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healee
 Post subject: Server error! Error 500
PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:52 am 
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I created a site with Joomla! 1.5 on a Windows system some years ago. I transferred to a Linux server for public access. It has been working fine.

Now I have backed up the web site and exported the database. I put it on my local Windows system and trying to get it work but I keep getting the above error message.

I have then installed the Joomla! 1.5 default system with the sample database on my local Windows system and it works fine. I am trying to compare both systems in order to pinpoint the possible problems. Both databases use the same user names and passwords.

I have compared the configuration.php from both sites and thus changed the following two statements. However the problems remain. What else I could look at?
public $log_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\computing\\logs';
public $tmp_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\computing\\tmp';
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dpacadmin
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:14 pm 
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Try enabling error reporting in your configuration.php file and see if it gives you a more detailed error message.
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=430&t=560583&p=2302623&hilit=maximum+configuration.php#p2303205
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healee
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:43 am 
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In the C:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini file, I alrady have error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE. I had supposed it would be adequate.

Anyway, I have changed the configuration.php according to your advice and re-started the web server but it hasn't made any difference. No further info has been produced.
public $offline = '1';
public $debug = '1';
public $error_reporting = '6143';

I still get the same error message as below.
Server error!

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 500
localhost
07/12/12 17:34:08
Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8i mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.6
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:36 pm 
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You may need to reinstall Xammp but first check your Apache error log to see if it gives more details. Do you know if your site is running any CGI or perl scripts that could be causing the error?
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healee
PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:03 am 
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Thanks! My site is not running any CGI or PERL scripts. I put the site together on the same Windows environment.

Your advice has reminded me to check the Apache error log and it pointed to the .htaccess problem. I supposed the Windows system can't understand dot file or can't handle access issues. I renamed the .htaccess and then I could access the site.

Nevertheless I still have one more issue. Everytime I try to access it, the front-end, I keep getting an error message saying "This site is down for maintenance. Please check back again soon." and asking User Name and Password. I then enter the administrator user name and password and the front-end, not the back-end, comes up without more ado. Why is that? I wouldn't understand. Please help!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:21 am 
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healee wrote:
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Anyway, I have changed the configuration.php according to your advice and re-started the web server but it hasn't made any difference. No further info has been produced.
public $offline = '1';
public $debug = '1';
public $error_reporting = '6143';

.......................

You set your site off line in your last post. You need to set "public $offline" to "0"(zero) to put your site back online.
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healee
PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:57 am 
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Thank you!
It is all good now.
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