgrade patch.  Yes, this is obviously incorrect on my part, but, I did it on purpose.  The error I received was "Warning: Missing argument 2 for mosMainFrame::initSessionAdmin(), called in /path/to/data/administrator/index2.php on line 38 and defined in /path/to/data/includes/joomla.php on line 742" which is exactly what guruyaya was experiencing.  And the others said when the applied the fix that he did, it fixed there problem as well.  However, I also received a notice that I didn't see anyone else post.  It was: "Notice: Undefined variable: task in /path/to/data/includes/joomla.php on line 773"  Did anyone else get this message as well or is that something unique to my test?

Given that wrongly applied patches are the actual cause of the problem, simply replacing the index2.php file will not fix all of the potential bugs because the 1.0.8 to 1.0.10 patch replaces several more files than the 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 patch.  If you have an improperly patched Joomla installation, it is probably only a matter of time before you discover more bugs.  Perhaps to test my theory, back up your directory, and go back and apply the 1.0.8 to 1.0.10 patch and see if it works.  If I am wrong, and it doesn't, you have a nice fresh backup that you can easily restore.  Maybe an even better idea is just to download the full 1.0.10 package and unpackage that over your existing files to be safe that everything is correct.

LOL! I didn't even notice that in the quote. Wish I could take credit for the fix, Yair is the man of the hour!

Glad you are okay! Amy

@RobS - Consolidated list: < http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg378677 > of people with that error. I do not remember seeing the 773 line in anyone's posts and it appears most went from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 to me. Good luck!

Thanx to both of you, then..!

That is sweet! You are welcome. Glad you are okay, now!

I'm going on the assumption that my problem stems from using the wrong update package. So I need to do a clean install of v. 1.0.10. Can I do that without disturbing the MySQL database?

Jim

what version are you on now?

You might be able to, but you may have to run a sql query after, to fix up the DB.

John

There haven't been any updates to the database since the first Joomla version, copying over the files is enough. Do watch out for any core hacks you made, create a back-up for starting, copy your template directory if you changed one of the default templates. After copying, the /installation directory need to be deleted (or not copy it at all). Your current configuration will not be overwritten, since configuration.php is not in the default Joomla install.

Before I go from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10, can someone confirm whether the above has been done?

Thanks

Alex

No, this has not been done. There have been no changes to that particular file in 1.0.9, the last change to that file was in 1.0.8. Only changed files are part of a patch.

OK - got that. 

Thanks Tonie.

Will proceed with upgrade.

To add a bit to Tonie is saying, Rey's post that links to this thread indicates these problems are coming from using the wrong upgrade file. < http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg381356 >

So, that is why the upgrade between 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 is not going to be "fixed," it was apparently not broken. (Unless I am really misunderstanding Rey's point.)

Good luck Alex! Amy

Thanks, Tonie!

-Jim

I also got the same error after updating all patch files from 1.0.8 to 1.0.10. As everything else was working fine, I left it as it for later investigation and after that my already hacked site had to be suspended as DOS attack was launched using my site.
I then tried complete version 1.0.10 with same database on my local server and there is no error. So I recommend using the complete version as patching is bit troublesome and there is always a danger of missing one or the other patch files and getting some error which is difficult to locate.

Joomlamahesh -

Did you see my post two up from yours - reply #19? That error happens when people accidentally apply the 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 patch INSTEAD OF the 1.0.8 to 1.0.10 patch. It sounds like this has happened to others, as well.

See Rey's post: < http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg381356 >

Good luck! Amy

I fixed this by changing index2 and index3 in the administrator folder:

around line 37 change to the following in both files:

// initialise some common request directives
$task = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'task', '' );
$act = strtolower( mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'act', '' ) );
$section = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'section', '' );
$mosmsg = strip_tags( mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'mosmsg', '' ) );
$no_html = strtolower( mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'no_html', '' ) );

//***** Note: Moved admin session handling here below variable declarations above
// admin session handling
//***** Note: added $task to this function call as required...
// WAS: $my = $mainframe->initSessionAdmin( $option );
$my = $mainframe->initSessionAdmin( $option, $task );

The change to the last line in bold, adding the $task argument,
and moving it down below the variable initializations does the trick.

Then upload these two files back to your server and the problem is fixed.

I don't like to be the one bringing bad news, but I just upgraded 5 minutes ago. Don't think it can be that difficult to pick the right upgrade file.
I downloaded this file: Joomla_1.0.9_to_1.0.10-Stable-Patch_Package.zip
From this location: http://forge.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/downl ... s5791?dl=1
Stating clearly that it's from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10

I am positive that I had 1.0.9 before upgrading, and I got the same mentioned error.
After downloading the full package (.zip) and overwriting administrator/index2.php the error was gone.

Here's the rest of my info:
PHP Version:  4.4.1
MySql Version:  4.1.14-standard
Apache 1.3.34 (Unix)

Maybe there's a bug in there after all?

I did a comparison of the 1.0.8 and 1.0.9 install packages against the code people were reporting was wrong and it matched 1.0.8 exactly...  It has something to do with improper patching or files being locked so they can't be overwritten... we just haven't figured it out exactly. 

I did not copy and overwrite the old files, I allways delete the old ones first, then copy in the new ones.

I found another error too, even if I replaced all index-files in root and administrator:

The RSS feed doesn't work, it gived this errors:

Warning: Missing argument 2 for newsfeedencoding() in /home/user/public_html/root/includes/joomla.php on line 5408

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/user/public_html/root/components/com_newsfeeds/newsfeeds.html.php on line 274

Didn't work to replace joomla.php eighter..

Just a last note:
I picked both files in components/com_newsfeeds from the full package-zip and the last error was gone.
I replaced the new ones with the ones from the 1.0.9 to 1.0.10 (as a test) and the error came back.

I can't actually see any differences between the files from that two zip's so I don't know why.
The files looks identical to me.
..but it works with the files from the full package )

I has teh same error after upgrade from 1.09 to 1.10 and
just uploaded the Index2.php into the admin from teh full version and all works fine now

thanks for the fix

i have deleted the file downloaded the full version and done everything i can think of but still get the "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: initsessionadmin()" error at the admin interface.

was upgrading from Joomla! 1.0.4 [ Sundial - eCommerce Edition ]