I hoped it was this charset issue but it turns out that the server and db charsets are utf-8. If openmeetings requests a utf-8 client/client connection it will get them.
mysql> use openmeetings; mysql> status; -------------- mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.75, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2 Connection id: 253 Current database: openmeetings Current user: min...@localhost SSL: Not in use Current pager: stdout Using outfile: '' Using delimiter: ; Server version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2-log (Ubuntu) Protocol version: 10 Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket Server characterset: utf8 Db characterset: utf8 Client characterset: latin1 Conn. characterset: latin1 UNIX socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock Uptime: 3 min 17 sec Threads: 4 Questions: 1592 Slow queries: 1 Opens: 4667 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 256 Queries per second avg: 8.081 -------------- On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Sebastian Wagner <seba.wag...@gmail.com>wrote: > another possible issue is that your default table_scheme is not utf8. Latin > will not work as there are a lot of foreign characters. > > > Sebastian > > 2009/12/3 Brian <reflect...@gmail.com> > >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Sebastian Wagner >> <seba.wag...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> when you hit the button on the install-page and nothing happens / Blank >>> pages your database auth data is wrong. You could have a look at your >>> console in ubuntu and you would see a long exception with something in >>> between like *Could no acquire database connection, tried 3 times ...* >>> That means ... your database auth data is either wrong or your database >>> does not allow connections from that host. >>> >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> I don't think there are mysql auth issues because the openmeetings >> database exists with all of the correct tables. They were created >> automatically by openmeetings. If there were auth issues that wouldn't have >> been possible. >> >> I ran the following command to make sure there are no mysql permissions >> issues. It didn't fix the blanking issue. >> >> grant all privileges on *.* to omu...@localhost identified by 'ompass'; >>> grant all privileges on *.* to omuser@"%" identified by 'ompass'; >>> >> >> I don't think I should have to hire someone to set this up and besides, >> they would likely encounter the same issue! There is obviously a bug >> somewhere, indicated by many people having the same issue for almost a year. >> It may be a configuration issue. Since I am an adept sysadmin now would be a >> great opportunity for the openmeetings devs to take advantage of that and >> stomp this issue once and for all. >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OpenMeetings User" group. >> To post to this group, send email to openmeetings-u...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> openmeetings-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<openmeetings-user%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Sebastian Wagner > http://www.webbase-design.de > http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > http://www.laszlo-forum.de > seba.wag...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenMeetings User" group. > To post to this group, send email to openmeetings-u...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > openmeetings-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<openmeetings-user%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenMeetings User" group. To post to this group, send email to openmeetings-u...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to openmeetings-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en.
