The eAuction Support Forums

The eAuction Support Forums
https://www.everyscript.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl
eAuction 1.6.1.x >> Start Up and more >> Blank screen!
https://www.everyscript.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1073310101

Message started by Phil on 01/05/04 at 14:41:41

Title: Blank screen!
Post by Phil on 01/05/04 at 14:41:41

Hi
I have installed the software but when i try to run it i simply get a blank,white screen in the browser, no error pages just white!.

What am i doing wrong please?

Phil

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Forum Admin on 01/05/04 at 16:34:10

Maybe your zip file is corrupted.
Download a fresh copy and try it again ... ;)

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Phil on 01/05/04 at 17:44:47

Thankyou for your swift reply

I have tried another zip file but still the same.

If i 'view source' with my browser there are only html 'head' and 'body' tags there,nothing else!

It seems strange that i get no error messages.

I am a little confused as to wether i should be making a data directory somewhere on my server as well as the eAuction directory in my cgi bin?..or does it make these automatically?

Thanks

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Phil on 01/05/04 at 18:07:54

I just found out that my isp only has Perl 5.008 installed..could this be the problem?

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Phil on 01/05/04 at 18:18:23

I messed with CHMODS and if i set 555 to eConfig.pl i get a screen like the one below.This is the only setting where i actually see something in my browser

ARRAY(0x8242070)
/home/********/public_html
Permission denied
ARRAY(0x8252920).
ARRAY(0x81c714c)
ARRAY(0x81c6d5c)
ARRAY(0x8250db8).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ARRAY(0x81c6fe4) ARRAY(0x824228c) ARRAY(0x8251df0) ARRAY(0x804e150) ARRAY(0x8251bf8) ARRAY(0x82540ac)
ARRAY(0x8251e38) ARRAY(0x81c7008) ARRAY(0x8251bb0) ARRAY(0x8251cd0) ARRAY(0x82529d4) ARRAY(0x8242220)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Powered By EveryAuction 1.53
Code-Cleanup © By Dieter Werner
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Forum Admin on 01/06/04 at 12:41:23

Quote:

/home/********/public_html
Permission denied

/home/********/public_html
isn't a valid directory path.

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Phil on 01/06/04 at 13:23:07

Hi.
The **** are my user id so i replaced it in my post here with the asterisks.

Should this path point to the cgi-bin/eAuction161 directory then?

Thanks
Phil

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Forum Admin on 01/07/04 at 10:55:59

Where is your cgi-bin directory located?

Is it
/home/********/public_html/cgi-bin

or is it
/home/********/cgi-bin

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by iopsrb1 on 01/21/04 at 00:42:07

Same problem here:

http://www.areacode603.com/cgi-bin/eAuction161/eAuction.pl

permission denied.

basepath:
home/vhosts/areacode603.com/cgi-bin/eAuction161/edata

Here are some of the error messages from my log:

Use of uninitialized value in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/vars.pm line 11.
Use of uninitialized value in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/warnings/register.pm line 3.
Use of uninitialized value in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/warnings.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value in require at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Carp.pm line 71.
Use of uninitialized value in require at eAuction.pl line 169.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at eConfig161.pl line 732.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at eConfig161.pl line 732.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at eConfig161.pl line 732.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at eConfig161.pl line 732.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at eConfig161.pl line 732.

Anybody?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ron

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by iopsrb1 on 01/21/04 at 01:44:32

After much fiddlin', I tried changing eConfig161.pl permissions to 444...worked!

also used basepath option (get_path=0) and don't forget, no trailing slash on basepath.

Thanks,

Ron

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by absorbo on 01/13/05 at 22:07:08

Hello,

http://fi-12-12.minotaur-solutions.com/cgi-bin/fi-12-12/eAuction.pl

Same blank screen...
Changed the chmods also, nothing...

Really want to use it: looks great... should I get it to work lol

Anyway, can anyone help me?

Thanks

Title: I also get a blank screen
Post by jerryco on 08/05/06 at 20:54:59

I have read the similiar thread and tried all the recommendations. I still have a blank screen.

I called my ISP and they are running Perl 5.6.1

I have changed the attribs on the files according to setup and I tried the 444 the last user suggested. If you have any suggestions I am open.

Thanks,

Jerry C.

