Installation woes

[SquireRob]

Hi, I have a Linux FC3 with PHP4/phpBB2 and MySQL 4.1.x installed. I am pretty sure I have done the right thing (RTFM etc) however I have had a few probs. Yep, got the nuke check thing and found the forum posting no probs. Next my lowercase alphanumeric admin name/password was rejected so I commented out the check. Not sure what is wrong as I do not do PHP (perhaps no capital letters, I only had numerics in the password).
Then I found I needed to adjust the "forbiden_fname_char" string
from :
INSERT INTO CPG_config VALUES ('forbiden_fname_char', '$/\\\\:*?"\<>|` &');

to
INSERT INTO CPG_config VALUES ('forbiden_fname_char', '$/\\\\:*?"\<>|` &');
in order to get past some syntax errors due to the ";" embedded chars. My real show stopper is this:

Template error
Failed to find block 'login'(#(<!-- BEGIN login -->)(.*?)(<!-- END login -->)#s) in :

            <!-- BEGIN home -->
        <a href="{HOME_TGT}" title="{HOME_TITLE}">{HOME_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END home -->  <!-- BEGIN my_gallery -->
        <a href="{MY_GAL_TGT}" title="{MY_GAL_TITLE}">{MY_GAL_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END my_gallery -->  <!-- BEGIN allow_memberlist -->
        <a href="{MEMBERLIST_TGT}" title="{MEMBERLIST_TITLE}">{MEMBERLIST_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END allow_memberlist -->  <!-- BEGIN my_profile -->
        <a href="{MY_PROF_TGT}" title="{MY_PROF_TITLE}">{MY_PROF_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END my_profile -->  <!-- BEGIN enter_admin_mode -->
        <a href="{ADM_MODE_TGT}" title="{ADM_MODE_TITLE}">{ADM_MODE_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END enter_admin_mode -->  <!-- BEGIN leave_admin_mode -->
        <a href="{USR_MODE_TGT}" title="{USR_MODE_TITLE}">{USR_MODE_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END leave_admin_mode -->  <!-- BEGIN upload_pic -->
        <a href="{UPL_PIC_TGT}" title="{UPL_PIC_TITLE}">{UPL_PIC_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END upload_pic -->  <!-- BEGIN register -->
        <a href="{REGISTER_TGT}" title="{REGISTER_TITLE}">{REGISTER_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END register -->  <!-- BEGIN faq -->
        <a href="{FAQ_TGT}" title="{FAQ_TITLE}">{FAQ_LNK}</a> ::
  <!-- END faq -->  <!-- BEGIN login -->
        <a href="{LOGIN_TGT}" title="{LOGIN_TITLE}">{LOGIN_LNK}</a>
  <!-- END login -->  <!-- BEGIN logout -->
        <a href="{LOGOUT_TGT}" title="{LOGOUT_TITLE}">{LOGOUT_LNK}</a>
  <!-- END logout -->

I got this with a base install. Attempted again but after adjusting theme to be "classic" as "core" does not exist, still no joy. So, what have I done wrong? Not sure how others get by without seeing these MySQL syntax errors being reported (similar issue with phpBB2 install). Oh I am sharing the phpBB2 database, admin login etc. Also this is all on my sandbox localhost m/c. Hope you can help, TIA.

Robin

[Stramm]

before you bridge coppermine with youir forum software you need to run it as standalone. When all's working smooth you start the bridge manager.

[SquireRob]

Thanks, I always appreciate and take advice from the experts. However, in the interest of experience is it possible to tell me which bit of the install screen I got wrong. The manual says that I can share a DB, the DB admin/password is a regular Linux user (with MySQL permissions), all I would do to change this is to create another, but I cannot see how using a current user can effect the install. The CPG admin user is the one I am logged on as, is this causing a problem, should I create a seperate Linux user for CPG. I appreciate this is sophisticated software, but I would rather understand the problem than go off and create more users just incase. The missing block message was received straight after the Installation screen and the confirmation dialog, so I have not had chance yet to configure anything.
Thanks for your patience.
Robin

[Nibbler]

Does this thread apply to you ?

[SquireRob]

Sounds like it could. I did not recompile on my sandbox, but did for the server (x86_64). However PHP says that "Beginning with PHP 4.2.0 these functions are enabled by default" but it may be that I need --with-regex. Anyhow you have given me a +ve lead and I will explore when I get to my server and f/b here, thanks.
Robin

[SquireRob]

I would say the regex thing was the problem. I have just installed on my server which runs Apache 2.0.54 (sandbox is 2.0.53) but the difference is I compiled the PHP 4.4.3-dev (sandbox 4.3.11) only with './configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs' '--with-mysql' '--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config'. So I am grateful for your lead and now for the fun part once I have bridged across to phpBB2, thanks.