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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20603 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	Another guy with login problems Locked	Paulo santos 3 May 2005	Paulo santos 3 May 2005	0
	Installing Moodle as subdomain, using dir off the top level Locked	David Byrnes 3 May 2005	David Byrnes 3 May 2005	1
	Multiple Sites - What is the state of the art in 2005? Locked	Dushan Wegner 3 May 2005	Martín Langhoff 3 May 2005	1
	The web address does not appear to be valid Locked	Brijesh Kumar 4 May 2005	Dallas Ray Smetter 4 May 2005	2
	Can´t do the login - PHP 4.3, PostGreSQL 8.0, Moodle 1.4.4 Locked	Rogerio Meceni 4 May 2005	Sonia Pestana 4 May 2005	1
	500 server error when upgrading to 1.5 Locked	Jeff Wood 3 May 2005	Jeff Wood 4 May 2005	4
	"1046: You have an error in your SQL syntax" message during installation Locked	Fong Mak 2 May 2005	Fong Mak 5 May 2005	2
	NAMP Server Install Novell 6.5 Locked	John Keyse 5 May 2005	Scott Brubaker 5 May 2005	4
	Moodle on Intranet Locked	Sonia Pestana 6 May 2005	Sonia Pestana 6 May 2005	0
	session.auto_start should be Off - How can I fix this in Windows without access to php.ini Locked	Guillermo Reynoso 7 May 2005	Guillermo Reynoso 7 May 2005	0
	Some errors during login Locked	Robert Hanson 6 May 2005	Thomas Robb 7 May 2005	6
	PHP Memory Limit Locked	James Harrison 7 May 2005	Herbert Keijers 7 May 2005	1
	Install mess help please??? Locked	robin blue 8 May 2005	robin blue 8 May 2005	2
	Accidental re-install of working moodle Locked	Ian Semey 28 Apr 2005	Mads Peter Bach 9 May 2005	1
	Blank install.php screen Locked	Colin Spitler 3 May 2005	Ben Mesa 9 May 2005	4
	help editing httpd.conf Locked	Mike Carollo 10 May 2005	Mike Carollo 10 May 2005	1
	Installing Moodle from Fantastico Locked	DC Ha 14 Apr 2005	Manish Verma 11 May 2005	4
	Blank Too Locked	David Kohrell 10 May 2005	David Kohrell 11 May 2005	1
	1.4.2 Update Problems - Recent Activity printing problem Locked	Shawn Marsh 26 Nov 2004	Sinead Gibney 11 May 2005	3
	is mysqladmin install possible via CVS Locked	Robert Brenstein 9 May 2005	Robert Brenstein 13 May 2005	3
	Setting Default Web Site Properties in IIS Locked	David Jenkinson 11 May 2005	David Jenkinson 13 May 2005	5
	The connection was refused when .... Locked	Jay S 12 May 2005	Howard Miller 13 May 2005	3
	Chat No Worky on verion 1.4.5+ Locked	Greer Trumble 13 May 2005	Greer Trumble 13 May 2005	2
	Profile don´t show jpg image Locked	Luis De Sousa 13 May 2005	Luis De Sousa 13 May 2005	0
	Admin interface missing to finish installation!? Locked	Jody Patterson 14 May 2005	Jody Patterson 14 May 2005	3
	cron job set up Locked	Peggy Murrah 14 May 2005	Sean S 14 May 2005	1
	php.ini improperly configured for mysql extensions Locked	Dallas Ray Smetter 30 Mar 2005	Griff Jon 15 May 2005	4
	login problems in 1.4.5 and 1.4.4 Locked	Pam Atkins 11 May 2005	Robert Alessi 15 May 2005	16
	Using Microsoft SQL server Locked	james harding 12 May 2005	Alejandro Susial 15 May 2005	7
	I can't install Moodle Features course on my server Locked	safa foroutan 15 May 2005	safa foroutan 15 May 2005	0
	Groups question Locked	Jon Lloyd 16 May 2005	Jon Lloyd 16 May 2005	0
	html editor dissapeared Locked	Bernard B 16 May 2005	Bernard B 16 May 2005	1
	I think I found the answer to most installation problems!! Locked	Peter Richardson 15 May 2005	Bob Boufford 16 May 2005	1
