elgg installation problem

[dhruv227]

whenever i try to install this script, on the installation i get this error :

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@delon.in and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.6 Server at delon.in Port 80

[garrettroyce]

try renaming your .htaccess file to .htaccess~ and see if it works. I have a feeling something is awry here.

[dhruv227]

if i rename the file then the message comes that to create a new .htaccess file with some content and then i do it and then i again get the Internal Server Error.

[garrettroyce]

That's strange. There must be an error in the .htaccess. Can you post the code in your .htaccess?

[dhruv227]

ya sure i will be posting it in installments since it exceeds the character limit

# Elgg htaccess directives
# Copyright Curverider Ltd 2008-2009
# License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
# Link http://elgg.org/

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# ugly ugly hack to detect missing mod_rewrite
# RedirectMatch must be to an absolute destination, so forces 500 error...
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Apache does not have mod_rewrite loaded. Please check your Apache setup."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

<Files "htaccess_dist">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

# Don't listing directory
Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Default handler
DirectoryIndex index.php

# Turn on expiry
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 years"
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 1.x
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 2
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 5, apache 1 and 2
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
# default memory limit to 64Mb
php_value memory_limit 64M
# to make sure register global is off
php_value register_globals 0
# max post size to 8Mb
php_value post_max_size 8388608
# upload size limit to 5Mb
php_value upload_max_filesize 5242880
# hide errors, enable only if debug enabled
php_value display_errors 0
</IfModule>

# Turn on mod_gzip if available
<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
mod_gzip_on yes
mod_gzip_dechunk yes
mod_gzip_keep_workfiles No
mod_gzip_minimum_file_size 1000
mod_gzip_maximum_file_size 1000000
mod_gzip_maximum_inmem_size 1000000
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/javascript$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript$
# Exclude old browsers and images since IE has trouble with this
mod_gzip_item_exclude reqheader "User-Agent: .*Mozilla/4\..*\["
mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
</IfModule>

## Apache2 deflate support if available
##
## Important note: mod_headers is required for correct functioning across proxies.
##
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.[0678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>

# The following is to disable compression for actions. The reason being is that these
# may offer direct downloads which (since the initial request comes in as text/html and headers
# get changed in the script) get double compressed and become unusable when downloaded by IE.
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI action\/* no-gzip dont-vary
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI actions\/* no-gzip dont-vary

</IfModule>

# Configure ETags
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|mp3|flv|mov|avi|3pg|html|htm| swf)$">
FileETag MTime Size
</FilesMatch>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

Edit:

# If Elgg is in a subdirectory on your site, you might need to add a RewriteBase line
# containing the path from your site root to elgg's root. e.g. If your site is
# http://example.com/ and Elgg is in http://example.com/sites/elgg/, you might need
#
#RewriteBase /sites/elgg/
#
# here, only without the # in front.
#
# If you're not running Elgg in a subdirectory on your site, but still getting lots
# of 404 errors beyond the front page, you could instead try:
#
#RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^action\/([A-Za-z\_\-\/]+)$ engine/handlers/action_handler.php?action=$1

RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2&type=$3&idname=$4

RewriteRule ^\_css\/css\.css$ _css/css.php

RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)\/(.*)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1

RewriteRule xml-rpc.php engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
RewriteRule mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php

RewriteRule ^tag/(.+)/?$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=search&page=$1

</IfModule># Elgg htaccess directives
# Copyright Curverider Ltd 2008-2009
# License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
# Link http://elgg.org/

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# ugly ugly hack to detect missing mod_rewrite
# RedirectMatch must be to an absolute destination, so forces 500 error...
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Apache does not have mod_rewrite loaded. Please check your Apache setup."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

<Files "htaccess_dist">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

# Don't listing directory
Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Default handler
DirectoryIndex index.php

# Turn on expiry
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 years"
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 1.x
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 2
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 5, apache 1 and 2
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
# default memory limit to 64Mb
php_value memory_limit 64M
# to make sure register global is off
php_value register_globals 0
# max post size to 8Mb
php_value post_max_size 8388608
# upload size limit to 5Mb
php_value upload_max_filesize 5242880
# hide errors, enable only if debug enabled
php_value display_errors 0
</IfModule>

thx

[dhruv227]

i have put the .htaccess file in zip and then attached. please do check it out.