# Config-Section-01
#-#############################################

# The name of your servers cgi-bin directory
$config{'cgi_dir'} = 'cgi-bin'; # Default for most servers

# The cgi-bin subdirectory where your eAuction.pl will be stored
$config{'auction_dir'} = 'eAuction161';

# The Path to a 'NON-WEBACCESSABLE' directory of your system
# Maybe you have to chmode it if you use your own setting

$config{'get_path'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'basepath'} = '/u18/hidden/cgi-bin/eAuction161';

# You need to assign either a mail program or
# a mail host so e-mails can be sent out.
# Configure your MAIL PROGRAM

$config{'get_mail'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'mailprog'} = '/u185/hidden/To/sendmail'; # no additional options please

# or Configure your MAIL HOST (SMTP)
#$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://hidden.com';

# Set this from 0 to 1 if the script is running with a real Web-Server
$config{'web_server'} = 1;

#-#############################################
# Config-Section-02
#-#############################################

# Closed Auction Directory
# This is where closed auction items are stored.
$config{'closedir'} = 'closed';

# Closed items may survive ...
$config{'closedays'} = 30; # Days

# User Registration Directory
# This is where user registrations are stored.
# Leave this blank if you don't want to require registration.
$config{'regdir'} = 'userreg';

# Your Admin-Password.
$config{'adminpass'} = 'auction';

# This line must be your e-mail address
$config{'admin_address'} = 'info@hidden.com';

# Set this to 1 if you want a carbon copy of each new registration eMail
$config{'cc_to_admin'} = 1;

# This will let you define the colors of the
# tables that are generated by the script.
$config{'colornavbar'} = '#EEEEEE'; # Color of the navbar
$config{'colornavbarbg'} = '#BBBBBB'; # Background of the navbar
$config{'colortablebg'} = '#FFFFFF'; # Backgrund of the tables
$config{'colortablehead'} = '#BBBBBB'; # Color of the table-header
$config{'colortablebody'} = '#EEEEEE'; # Color of the table-body

# Sniper Protection.
# How many minutes past last bid to hold auction.
# If auctions should close at exactly closing time, set it to zero.
$config{'aftermin'} = 5; # minutes

# User Posting Enabled
$config{'newokay'} = 1; # 1 = yes | 0 = no

# Auction Name (will appear at the top of each page)
$config{'sitename'} = 'hidden.COM';

# Change this to 0 if your server doesn't support file locking
$config{'flock'} = 0; # 1 = yes | 0 = no

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Dieter Werner on 08/06/06 at 10:32:19

This
Code:

# The Path to a 'NON-WEBACCESSABLE' directory of your system
# Maybe you have to chmode it if you use your own setting

$config{'get_path'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'basepath'} = '/u18/hidden/cgi-bin/eAuction161';

is a wrong configuration.

The basepath is NOT the path to the program!
The basepath is the path to the data directory (which should be a 'NON-WEBACCESSABLE' directory)

Why don't you use the automatic path-detection?
$config{'get_path'} = 1;

Why do you disable file locking?
$config{'flock'} should be 1

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by jerryco on 08/06/06 at 16:48:28

Hello,
Thanks for the response. I did not want to bother the writer of the software for a simple setup issue but thanks. This was just one of the configs that I have tested.

Here is the latest:

# Config-Section-01
#-#############################################

# The name of your servers cgi-bin directory
$config{'cgi_dir'} = 'cgi-bin'; # Default for most servers

# The cgi-bin subdirectory where your eAuction.pl will be stored
$config{'auction_dir'} = 'eAuction161';

# The Path to a 'NON-WEBACCESSABLE' directory of your system
# Maybe you have to chmode it if you use your own setting

$config{'get_path'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'basepath'} = '/u185/gc444/auctiondata/';

# You need to assign either a mail program or
# a mail host so e-mails can be sent out.
# Configure your MAIL PROGRAM

$config{'get_mail'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'mailprog'} = '/u185/gc444/To/sendmail'; # no additional options please

# or Configure your MAIL HOST (SMTP)
#$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://ibidcars.com';

# Set this from 0 to 1 if the script is running with a real Web-Server
$config{'web_server'} = 1;

#-#############################################
# Config-Section-02
#-#############################################

# Closed Auction Directory
# This is where closed auction items are stored.
$config{'closedir'} = 'closed';

# Closed items may survive ...
$config{'closedays'} = 30; # Days

# User Registration Directory
# This is where user registrations are stored.
# Leave this blank if you don't want to require registration.
$config{'regdir'} = 'userreg';

