Problem at Step 2

  • It says “Now we’re going to create the database tables and fill them with some default data.” and nothing after that. I’ve looked through this forum and nothing is working. I think it is dying at make_db_current_silent(); But I don’t know why or how to fix it. I found there is a function make_db_current(); and tried that to see if it would report an error or something, but nothing. Please help.

    Brad

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  • I had the exact problem. What I did was to edit wp-install.php to see where the script died. And I found out that it died on the line that attempts to mail the login details of your newly created WP weblog. Commenting the line I mentioned (the one that calls the mail() function — it’s line 181 on WordPress 1.5) by prefix-ing it with “#” (without the quotes) worked for me.

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    Thread Starter bproctor

    (@bproctor)

    It’s dying earlier than that for me. At the make_db_current_silent() function. I changed that mail() function call to an echo.

    Have you tried deleting all of your WordPress files, then reuploading fresh copies. Just last night I had a nasty time with my site. I wound up posting the entire site about three times before the thing worked. I was having some file transfer problems. Maybe this is what happened in your case.

    Thread Starter bproctor

    (@bproctor)

    Yup. Done that too. I’ve started over three times. ??

    bproctor –

    did you ever find a solution to this problem? I think I might be in the same boat, though when I put in my echoes, it appeared I was dying 1 line sooner. I’d be interested in hearing if this has been resolved.

    See my own post: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=30925

    I also was having this exact same issue. I tried reinstalling many times. Read all the help here, but none of it helped me. I even tried installing old version 1.2.1 (which was a pain to find). Even that was failing during install but did create the tables. But it never finished the installation totally. So I could not get 1.2.1 or 1.5.2 to finish installing. The web host I was using is Interland. I’ve seen other people who blog using them, but for some reason the install was not working for me. I don’t know if it is something in the server config or what.

    Anyway, I signed up with bluehost.com since the folks here at wordpress recommend them and hey they’re cheap too :o) . I used the exact same files I tried with Interland on Bluehost and the install of 1.5.2 went flawlessly!

    So if you are still having this issue I’d recommend talking with your web host or getting another one.

    moire

    (@moire)

    This far seems there is not solution for the bug. I think problem is dealing with certan kind of server behavor. in my case it’s Infinology.com – it also had problems with MODx cms

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