[garrettroyce]

Sorry, woke up late today :P

# Elgg htaccess directives
# Copyright Curverider Ltd 2008-2009
# License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
# Link http://elgg.org/

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
    # ugly ugly hack to detect missing mod_rewrite
    # RedirectMatch must be to an absolute destination, so forces 500 error...
    ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Apache does not have mod_rewrite loaded. Please check your Apache setup."
    RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

<Files "htaccess_dist">
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
</Files>

# Don't listing directory
Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Default handler
DirectoryIndex index.php

# Turn on expiry
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 10 years"
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 1.x
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
    ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
    RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 4, apache 2
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
    ErrorDocument 500 "Elgg error: Elgg does not support PHP 4."
    RedirectMatch 302 .* index.php
</IfModule>

# php 5, apache 1 and 2
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
	# default memory limit to 64Mb
	php_value memory_limit 64M
	# to make sure register global is off
	php_value register_globals 0
	# max post size to 8Mb
	php_value post_max_size 8388608
	# upload size limit to 5Mb	
	php_value upload_max_filesize 5242880
	# hide errors, enable only if debug enabled
	php_value display_errors 0
</IfModule>

# Turn on mod_gzip if available
<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
	mod_gzip_on yes
    mod_gzip_dechunk yes
    mod_gzip_keep_workfiles No
    mod_gzip_minimum_file_size 1000
    mod_gzip_maximum_file_size 1000000
    mod_gzip_maximum_inmem_size 1000000
    mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.* 
    mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/javascript$
    mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript$
    # Exclude old browsers and images since IE has trouble with this
    mod_gzip_item_exclude reqheader "User-Agent: .*Mozilla/4\..*\["
    mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
</IfModule>

## Apache2 deflate support if available
##
## Important note: mod_headers is required for correct functioning across proxies.
##
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript
	BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
	BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.[0678] no-gzip
	BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>	
	Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>	
	
	# The following is to disable compression for actions. The reason being is that these
	# may offer direct downloads which (since the initial request comes in as text/html and headers
	# get changed in the script) get double compressed and become unusable when downloaded by IE.
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
	SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI action\/* no-gzip dont-vary
	SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI actions\/* no-gzip dont-vary
</IfModule>

# Configure ETags
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|mp3|flv|mov|avi|3pg|html|htm|swf)$">
	FileETag MTime Size
</FilesMatch>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

# If Elgg is in a subdirectory on your site, you might need to add a RewriteBase line
# containing the path from your site root to elgg's root. e.g. If your site is
# http://example.com/ and Elgg is in http://example.com/sites/elgg/, you might need 
#
#RewriteBase /sites/elgg/ ******************************************************************************************Change this if elgg is not in /home/{yourname}/public_html/, ie /home/{yourname/public_html/elgg/
#
# here, only without the # in front.
#
# If you're not running Elgg in a subdirectory on your site, but still getting lots
# of 404 errors beyond the front page, you could instead try:
#
#RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^action\/([A-Za-z\_\-\/]+)$ engine/handlers/action_handler.php?action=$1

RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2&type=$3&idname=$4

RewriteRule ^\_css\/css\.css$ _css/css.php

RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)\/(.*)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1

RewriteRule xml-rpc.php engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
RewriteRule mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php

RewriteRule ^tag/(.+)/?$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=search&page=$1

</IfModule># Elgg htaccess directives
# Copyright Curverider Ltd 2008-2009
# License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
# Link http://elgg.org/

Errors:
a few <IfModule ...> tags missing
a few </IfModule> tags missing
everything after #link http://elgg.org (the first one) was a duplicate

[dhruv227]

thanks for telling, the code which you have provided, is free of errors ?
Edit:
if not then can u provide me the corrected version, thnx a ton.
Edit:
I am still getting that error

[garrettroyce]

Ok, let's try going through the file one section at a time. Try this first:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^action\/([A-Za-z\_\-\/]+)$ engine/handlers/action_handler.php?action=$1

RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2
RewriteRule ^export\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([A-Za-z]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9\_]+)\/$ services/export/handler.php?view=$1&guid=$2&type=$3&idname=$4

RewriteRule ^\_css\/css\.css$ _css/css.php

RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)\/(.*)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^pg\/([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=$1

RewriteRule xml-rpc.php engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php
RewriteRule mt/mt-xmlrpc.cgi engine/handlers/xml-rpc_handler.php

RewriteRule ^tag/(.+)/?$ engine/handlers/pagehandler.php?handler=search&page=$1

</IfModule>

[dhruv227]

thanks a lot brother, problem solved. added it to rep.