[Zope] Zope install/startup problems on Debian Sarge

[Paul Winkler]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:55:00PM +0100, Goran Christiansson wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I have installed Zope on Debian Sarge (testing), but I cannot log into the
> ZMI.
>
> I got the package using "apt-get install zope", 

what version of zope is that?

> created an instance using:
> > zopectl init default
> > zopectl access default
> (I made a password using the zpasswd.py script)
> > zopectl restart
> 
> The instance seems to start all right. On port 9673 I get the Zope
> introduction text. However, when I try to access /manage, I get a Error 500
> page in my browser.
> 
> The detailed log file contains:
> 
> U 000000000 2004-01-14T21:51:01 System startup
> B 150241180 2004-01-14T21:51:06 GET /manage
> I 150241180 2004-01-14T21:51:06 0
> A 150241180 2004-01-14T21:51:06 401 705
> U 000000000 2004-01-14T21:51:07 System startup
> B 150240820 2004-01-14T21:51:15 GET /manage
> I 150240820 2004-01-14T21:51:15 0
> A 150240820 2004-01-14T21:51:15 401 705
> U 000000000 2004-01-14T21:51:16 System startup
> B 150240764 2004-01-14T21:52:10 GET /manage
> I 150240764 2004-01-14T21:52:10 0
> 
> Where should I start looking?

That log output is odd.
It looks like every time you get /manage, zope immediately
restarts before the response is sent back to the browser.
(Every request should log lines starting with B, I, A,
and E, and you're never getting the E lines.)

If you let zope run for a while, and tail that logfile,
you should be able to confirm or deny whether it's
/manage that triggers the restart... but i don't know
what that would tell you other than that your zope is
severely broken.

I've never used any linux distro's version of zope.
Maybe this one is just borken? It's happened before.

Have you tried installing python and zope from source?
It's quite simple.

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