Fatal error: Call to undefined function: db_connect() in...

[ervee]

Hi, I can't get Cacti to work on my brand new SuSE 9.2.
I installed cacti and applied all patches etc. used the install documentation, mysql is running and "mysql -u cactiuser -p cacti" works after entering the cacti password.

When I go to the url http://stats/cacti/ it comes up with:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: db_connect() in /srv/www/htdocs/cacti/lib/database.php on line 110

I can't find out what this is...

I have these versions of packages:
# rpm -qa | egrep "apache|httpd|php|mysql|snmp"
apache2-2.0.50-7.2
apache2-mod_fastcgi-2.4.2-2
apache2-mod_perl-1.99_12_20040302-38
apache2-mod_php4-4.3.8-8.3
apache2-prefork-2.0.50-7.2
apache2-worker-2.0.50-7.2
mysql-4.0.21-4.2
mysql-Max-4.0.21-4
mysql-client-4.0.21-4
mysql-shared-4.0.21-4
net-snmp-5.1.2-3
php4-4.3.8-8.3
php4-bz2-4.3.8-8
php4-calendar-4.3.8-8
php4-ctype-4.3.8-8
php4-exif-4.3.8-8
php4-gd-4.3.8-8
php4-gettext-4.3.8-8
php4-iconv-4.3.8-8
php4-mhash-4.3.8-8
php4-mime_magic-4.3.8-8
php4-mysql-4.3.8-8
php4-session-4.3.8-8
php4-snmp-4.3.8-8
php4-zlib-4.3.8-8

I also seached the forum, but I can't find the answer Please help.

Thanx
Ralf.

[athlonkmf]

have you installed php-cli?

[ervee]

I can't find a package for that, but I have the php4 (core files) package installed which says:

This package contains the PHP4 core files, including PHP binary (CLI) and PHP configuration (php.ini). This package must be installed in order to use PHP. Additionally, extension modules and server modules (e.g. for Apache) may be installed.

Can I somehow verify that I have what I need?

[_pre[PL]]

remove config_php_include_order.patch

[ervee]

My god, how do I do that? I've installed it folowing the manual with "patch -p1 -N < config_php_include_order.patch" but I'm not so familiar with the patch util...

I do have found out that my PHP is ./configured with '--disable-cli'...
Is php-cli required for cacti?

[rony]

Removing that patch shouldn't make a difference..

Can you email me your /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file?

I'm curious why this error is showing up all of a sudden.

[ervee]

I've mailed you a copy of my config files.

[ervee]

Hmmmmz... My mail server's IP is blocked by sorbs so I'm gonna Hotmail it to you... Here it comes!

[_pre[PL]]

Removing that patch shouldn't make a difference..

When I apply the patch, the error pops up...
When I remove the patch, it is gone...
I tested this several times...
However, I admit it could be something different.

[branix]

I second what _pre[PL] said. The same happened to me while applying the patches. problem solved when rolling back from the config_php_include_order.patch patch.

[ervee]

Next to the help from rony I'm willing to try this, but I don't know how

[_pre[PL]]

Next to the help from rony I'm willing to try this, but I don't know how

just copy config.php from the original tarball

[ervee]

Doh Why didn't I think of that...

Anyhiew... IT WORKS!
After replacing the patched config.php with the original from the distribution and changing the password to mach mine, I'm now presented with a "Cacti Installation Guide" introduction.

Rony, are you still going to work out why the patched version doesn't work with my apache2? Would be nice, but if you have better things to do, I understand.

Thanx in advance for all the help!

Ralf.

[rony]

Um, guess I need to do more testing....

Doesn't make sense..... Unless the patch is corrupted? Hey, I can be wrong sometimes.. I will investigate it further tonight.

Sometimes I'm a little hard headed...

[ervee]

Okay, let me know if you want me to test it or something. It's best to use e-mail for that for a quick response.