capsrock

Not using the cookie based option. Used the rename setting.

I have 2 separate linux vps’ and run wordpress on both of them. One of the servers runs the automatic updates fine – displays the progress and automatically restarts plugins. The other server runs the updates but does not display the progress and does not automatically restart updated plugins. I had racked my brain trying to figure it out. Both servers run php5 with the exact same settings. I tried to visually compare the php.ini files but that was no help. So today I downloaded the php.ini file from the server that worked fine and uploaded (over wrote) the file to the server that did not work so well. Now it works great so it is definitely a php configuration issue. I’m sorry that I can’t tell you exactly what it is. If I had to guess its either something to do with the fopen setting or is something to do with the script execution settings – time allowed, memory usage.

You are going to need MySQL on your server. WP needs a database to create the neccessary tables in that store your user information, blog entries, settings, etc.

Tried the fresh install but that didn’t work so I installed on one of our other servers and it worked fine. I’m guessing the upgrade to mysql4 didn’t go off as smoothly as it first appeared on the other box. I have a cron job that checks the database periodically and repairs any problems so hopefully when that runs it will fix it.

Thanks for the response. I’m not sure that the database is the problem. The database is there but there is nothing in it yet. No tables at all. Something is going awry when the code is trying to create the tables and initiate the install process. I think I’ll try removing all of the WP files and download it again and try from scratch.

You probably have to go into your php.ini file and uncomment the line that enables that extension. On some servers you can logon and do a reinstall of php which basically lets you edit your current settings. Not sure how much control you have over your server.

See if this helps. When you create your database user, use:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘username’@’%’
IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’ WITH GRANT OPTION;

Change username and password to your username and password.