slackware 12.2 problem after problem, no mysql no mbstring

zonemikel · 08-29-2009, 09:41 PM

Ok i've been using ubuntu for a while but on my web/router/gateway i've always used slackware. Recently my hdd crashed and i had to install the latest version of slackware.

Everything seemed to be ok. Then i tried to install dolphin, after tweaking the php.ini i found i needed mbstring and XsltProcessor, both of which show up in php.ini look

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extension=mbstring.so

well maybe not Xslt but at least mbstring is there but according to apache its not.

then after a restart all the sudden mysql isnt there either im getting all kinds of errors like

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Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /blah on line 54

and

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Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration. - Documentation

That second error is from phpmyadmin which i was just running like a hour ago. So i look in my php.ini which is in /etc/httpd/ and it says

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extension=mysql.so
extension=mysqli.so

and mysql is running i can log into it via command line and

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root@zonemikel:~/packages# ps aux | grep mysql
root      5549  0.0  0.2   2760  1368 pts/0    S    06:24   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql/mysql.pid --skip-networking
mysql     5574  0.1  2.7 101260 14152 pts/0    Sl   06:24   0:01 /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql/mysql.pid --skip-external-locking --skip-networking
root      6218  0.0  0.1   2084   636 pts/0    S+   06:41   0:00 grep mysql

but in phpinfo() there is no mention of mysql, in the phpinfo() it does say that mbstring=shared was configured.

I keep reading all these posts where they are like "oh just apt-get or yum" ... yeah right i cant do that . . .

I have reinstalled php, mysql, and apache restarted them tons of times I just cant figure this out. And i dont have tons of time to spend on it like i used to.

Does anyone have a solution or suggestion before i go installing ubuntu?

Chuck56 · 08-29-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by zonemikel

Does anyone have a solution or suggestion before i go installing ubuntu?

Try installing Slackware 13 (the most recent stable release) which has KDE 4.2.4 with Dolphin.

mRgOBLIN · 08-29-2009, 10:24 PM

When you say you "have reinstalled php, mysql, and apache" how did you do this? did you build these from source or use the Official Slackware packages?

zonemikel · 08-29-2009, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mRgOBLIN

When you say you "have reinstalled php, mysql, and apache" how did you do this? did you build these from source or use the Official Slackware packages?

downloaded the packages and used pkgtool

Quote:

Try installing Slackware 13 (the most recent stable release) which has KDE 4.2.4 with Dolphin.

I might do that, i did like slackware i just could never really install stuff on it

mRgOBLIN · 08-30-2009, 02:41 AM

what output do you get from

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ldd /usr/lib/php/extensions/mysql.so

zonemikel · 08-30-2009, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mRgOBLIN

what output do you get from

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ldd /usr/lib/php/extensions/mysql.so

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root@zonemikel:~# ldd /usr/lib/php/extensions/mysql.so
	linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
	libmysqlclient.so.15 => /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.15 (0xb7f2d000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7de1000)
	libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb7daf000)
	libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0xb7d97000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7d71000)
	libssl.so.0 => /usr/lib/libssl.so.0 (0xb7d30000)
	libcrypto.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 (0xb7bf2000)
	libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7bde000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb808f000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7bda000)

zonemikel · 08-30-2009, 01:37 PM

Well installed v13 ... i meant dolphin as the social networking web software, not the file browser for KDE. I never use kde, especially not in a server . . .

Anyway it seems to be the same damn thing, in KDE there is a "package manager" but of course it does not work. What the hell is the "install everything" option in slackware that takes up 4.8gig but there isnt even cd burning software and package managers ?

It still has not made the drive bootable, lilo just shows a screen of 00's and i have to boot from the cd every time.

Oh well, i'm done with it. I need something that is going to work the first time I set it up and be adaptive to new software, like apt-get or yum or synaptic. I do very much like slackware, but it works better in a static environment where things dont change much. I dont have time to be searching for every package i want to install ... like what is this package and do i want to install it ?

fairwell slackware, im giving ubuntu server a try.

ps. why the hell would anyone want that bloated kde gui on a webserver ... midas well have vista

thanks for the help anyways