[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Perl upgrade



Just noting this user is considering re-installing. Is there the ability to restore from a backup yet?
Having a backup facility is really good, but better when you can restore from it.
ie the user could backup, wipe his system and reinstall, then restore from backup.

Cheers
Barry


On 7 September 2010 12:06, Chris Travers <..hidden..> wrote:
Which version of LedgerSMB?

This may be a known issue corrected in a later version.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:20 AM, M Lubratt <..hidden..> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Chris Travers <..hidden..>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:13 PM, M Lubratt <..hidden..> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:02 AM, M Lubratt <..hidden..> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Chris Travers <..hidden..>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:29 PM, M Lubratt <..hidden..> wrote:
>> >>> > Hello!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I, unfortunately, ventured down the road of upgrading my perl
>> >>> > installation
>> >>> > on my FreeBSD 8.1 box from 5.8 to 5.12.  I followed the directions
>> >>> > from
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > /usr/ports/UPDATING file and rebuilt everything that depends on
>> >>> > perl.
>> >>> > After
>> >>> > doing so, I was getting errors related to Math::BigInt and the log
>> >>> > on
>> >>> > screen
>> >>> > wouldn't even appear (from the error log file).  I installed BigInt
>> >>> > (with
>> >>> > the GMP library) and could get to the log on screen; however, the
>> >>> > only
>> >>> > things that would appear in the menu system were submenus (with a
>> >>> > few
>> >>> > exceptions).  If I looked under AP, for example, I would see
>> >>> > "Reports"
>> >>> > and
>> >>> > "Vendors"; but wouldn't see any of the other screens such as "Add
>> >>> > Transaction."  When I look in /var/log/httpd-error.log, there aren't
>> >>> > any
>> >>> > errors.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Frustrated, I downgraded back to 5.8 and rebuilt all dependencies
>> >>> > again.
>> >>> > However, the above problem still persists.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I'm running LSMB 1.2.18 on FreeBSD 8.1, Apache 2.2.16 with
>> >>> > PostgreSQL
>> >>> > 8.4.4.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Does anyone have any insight?
>> >>>
>> >>> No direct insight.  However you mentioned a few things do work?  Can
>> >>> you describe what they are?
>> >>
>> >> Investigating further, it appears that my screen/workflow permissions
>> >> for
>> >> my username in the admin interface were corrupted (I normally have
>> >> everything enabled).  I tried re-authorize them, but when I hit save,
>> >> they
>> >> don't save.
>> >> I've been looking around and can't seem to find where these permissions
>> >> are stored.
>> >
>> >
>> > I found where this information is kept in the users_conf table under the
>> > acs
>> > column.  For some reason, it appears that the admin interface is unable
>> > to
>> > save changes to this table...
>> > I'm not sure if this helps more or not.
>> > Thanks for all your help!
>> > Mark
>>
>> check your db server's logs.
>>
>> In the mean time update the acs column to an empty string and see if
>> that gets you going and buys time to troubleshoot.
>>
>>
>
> I checked the db server's logs.  They were empty.  I manually emptied the
> acs field and I could access all of the menus that I want.  I tried to
> adjust a single item on the access list.  I saved it and looked back at the
> acs for this user and a whole bunch of them had changed.  In fact, it
> changed back to the acs that I had prior to manually changing it.
> I'm thinking about reinstalling.
> Best,
> Mark
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by:
>
> Show off your parallel programming skills.
> Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd
> _______________________________________________
> Ledger-smb-users mailing list
> ..hidden..
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
>
>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by:

Show off your parallel programming skills.
Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd
_______________________________________________
Ledger-smb-users mailing list
..hidden..
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users



--

Barry Clearwater
Managing director
BC Systems Consultancy Limited
___________________________
18 Shaw Street
Mosgiel
Dunedin 9024
Phone: +64 3 489 3915
Mobile: +64 27 221 9338
Email: ..hidden..