@alunsina I don’t think that’s the case for me as I don’t have any other plugins running. i wanted a clean install of wpmu, test with posts and signups, etc. for couple of weeks. Upon successful test of wpmu, install bp.
@burt adsit: I am not able to read my error log. i’ve requested the logs from my site host. the directory won’t let me browse the files via ftp. as for the apache logs and whatnot, I’ve asked for those too. so far nothing. i’m at an impasse here. it’s frustrating because that seems to be the question everyone asks and I don’t see a clear way of getting that data. i’m on hostmysite if that helps somebody tell me where to look.
yes. that is where all plugins go. that is where the buddypress folder is when it causes the crash in my example. what i meant by subfolder install was referring to my wpmu. it is not running in root but in a subfolder. hence httpdocs/wpmu. that means my buddypress folder is httpdocs/wpmu/wp-content/plugins/buddypress.