fatal error after trying to install phorum. Unable to recover.

[jutax]

Hi there,
I have the following issue when trying to bridge coppermine and Phorum :

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'phorum/common.php' (include_path='/var/www/free.fr/e/1/julien.cestac/include:.') in /var/www/free.fr/e/1/julien.cestac/bridge/phorum.inc.php on line 34


Coppermine install: http://julien.cestac.free.fr/
Forum install: http://julien.cestac.free.fr/phorum
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.8
Forum version: phorum-5.1.14
Test user account: ?

BridgeManager settings: ?
Forum URL: ?
Relative path to your BBS's config file: ?
Use post-based groups?:  ?

I am a very beginer with php and coppermine. I created my family gallery wich was working fine. I tried to add a forum ... Maybe too much ambitious for me !
I followed the instructions for the activation of plugins : fatal error !
I then followed instructions from cpg documentations (5.3.2 Recover from failed bridging), but this don't work for me, i can access to a main page with menus like if i was logged in, but i am never asked for username or password, neither can i click on the "configuration" button in order to desactivate the phorum bridge.

Any help welcome, even things you think obvious like : "did you switch on your pc ?" 
Thank you.

[Joachim Müller]

Why don't you do as suggested and post a test user account? We ask for it for good reasons.

Joachim

P.S. There's a French support board as well in case you feel more familiar posting in your first language

[jutax]

Hello, thanks for answering. I don't know how to create a test user account considering that i can only access to the main page and to the php files via ftp.
I posted in the english support board because i thought that more people could help me there, i also thought that my english wasn't so bad ...
Thanks again for your help.
Au revoir.

[Joachim Müller]

Well, you have your phorum running, don't you? You have to create the test user account there - it doesn't matter that you can't access coppermine.

[jutax]

No, phorum is not running, as you can see : http://julien.cestac.free.fr/phorum

[Nibbler]

Then get that working first - Coppermine can't bridge to a broken forum.

[jutax]

Before i tried to install phorum, my gallery was runing fine. Never mind the "phorum", i would just want my coppermine gallery working like before, i will install a forum later, when i will be an expert in webmastering !
Is it possible to desactivate the "phorum" bridge without having a functional forum ?
Thanks for your time.

[Nibbler]

Does the recovery system not work? Enter your coppermine admin details.

[jutax]

Hello, the main problem for me is SOLVED ! I replaced the entire "bridge" folder with the original one, as well for the db_ecard and db_input files. After this, the recovery system worked, prompted me for my username and password and i could desactivate the bridge.
I still don't know where was my mistake in the "phorum" installation and/or the bridge activation, but i'll wait for a greater expertise till my next try ...
Thanks to Gaugau and Nibbler for their help, and to Frantz from the french support board who gave me the answer i was looking for.
Au revoir.
Julien.

[Joachim Müller]

Thanks for returning and resolving your thread. For future reference, this is the above-mentioned thread on the French Support board jutax has refered to: http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=33815.0
The fact that replacing files on your server with fresh ones cured the issues you had indicates that something is fishy with your install. To solve potential future issues I recommend re-uploading a fresh copy of the coppermine package and uploading it to your server (in fact doing as recommended in the docs when performing an update).