	Connecting to moodle Locked	David Field 16 May 2005	David Field 17 May 2005	6
	Install problem Fedora Core 3 " not creating Data Directory" Locked	Vikas Yadav 17 May 2005	raju malav 18 May 2005	5
	Windows CR (carriage return) in php code and freeBSD Locked	Martin Mart 18 May 2005	Martin Mart 18 May 2005	4
	Windows 2003, php 4.3.11 and Mysql 4.1 install problem Locked	Les Anderson 18 May 2005	Dan Marsden 19 May 2005	4
	CVS issue Locked	Jay S 17 May 2005	Dan Kirkwood 19 May 2005	1
	The page cannot be displayed Locked	Tony Sobottka 3 June 2004	terence armentano 19 May 2005	3
	cannot access admin page Locked	terence armentano 19 May 2005	terence armentano 19 May 2005	0
	EasyPHP not installed properly Locked	Scott Smith 19 May 2005	John Gone 20 May 2005	9
	Preliminary experience with MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) Locked	Kevin Kubarych 2 May 2005	Steven Tripp 20 May 2005	5
	I've been warned..... Locked	Rob Jansen 9 Mar 2005	Herbert Plass 20 May 2005	1
	Email troubleshooting Locked	Peter DeBruyn 20 May 2005	Peter DeBruyn 21 May 2005	2
	new install Localhost vs local fixed ip Locked	John McSweeney 21 May 2005	Robert Brenstein 21 May 2005	1
	PHP Warning - Cannot Modify Header Info...etc.... Locked	Jorge L. Meléndez 21 May 2005	Jorge L. Meléndez 21 May 2005	0
	Redhat 9 and Moodle Install Woes! Locked	Mark Stuckless 21 May 2005	Mark Stuckless 22 May 2005	4
	Installation > missing Admin user step Locked	Stéphane Buchmann 2 Mar 2005	Shane Elliott 22 May 2005	12
	couldn't create admin user Locked	Scott Smith 21 May 2005	Shane Elliott 22 May 2005	1
	Login page keeps reloading--Moodle 1.5 Locked	Jay Domnitch 18 Apr 2005	Shane Elliott 22 May 2005	5
	Problem on line 5054???? Locked	Ralph Blakeslee 23 May 2005	Ralph Blakeslee 23 May 2005	0
	Setting up e-mail in Mac OS X 10.3 Locked	Najah Noor 22 May 2005	Don Hinkelman 23 May 2005	8
	"Fatal error: Call to undefined function: session_name('MoodleSession') on line 29 Locked	oscar oscar 23 May 2005	oscar oscar 23 May 2005	2
	No access to Web Server &DNS from clients after Moodle Install Locked	Vikas Yadav 19 May 2005	Vikas Yadav 23 May 2005	4
	Installation Error during assigment configuration Locked	Hugh O'Brien 21 May 2005	Hugh O'Brien 24 May 2005	1
	File Uploading -- doesn't upload or return an error message Locked	David Kohrell 20 May 2005	Derek Collins 24 May 2005	3
	Problemas de acceso a Moodle desde la red Locked	Gustavo Eduardo Constaín Moreno 25 May 2005	Jorge L. Meléndez 25 May 2005	2
	session timeout login again 1.5 -- BIG problem Locked	Robert Barone 25 May 2005	Petr Skoda 25 May 2005	1
	Installed Moodle, only get blank pages Locked	David Watts Jr. 13 May 2005	Eric Kemsley 26 May 2005	3
	php.ini Locked	Md. Roslan Zainol 26 May 2005	Dallas Ray Smetter 26 May 2005	1
	Fatal error: Call to undefined function: set_user_sesskey() in ... Locked	Tom B 15 May 2005	Martin Dougiamas 26 May 2005	9
	Fatal error: Call to undefined function: set_user_sesskey() in ... Locked	Bob Lee 26 May 2005	Bob Lee 26 May 2005	1
	Moodle4xoops cannot include moodle???? Locked	Jyotirmaya H 25 May 2005	Jérôme Baudin 26 May 2005	7
	Almost working..I think Locked	Eric Kemsley 26 May 2005	Herbert Keijers 27 May 2005	4
	modules not working Locked	Peter Jeans 27 May 2005	Martin Dougiamas 27 May 2005	1
	please help ................... web server problem Locked	Md. Roslan Zainol 29 May 2005	Md. Roslan Zainol 29 May 2005	0
