[Zope] zope 2.5.0 install problem

[Douglas Carnall]

Hi,

I'm running a Linux Slackware 7.1 box over SSH. I'm trying to get Zope 2.5.0
and CMF 1.2 installed so I can play physician beta-tester for Jon Edward's
medzope project. 

Over the last week in my copious free time I have tried:

a) the default binary (Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86.tgz)
b) downloading the source, compiling, and installing the source
c) even downloaded and compiled Python 2.1.2

Whichever way I slice it, I can get Zope to run, but the startup script
fails to complete, thus:

> root@carnall:/usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86# ./start
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:26:43 INFO(0) ZODB Opening database for mounting:
> '142200632_1012483603.415211'
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:26:43 INFO(0) ZODB Mounted database
> '142200632_1012483603.415211' at /temp_folder
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:27:27 INFO(0) Zope New disk product detected, determining if we
> need to fix up any ZClasses.
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:27:28 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Thu Jan 31 13:27:28
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8080
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:27:28 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Thu Jan 31 13:27:28
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8021
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:27:28 INFO(0) ZServer PCGI Server started at Thu Jan 31 13:27:28
> 2002
> Unix socket: /usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86/var/pcgi.soc
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:27:28 PANIC(300) z2 Startup exception
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File /usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86/z2.py, line 688, in ?
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86/var/Z2.pid'

OK chown'd /Zope/var to nobody, and this fixed the problem. But then got
this:


> root@carnall:/usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86# ./start
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:48:08 INFO(0) ZODB Opening database for mounting:
> '142200632_10124  83603.415211'
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:48:08 INFO(0) ZODB Mounted database
> '142200632_1012483603.415211'   at /temp_folder
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:48:09 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Thu Jan 31 13:48:09
> 2  002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8080
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:48:09 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Thu Jan 31 13:48:09
> 20  02
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8021
> ------
> 2002-01-31T13:48:09 INFO(0) ZServer PCGI Server started at Thu Jan 31 13:48:09
> 2  002
> Unix socket: /usr/local/Zope-2.5.0-linux2-x86/var/pcgi.soc
> ------
> 2002-01-31T14:01:10 INFO(0) ZODB conflict error at /manage_main (1 conflicts
> sin  ce startup at 2002-01-31T13:48:09)
> 

and no return to root prompt. However, can now get the Zope management
screen via the browser, which is something. Let's face it, I'm going to have
to follow the Zope-Install-HOWTO to the letter. So I did...

Then this...

> 2002-02-04T08:46:12 INFO(0) ZODB Opening database for mounting:
> '142028632_1012810841.738608'
> ------
> 2002-02-04T08:46:12 INFO(0) ZODB Mounted database
> '142028632_1012810841.738608' at /temp_folder
> ------
> 2002-02-04T08:46:12 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Mon Feb  4 08:46:12
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall.homechoice.co.uk
> Port: 8080
> ------
> 2002-02-04T08:46:12 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Mon Feb  4 08:46:12
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8021
> ------
> 2002-02-04T08:46:12 INFO(0) ZServer PCGI Server started at Mon Feb  4 08:46:12
> 2002
> Unix socket: /usr/local/zope/2-5-0/var/pcgi.soc

.... (after installing the default binary)

or like this, after compiling the source ....

> dougie@carnall:/tmp/Zope-2.5.0-src$ ./start
> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:19:11 INFO(0) ZODB Opening database for mounting:
> '142014504_1013163551.924843'
> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:19:11 INFO(0) ZODB Mounted database
> '142014504_1013163551.924843' at /temp_folder
> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:19:53 INFO(0) Zope New disk product detected, determining if we
> need to fix up any ZClasses.
> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:19:54 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Fri Feb  8 10:19:54
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8080
> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:19:54 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Fri Feb  8 10:19:54
> 2002
> Hostname: carnall
> Port: 8021


At either point, if I then switch to my browser and enter
http://carnall:8080/manage I can access the management screen OK **as long
as I keep the SSH window** which I started Zope with up. However, I then see
this message via my terminal:

> ------
> 2002-02-08T10:23:12 INFO(0) ZODB conflict error at /manage_main (1 conflicts
> since startup at 2002-02-08T10:19:54)

Zope seems to be working OK, but presumably the script should finish and
Zope becomes a background process? Have I ballsed up the permissions
somewhere along the line? I can't find much on Slackware and Zope: maybe
there's a configuration problem? What distro do most Zope people standardise
on anyway?

Any thoughts on this problem would be most appreciated: I'd like to have a
nice solid setup before we start testing new products.

D.

-- 
Douglas Carnall

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