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500 Error when Activating

  • @benweiner

    Participant

    15 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve Installed WP MU, and I’ve got Buddypress in the correct directory, but when I click “Activate” I get an “Internal Server Error” or HTML Error 500.

    Please Help!

    ben.

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  • @johnjamesjacoby

    Keymaster

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Hey Ben.

    Who is your web host? Is it 1and1?

    @benweiner

    Participant

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Yes, it’s 1and1.

    *hangs head*

    ben.

    (Edited for Grammar)

    @johnjamesjacoby

    Keymaster

    15 years, 2 months ago

    What you’re experiencing is either a PHP version issue, or an out of memory issue. Happens a lot with 1and1 hosting packages.

    Search the forums (or Google) and you should find a solution somewhere, although it might be almost a year or so old at this point…

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I’m getting the same 500 error on activation of buddypress plugin. I’m not hosted on 1and1! I’ve checked file permissions as that was the suggestion of my host.

    I’m on WPMU 2.8.5.2 and trying BP 1.1.2 I’ve been into php.ini and allocated 64mb memory as per other instructions on the forums.

    my error log shows:

    php-script: line 8: 13003 Segmentation fault

    Premature end of script headers: php-script,

    deleting the buddypress folder means that th MU site works again.

    I’m stumped as I have installed previous versions of MU and BP on this domain/ server without problems. (it’s my development server) Any other suggestions? my host couldn’t think of anything beyond the permissions…

    @musiqcentral

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    i am thinking the htaccess didnt write correctly… 

    RewriteEngine On
    
RewriteBase /
    

    
#uploaded files
    
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
    
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
    

    
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
    
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
    

    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    
RewriteRule . - [L]
    
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
    
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
    
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
    

    
<IfModule mod_security.c>
    
<Files async-upload.php>
    
SecFilterEngine Off
    
SecFilterScanPOST Off
    
</Files>
    
</IfModule>

    not like this

    RewriteEngine On
    
RewriteBase BASE/
    

    
#uploaded files
    
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
    
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
    

    
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
    
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
    

    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    
RewriteRule . - [L]
    
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
    
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
    
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
    

    
<IfModule mod_security.c>
    
<Files async-upload.php>
    
SecFilterEngine Off
    
SecFilterScanPOST Off
    
</Files>
    
</IfModule>

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks,

    I’ve tried to change the .htaccess to your suggestion, but I’m still getting the same error :(

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    still no joy.

    The error log shows:

    [Fri Nov 06 10:31:16 2009] [error] php-script: line 8: 21868 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/php-cgi

    [Fri Nov 06 10:31:16 2009] [error] Premature end of script headers: php-script

    The RewriteBase is spelled correctly in .htaccess

    I have an older version of MU and Buddypress working on a different domain on the same server and I think they are configured the same. But I don’t know enough about server config to spot what is causing this error. I’m going to try my host again…

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    *update*

    I discovered that clearing the cookies means that the 500 error goes way on the front-end of the site – however when I try to log in to /wp-admin the 500 error comes back and then affects the whole of the site. Clear cookies again – front end works.

    Please, any help much appreciated. I can’t figure out why the cookies might cause a server error?

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Sorry, still trying to figure this out:

    Don’t know if I’m barking up the wrong tree with the cookies, but I’ve noticed something:

    Without buddypress activated on (successful) log in to the admin I get 6 cookies:

    wp-settings-time-1 (domain = mydomain)

    wp-settings (domain = mydomain)

    wordpress_logged_in_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_test_cookie (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    Activate buddypress plugin = 500 error

    Clear cookies wpmu site comes back

    Log in to wp-admin and get 500 error, but now the cookies are only:

    wordpress_logged_in_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_ (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    wordpress_test_cookie (domain = .mydomain) NOTE THE DOT

    the two settings cookies without the dot before the domain are missing.

    Could this be causing/ or symptomatic of some kind of path problem?

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    OK – I checked my database against a functioning BP installation and there were loads of missing tables. All the ones with wp_bp prefix. I copied the structure from the functioning database and it seems to be working now.

    @johnjamesjacoby

    Keymaster

    15 years, 1 month ago

    https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/500-errors-1and1-webhost?replies=1#post-29415

    @chrisk2020

    Participant

    15 years, 1 month ago

    @John James Jacoby

    Thanks for the link. As I said in my case one and one are not my webhost. My server is running PHP 5 and php memory had been boosted up to a limit of 64. Previous versions of wp and buddypress had been installed on this domain without incident.

    @djpaul

    Keymaster

    15 years, 1 month ago

    [Fri Nov 06 10:31:16 2009] [error] php-script: line 8: 21868 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/php-cgi
    
[Fri Nov 06 10:31:16 2009] [error] Premature end of script headers: php-script

    This is a server issue.

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