	two installations of 1.5 - main menu d.o.a. Locked	Robert Barone 29 May 2005	Robert Barone 29 May 2005	0
	NEW REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT PROCESS Locked	James Procopio 30 May 2005	James Procopio 30 May 2005	0
	File Uploads Caution Locked	shl tss 30 May 2005	shl tss 30 May 2005	3
	Max file upload size Locked	S V 30 May 2005	Helen Foster 31 May 2005	1
	Moodle could not connect to the database -- but everything checks out... Locked	Thomas Robb 6 May 2005	bernie t 31 May 2005	3
	blank pages after installing through install.php and/or manually gernerating config.php Locked	Micheal Cooper 29 May 2005	Micheal Cooper 31 May 2005	7
	cvs update -dP Locked	Vijay Kumar Adhikari 31 May 2005	Vijay Kumar Adhikari 31 May 2005	2
	"Side by Side" Install Issues 1.4 and 1.5 Locked	John Baldassarre 31 May 2005	Martin Dougiamas 31 May 2005	1
	Installing moodle via NAT in private address space and dyndns Locked	Andreas Alef 30 May 2005	Howard Miller 31 May 2005	2
	Upgrading Moodle Version in OSX Locked	Richard Arnett 31 May 2005	Richard Arnett 31 May 2005	2
	Absolutely new to MOODLE Locked	James Procopio 29 May 2005	Tony Hursh 31 May 2005	7
	minimum install size Locked	Caleb Simonyi-Gindele 29 May 2005	Caleb Simonyi-Gindele 31 May 2005	3
	Dynamic DNS Home Server Install Locked	Micheal Cooper 29 May 2005	Bob Boufford 31 May 2005	7
	Files not linking correctly Locked	sam davis 1 June 2005	Helen Foster 1 June 2005	1
	Upgrading Error: We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Jared Lelos 1 June 2005	Jared Lelos 1 June 2005	0
	Errors when running install.php on a new installation for the first time Locked	Tom Ruddle 2 June 2005	Tom Ruddle 2 June 2005	2
	Confused using CVS for contrib modules Locked	James Robertson 1 June 2005	James Robertson 2 June 2005	2
	Apache web server. Locked	Md. Roslan Zainol 28 May 2005	Howard Miller 2 June 2005	13
	MySQL problems Locked	Eric Kemsley 21 May 2005	Eric Kemsley 3 June 2005	32
	Login Page keeeps reloading on WinXP SP2. Locked	bernie t 29 May 2005	Art Lader 5 June 2005	16
	Repeat installation Locked	Fredi Gertsch 6 June 2005	Fredi Gertsch 6 June 2005	0
	Transferring moodle folder Locked	mark zuber 6 June 2005	mark zuber 6 June 2005	2
	localhost brings up Xampp page, not Moodle Locked	Larry Shield 4 June 2005	Larry Shield 6 June 2005	3
	Multiple moodles on same host?? Locked	diane ehrlich 7 June 2005	Howard Miller 7 June 2005	1
	Can't use LDAP Authentication Locked	Phil Liva 7 June 2005	Howard Miller 7 June 2005	1
	Install EasyPhP or Xampp? Locked	Larry Shield 1 June 2005	J B 7 June 2005	9
	Warning: main(./lib/moodlelib.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory Locked	Martin Wallace 3 June 2005	Edgar Amorim 7 June 2005	1
	admin password Locked	zoe appleton 6 June 2005	Edgar Amorim 7 June 2005	2
	Error during upgrade to 1.5 Locked	dougal bett 8 June 2005	dougal bett 8 June 2005	0
	[[missingtext]] in blocks Locked	Debby Kilburn 7 June 2005	Lady 800cc 8 June 2005	2
	Block "Main Menu" has no 'edit', 'Add Resource' or 'Add Activity' Functions!!! Locked	Lady 800cc 7 June 2005	James Phillips 8 June 2005	3
	php 5.x on windows 2003 server (Web Edition) Locked	David Hammond 7 June 2005	David Hammond 8 June 2005	7
	Unable to Access upgrade to moodle 1.5 Locked	Genner Cerna 7 June 2005	Genner Cerna 8 June 2005	1
	Upgrade to version 1.5 - no activities visible Locked	Julian Whitehead 6 June 2005	Howard Miller 8 June 2005	22