# Your Admin-Password.
$config{'adminpass'} = 'auction';

# This line must be your e-mail address
$config{'admin_address'} = 'mailmaster@interwer.com';

# Set this to 1 if you want a carbon copy of each new registration eMail
$config{'cc_to_admin'} = 1;

# This will let you define the colors of the
# tables that are generated by the script.
$config{'colornavbar'} = '#EEEEEE'; # Color of the navbar
$config{'colornavbarbg'} = '#BBBBBB'; # Background of the navbar
$config{'colortablebg'} = '#FFFFFF'; # Backgrund of the tables
$config{'colortablehead'} = '#BBBBBB'; # Color of the table-header
$config{'colortablebody'} = '#EEEEEE'; # Color of the table-body

# Sniper Protection.
# How many minutes past last bid to hold auction.
# If auctions should close at exactly closing time, set it to zero.
$config{'aftermin'} = 5; # minutes

# User Posting Enabled
$config{'newokay'} = 1; # 1 = yes | 0 = no

# Auction Name (will appear at the top of each page)
$config{'sitename'} = 'eAuction';

# Change this to 0 if your server doesn't support file locking
$config{'flock'} = 1; # 1 = yes | 0 = no

this is the error

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@ibidcars.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

I have called www.valueweb.com about 6 six times in the last 5 hours. Each time they say everything is set correct.

|U185-|
|-gc444-|
-auctiondata (755)
-cgi-bin (755)-|
-eAuction.pl (755)
-eConfig161.pl (644)

I have edited eAuction.pl

#-#############################################
# Sub: Recover the needed paths
#-#############################################
sub get_path {
my ($sm, @path);
local $_;

$config{'html_dir'} = 'auctiondata';

and here is the output from the dump.pl

Parameter:
Environment:
DOCUMENT_ROOT => /u185/gc444

GATEWAY_INTERFACE => CGI/1.1

HTTP_ACCEPT => image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*

HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING => gzip, deflate

HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE => en-us

HTTP_CONNECTION => Keep-Alive

HTTP_HOST => www.ibidcars.com

HTTP_USER_AGENT => Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; FDM)

ICSPATH => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/icsdata

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_AuthorizeNet => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/authnet.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_CyberCash => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/cybercash.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_GlobalCommerce => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/globcomm.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_ICS2 => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/ics2.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_LinkPoint => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/linkpoint.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_PNTransact => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/pnt.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_Paradata => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/paradata.so

MvCONFIG_COMMERCE_QuickCommerce => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/authnet.so

MvCONFIG_DIR_BUILTIN => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/builtin

MvCONFIG_DIR_CA => /usr/local/omega/lib/mivavm/certs

MvCONFIG_DIR_DATA => /u185/gc444/htsdata

MvCONFIG_DIR_MIVA => /u185/gc444

PATH => /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

QUERY_STRING =>

REMOTE_ADDR => 71.71.223.30

REMOTE_PORT => 42437

REQUEST_METHOD => GET

REQUEST_URI => /cgi-bin/dump.pl

SCRIPT_FILENAME => /u185/gc444/cgi-bin/dump.pl

SCRIPT_NAME => /cgi-bin/dump.pl

SCRIPT_URI => http://www.ibidcars.com/cgi-bin/dump.pl

SCRIPT_URL => /cgi-bin/dump.pl

SERVER_ADDR => 64.70.131.5

SERVER_ADMIN => webmaster@ibidcars.com

SERVER_NAME => www.ibidcars.com

SERVER_PORT => 80

SERVER_PROTOCOL => HTTP/1.1

SERVER_SOFTWARE => Apache

UNIQUE_ID => RNYA9Njb-aYAAAx9ZpQ

Again thanks for the help.

Jerry C.

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by jerryco on 08/06/06 at 16:59:30

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by jerryco on 08/06/06 at 17:07:42

I guess I better include the rest of the background data.

www.valueweb.com

Linux/Unix

Perl 5.6.1

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by Dieter Werner on 08/06/06 at 17:42:03

Set

$config{'get_path'} = 1;

and run it - that's all ...

Title: Re: Blank screen!
Post by jerryco on 08/07/06 at 20:39:46

Sent an email directly to admin with personal data in response to this issue.