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Bug 380417

Summary: phpmyadmin "cannot start session error"
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Lisa <dieuonline>
Component: [OLD] ServerAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: output of phpinfo()
emerge --info
cave info
stat /tmp
apache2 error_log
cave info phpmyadmin

Description Lisa 2011-08-23 21:30:13 UTC
Created attachment 284403 [details]
output of phpinfo()

Hi,

I recently upgraded apache, mysql and php on my desktop pc.
Now I have this error when I try to use phpmyadmin :

"Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly."

I really do not understand what is going wrong. I created the pma tables and configured properly my config.inc.php file .
The error log file says nothing interesting.
session.save_path is properly defined.
The root user (who started apache and mysql) has read/write permission on /temp .

Has anyone a clue?

Thanks anyway.


Lisa Haston
Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2011-08-23 21:58:11 UTC
Attach emerge --info, your error log with error_reporting=E_ALL and `stat /tmp'.
Comment 2 Lisa 2011-08-24 09:55:16 UTC
Hi,

The error_reporting was already defined as E_ALL | E_STRICT .

I'll attach all three files.

Thanks.


Lisa
Comment 3 Lisa 2011-08-24 10:06:50 UTC
Created attachment 284447 [details]
emerge --info
Comment 4 Lisa 2011-08-24 10:08:02 UTC
Created attachment 284451 [details]
cave info

I use cave, so maybe this will be relevant too.
Comment 5 Lisa 2011-08-24 10:08:30 UTC
Created attachment 284453 [details]
stat /tmp
Comment 6 Lisa 2011-08-24 10:11:13 UTC
Created attachment 284455 [details]
apache2 error_log

I truncated a bit the beginning of the file
Comment 7 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-08-25 14:29:27 UTC
Comment on attachment 284451 [details]
cave info

That's information relevant to your package manager. Specify the package on the command line to produce output relevant to the package. (Or so it used to work.)
Comment 8 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-08-25 14:31:23 UTC
(Also, you should really update your entire system. If emerge/cave --info output is correct, then you're vulnerable to quite a few attacks.)
Comment 9 Lisa 2011-08-28 12:01:45 UTC
Hi,

sorry for the delay, I was some days out of town ;)

I will post the cave info phpmyadmin file this evening (for information purpose).
It really seems to be a problem with this package. I had no trouble with php, mysql or apache.

You suggested I update my system, instead I'am rebuilding it now. It will take a couple of days from now. I'll be back then.

Anyway, lots of thanks for your help.

Lisa
Comment 10 Lisa 2011-08-28 20:18:56 UTC
Created attachment 284933 [details]
cave info phpmyadmin