apache logs show error on file favicon.ico.

apache logs show error on file favicon.ico.

by Wayne Self -
Number of replies: 3
Some stat's - moodle release 1.5.2, apache2, linux and postgreSQL.
I get a blank screen on the install script after I select my DB type
and enter the DB name and then select next. Now I get a blank screen.
I check apache's log files, both access and error,
and find that the script is looking for favicon.ico. In the error log
it looking for the path /var/www/favicon.ico and in the access log
it looking forthe path /favicon.ico.When I do a grep on the whole
moodle tree I find that the install script has a href to theme/standard/favicon.ico. I also put some print statements in
the install script to determine if all the right parameters where
being passed ok.
This showed that everthing was being pass properly.To add some more
info. There is no password on the DB and I chmod 777 to all directories
and file. Do I need to put some directive in apache's conf file pointing
to this file?
Thanks.
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Re: apache logs show error on file favicon.ico.

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Don't let the favicon thing distract you. Most of the browsers look for it to display a tiny icon next to the URL (like the "m with a hat" you see on moodle.org).

Wenn you get the "blank screen" view page source within the browser (Ctrl-U in Mozilla).

Also you can configure PHP to send all the error messages to the browser.
In reply to Visvanath Ratnaweera

Re: apache logs show error on file favicon.ico.

by Wayne Self -
Hi Visvanath,
I did try to look at the page source and it is blank.
I ran phpinfo to find the value for error reporting
and everthing seems to be on. My log files for PHP
should be in path /var/log/php4/error_log, but nothing
there.Could you point out the variable that I should
look at in the phpinfo stats?
Thanks.
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Re: apache logs show error on file favicon.ico.

by Wayne Self -
I like to add some more info. When I look at the logs for postgresql
it shows the connection being made to the moodle DB is authorized. Can
anyone give me some clues as to what else I can look at?
Thanks