Re: Installation on RAQ2

[Jason Korkin <jkorkin@korksoft.com>]

Trevor,
	About 6months ago, I worked on a Cobalt RAQ server... check the mailing
list archive on the steps that I went through on configuring the Apache
httpd for use with a non-cgi-wrapper interface...  I *belive* that I
wrote a mini-step-by-step email about how to get around its limitations.

	Jason Korkin.


Trevor Garside wrote:
> 
> ******    message to minivend-users from Trevor Garside <m-list@xaioyou.actaeon.net>     ******
> 
> I've been dealing with MV on a RAQ system.
> 
> You might be having problems with your Perl install.  Go to Cobalt's
> binary ftp's and download Perl pre-built for the RAQ2.
> 
> (ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com)
> 
> Next thing is get rid of that damn cgi-wrapper.  This will require you to
> edit the Apache configuration file.  I'm not experienced enough in it to
> be able to tell you to do what I have done, but I'll leave it up to the
> list to fill you in.  (Wouldn't want to tell you to do something that'll
> break it, you know...)
> 
> ---
> 
> Next, since you say "weird chars" come out when you go to /cgi-bin/simple,
> I'm thinking that your cgi-bin directory is not actually a ScriptAlias.
> 
> This line needs to be in httpd.conf:
> 
> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /realpathtothecgibindir
> 
> I'm sure there's more to it than that, but I can't recall it off hand.
> 
> Hope I've pushed you in the right direction...
> 
> ---
> Trevor Garside
> Actaeon West, Inc.
> trevor@actaeon.net
> 
> On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Pumin Wuvanich wrote:
> 
> > ******    message to minivend-users from "Pumin Wuvanich" <pumin@madmacs.com>     ******
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >     Are there any special steps to install Minivend on RAQ2?  Here is what I
> > did, but still can't make Minivend work.
> >
> >     1.  I compiled, and installed new Perl 5.005_03 on /usr/local
> >         ('lib/ipc_sysv' doesn't pass 'make test')
> >
> >     2.  I got Minivend bundle through [perl -MCPAN -e 'install
> > Bundle::Minivend']
> >
> >     3.  I installed Minivend V.3.14-3
> >         ('make test' reports
> >          server.......ok 1
> >          not communicating with server
> >          socket link..make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 29 )
> >
> >     4.  I did 'make install' anyway.
> >
> >     5.  I created 'simple' catalog.  (When the script asked 'Do you use
> > cgi-wrapper?', I answered 'y'.)
> >
> >     6.  I started minivend. [mvend/bin/start].  Everything seems to work
> > fine in this step.
> >
> >     Minivend still doesn't work, and I couldn't access to any simple's
> > pages.  Lots of weird characters come out.
> > (http://206.111.118.123/cgi-bin/simple)  Do I miss any steps here?  Do I
> > have to do anything about Apache config, and cgi-wrapper?  If anyone
> > succesfully install Minivend on Raq2, please give me some hints.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Best Regards,
> > Pumin
> >
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