Wierd error with Cacti 0.6.8a and RH7.3

[ritter]

I have a RedHat 7.3 box, using the latest RedHat errata rpms for php, apache, and mysql:

php:

php-mysql-4.1.2-7.3.4
php-manual-4.1.2-7.3.4
php-4.1.2-7.3.4
php-snmp-4.1.2-7.3.4
php-devel-4.1.2-7.3.4


apache:

apache-devel-1.3.23-14
apache-1.3.23-14
apache-manual-1.3.23-14

MySQL:

mysql-3.23.49-3
mysqlclient9-3.23.22-6
mysql-devel-3.23.49-3
mysql-server-3.23.49-3


My problem is:

I installed cacti, and the php scripts will not run, going to the cacti dir in the brower outputs:

raXnet cacti (about)"); DrawMatrixRowEnd(); DrawMatrixTableEnd(); include_once ("include/bottom_footer.php"); ?>

I am using other php applications (phpmyadmin, ACID, phplot, jpgraph) without problems. I also ran a phpinfo(); from within the cacti dir to make sure php would run in the dir, and it worked fine.

I also tried running /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php, and the output was:

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.1.2
Content-type: text/html

<?/*
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Copyright (C) 2002 Ian Berry

.....and the rest of the cmd.php script.


What is going on here? I figure there is a php config problem or something?

Nicholas

[ritter]

I downgraded to a lower version of Cacti, and still had the same problem.

I have run Cacti on RH 7.3 in the past without problems...so I am quite puzzled.

Nicholas

[ritter]

I was checking my apache error log, and found an entry:

File does not exist: /var/www/html/cacti/images/install_<

When I searched install.php, I found the following at line 286:

<p align="right"><input type="image" src="ima\
ges/install_<?if ($step==TOTAL_STEPS){?>finish<?}else{?>next<?}?>.gif" alt="<?if ($step==TOTA\
L_STEPS){?>Finish<?}else{?>Next<?}?>"></p>


Although I do not know why, it looks like the file is garbled. If this file is garbled, who knows what is wrong with any of the other files.

The thing is, I have downloaded and installed source code for other apps in the exact same way, and not had any problems.

Any ideas?

[ritter]

I have redownloaded and decompressed cacti, and still fine the same problem with file corruption.

I am doing 'tar -zxvf cacti-0.6.8.tar.gz' to decompress the archive.....

something realy funky is going one here/......


ug....

[ritter]

Hey Rax-

Can you MD5 sign the cacti downloads? I figure this will help to identify where the file corruption is occuring.

Nicholas

[bulek]

I'm not sure about your present problems. Regarding your first post - it is because of "short_open_tag" variable in php.ini. You need to set it to "on".

- bulek

[ritter]

That setting in php.ini fixed the problem, it was Off, so setting it to on and restarting apache fixed it.

Thanks Bulek.

Nicholas