[horde] Re: 3.0.2.install: empty frames?

[Charles Bailey]

My original request:
> 
> I'm trying to install Horde 3.0.2, following the INSTALL docs, and have run
> across a perplexing error:  the test PHP script runs fine, but when I try to
> load the "login" page for the first time to configure Horde, the browser goes
> off and thinks hard for about two minutes, then displays a blank page (after
> noting "1 of 3 items completed".  The page source has a frameset declaration;
> I'm guessing that a fatal error is occurring in a frame's content.  There's no
> error info in the page source, in the http server's log (r/o script crash), or
> in the syslog.  A few relevant details about the setup here:
> 	• 	Horde: 3.0.2
>	• 	PHP Version: 4.3.10

On doing some more digging in the http server logs, I find that trying to load
the horde URL generates hundreds of requests like the following:

[21/Jan/2005:20:28:04 -0500] "GET /hordetest HTTP/1.1" 301 351
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:04 -0500] "GET /hordetest/ HTTP/1.1" 302 26       
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:04 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?Horde=c9f8ceb9e135cc39c2f31730d02b470f HTTP/1.1" 200 407  
                                     
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:04 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?Horde=fb6bd8b113d25868fbfe8e82d2206410&frameset_loaded=1
HTTP/1.1" 302 26                       
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:04 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/services/portal/sidebar.php?Horde=fb6bd8b113d25868fbfe8e82d2206410
HTTP/1.1" 302 26                       
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:05 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?Horde=83fa09da1fd32600abb5c07203d122c9 HTTP/1.1" 200 404  
                                     
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:05 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?url=%2Fhordetest%2Fservices%2Fportal%2Fsidebar.php%3FHorde%3Dfb6bd8b113d25868fbfe8e82d2206410&H\orde=d24859642deaf882ef5db0efbce89b9f
HTTP/1.1" 200 410                            
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:05 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/services/portal/sidebar.php?Horde=05baeb26bd9667d6f6a82a64074ebaee
HTTP/1.1" 302 26                       
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:05 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?Horde=05baeb26bd9667d6f6a82a64074ebaee&frameset_loaded=1
HTTP/1.1" 302 26                       
. . .
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:22 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/services/portal/sidebar.php?Horde=15975a1b3c6ba7353878318ce93a2d76
HTTP/1.1" 302 26                       
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:23 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/services/portal/sidebar.php?Horde=a589cee102e29f1be99ba2b9fc2f483b&frameset_loaded=1
HTTP/1.1" 302 26
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:23 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?url=%2Fhordetest%2Fservices%2Fportal%2Fsidebar.php%3FHorde%3D15a0477cea467edd3ac680f753899ff9&H\orde=596ef9ea93f93200f3c010ce5f3d5f83
HTTP/1.1" 200 412                            
[21/Jan/2005:20:28:23 -0500] "GET
/hordetest/login.php?url=%2Fhordetest%2Fservices%2Fportal%2Fsidebar.php%3FHorde%3Dddce5ab1c20db5b10fd8685c0b9a699b%2\6amp%3Bframeset_loaded%3D1&Horde=8313513b11149793fc2769a91fee4a9d
HTTP/1.1" 200 413

I also note that hundreds of PHP session files are created.  This behavior
accounts for the churning without visible result, but I'm still at a loss as to
what may be the underlying error.  FWIW, in the test.php script, the session
counter increments with repeated access, and other PHP apps seem to keep track
of their sessions, so I don't think I've completely botched the PHP setup.

I also note when trying to resurrect an old Horde 2 setup I had lying about that
on logging in, I get back a welcome page with kronolith data, but clicking
anywhere in the page returns me to the login screen.  Curoiuser and curoiuser.

Does this ring any bells?  All advice appreciated.

-- 
Regards,
Charles Bailey  < baileych _on_ mail_._med_._upenn_._edu >