newbie working to get moodle up on a freebsd

newbie working to get moodle up on a freebsd

by art ingram -
Number of replies: 2
I have been reading that are issue using moodle on freebsd .. I have followed
site doc and step by step install
still get a blank page

freebsd 5.3 release
apache 1.3.33
mysql 3.23
php4-4.3.9
moodle 1.4.2

dirroot= /usr/local/www/data/moodle

dataroot = /usr/loca/www/data/moodledata


I am database built able to access apache server
when connecting to moodle get a blank page
tried index.php install.php ...able to read page
also used lynx

direction would be help ful and do see
a httpd-error unable to find file /usr/local/www/data/favicon.iso which is not in that directory

tks
again
art
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Re: newbie working to get moodle up on a freebsd

by art ingram -
I am working after doing a lot of reading ....smile
the freebsd step by step helped and the docs but needs to be updated

i am working on freebsd 5.3-release

mysql-client-5.0.0_2 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
mysql-server-5.0.0_2 Multithreaded SQL database (server)
php5-mysql-5.0.2    The mysql shared extension for php

version  1.4.2+

need to be sure php5-extensions is loaded with mysql
make a index.php to check that php is loaded correctly
once mysql and php are working make test page to check they are working
together
need to mkdir under moodledata for cache and sessions
why ... need more detail on docs on how php is setup or a link to those u are knew to  lamp ... would help fix issues with os mysql php version issues
and helps to find and fix problems




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Re: newbie working to get moodle up on a freebsd

by Marcus Green -
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I am curious as to why you are using FreeBSD instead of the more widely used Linux. I believe one reason in favor of the BSD versions is a better security history, is that your motivation?