Zope starts ok, but i can't get view or manage the site. here's the traceback ---

Traceback (innermost last): File /home/kdie/Zope-2.2.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 222, in publish_module <snip> File /home/kdie/Zope-2.2.0b1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/BaseRequest. py, line 501, in old_validation (Object: broken) AttributeError: (see above)

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i use UserDb for authentication, got a few ZClass of my own, SiteSummary, and a few other zope products.

can anyone shed some light ?

It _looks_ like you have a "broken" object in your top-level Folder. "Broken" objects are created when Zope has a problem unpickling an object (usually because the add-on product that defines the class of the object is missing). Are you sure that you got all of your add-on products installed (and any other dependencies like external methods) copied to the beta install? Alternatively, it is possible that one of your add-on products is incompatible somehow with the beta (if it can't import correctly, for example, then objects created from the product would be broken). One way you could probably test this theory: o shut down your beta installation o cd to your lib/python directory and crank up a Python prompt o do 'import Zope'. Look for any tracebacks (though the product import process will likely consume exceptions when trying to import products). o for each 3rd party product in lib/python/Products, try to do: 'import Products.xxx' where xxx is the product package name. If a product cant be imported, you should get a traceback for it (please post it if you get one). Hope this helps! Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com