[Live-demo] Re: Fwd: [OSGeo] #750: ushahidi doesn't connect to DB during quickstart setup
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 13:49:28 PDT 2011
Henry, your proposal sounds good. Are you writing a fix? If so, when do
you expect to have the fix committed?
On 18/08/11 22:27, Henry Addo wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt response.
>
> Maybe I can include the command to restart mysql server in the script
> like I have done for Apache?
>
> and then update the quickstart about manual database restart/ or start
> when Ushahidi can't connect to the database server.
>
> I have IRC client. I will get on it. Thanks for prompting me to it.
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Henry,
> I'm just heading off to bed, but Brian (dbb) should be waking up
> soon and will likely be able to help you. If you have irc, I
> suggest logging onto irc://freenode.net#osgeolive
>
> I suspect the problem is that there is not a step in the
> Quickstart which says: start the database using the following
> commands ...
>
> Quickstart is on the web here:
>
> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/ushahidi_quickstart.html
>
> Source doc is here:
> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/en/quickstart
>
>
> On 18/08/11 22:14, Henry Addo wrote:
>> Hello Cameron,
>>
>> If the credentials for the database server aren't correct,
>> Ushahidi won't be able to connect to it.
>>
>> The installer creates these credentials for the mysql server
>>
>> Database : ushahidi
>> username : user
>> password: user
>> host: localhost
>>
>> Please confirm on the server if these credentials exist. If they
>> do, then there is something wrong somewhere because I gave the
>> script a try on my local server and I was able to install Ushahidi.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Henry
>>
>> P.S. I have a limited access to internet at the moment that is
>> why it takes a while for me to respond. I'll try my best to check
>> my emails so we can resolve this issue quickly.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Henry,
>> Are you receiving my emails?
>>
>> In the next few days, we only have time for one (maybe 2)
>> builds left before we burn the final osgeo-live, and it seems
>> that ushahidi will look to users like it doesn't work.
>>
>> Can you please:
>> 1. Confirm that we have got hold of you.
>> 2. Work with us to find a solution. Either by email, or by
>> talking on irc://freenode.net#osgeolive
>>
>>
>> On 14/08/2011 9:48 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> Henry,
>>> I'm having problems while testing Ushahidi on osgeo live.
>>> Could you please have a look and see what the problem may be.
>>> Are we missing a step in the quickstart to set up or start a
>>> database?
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [OSGeo] #750: ushahidi doesn't connect to DB
>>> during quickstart setup
>>> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:46:20 -0000
>>> From: OSGeo <trac_osgeo at osgeo.org>
>>> <mailto:trac_osgeo at osgeo.org>
>>> Reply-To: warmerdam at pobox.com <mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com>
>>> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> #750: ushahidi doesn't connect to DB during quickstart setup
>>> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
>>> Reporter: camerons | Owner: live-demo@…
>>> Type: defect | Status: new
>>> Priority: normal | Milestone:
>>> Component: LiveDVD | Keywords: 5.0 ushahidi
>>> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
>>> Running osgeolive5.0b5,
>>> I open a clean VM, then open ushahidi application by selecting ushahidi
>>> from the pull down menu.
>>>
>>> I then start following the steps of the quickstart:
>>> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/ushahidi_quickstart.html
>>>
>>> Choose “Basic Installation”, “Let’s get started”, and it will prompt you
>>> for a few details. The database name is “ushahidi”, database user name is
>>> “user”, the password is also “user”. The database host is “localhost”.
>>> Then continue.
>>>
>>> I then get the following error:
>>> "Oops! We couldn't make a connection to the database server with the
>>> credentials given. Please make sure they are correct."
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ticket URL:<https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/750>
>>> OSGeo<http://www.osgeo.org/>
>>> OSGeo committee and general foundation issue tracker.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Henry!
>> --
>> Ushahidi -- Information Collection, Visualization, & Interactive
>> Mapping
>>
>> http://www.ushahidi.com | http://twitter.com/ushahidi
>> Ghana: +233243581806
>> Skype: eyedol25
>> IRC: eyedol on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> #ushahidi
>>
>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Director
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>
>
>
>
> --
> Henry!
> --
> Ushahidi -- Information Collection, Visualization, & Interactive Mapping
>
> http://www.ushahidi.com | http://twitter.com/ushahidi
> Ghana: +233243581806
> Skype: eyedol25
> IRC: eyedol on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> #ushahidi
>
--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Director
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com
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