Topic: Dolphin

[GPete]

I have searched the SME forums for Dolphin community builder software, and it seems that the few entries that I find end in frustration.
I did find some forum entries where the development team comments that functional on linux does not necessarily mean functional on SME.
Has anyone sucessfully installed Dolphin on an SME Server?

[Stefano]

Hi..

are you talking about Dolphin file manager?

if yes, why do you need to install it (X server and kde needed) on sme?

tell us your problem, not the solution (i.e. tell us what do you want and why, not how to achieve it)

HTH

Ciao

Stefano

[GPete]

Sorry, The software (PHP scripts) that I am trying to install is at: http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/

I tested it on XP (using Xampp for apache and php support) and liked it.

When I tried to install it on an SME server I hit a roadblock. I searched the SME forums for a solution, and all I found were similar problems, apparently unsolved.  The Dolphin setup hangs at the mysql connection, unable to make the connection that I have verified with putty. Since there is no entry in the SME log file I figured that there is an error in my input, or the interaction between Dolphin and SME. After trying a few hundred different combinations, I wanted to confirm that someone had made it work or give it up.

Thanks for any help.
  GP

[raem]

GPete

This generic script may help you install Dolphin
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Site_Maker

[GPete]

I haven't used it yet, but I read the thread that explains it ([ANNOUNCE] SME Site Maker (now with full MySQL support) )and it sure looks like the right direction.
Thanks
GP

[GPete]

SiteMaker got me going, now another problem with the same package: The complete installation is in   /opt/dolphin and mostly functional, but some error messages in the log file indicated that the scripts were looking for data in the /.../ibay/dolphin folder. Other errors indicated that the script was looking for one reference in  /.../ibay/opt/dolphin. When I put the info it wants where it is looking, it works, But that isn't really a solution since now it writes data in one place and then looks for it in another. Can I fix this with pathway entries, or am I going to have to learn to rewrite the scripts?

Thanks very much for the help that got me to this point.
  GP

[shell]

Hi GP,

the installation of dolphin, or the setup of the sitemaker must have made some reference to the ibay for the script to be calling it.  (think how else the ibay would be known to dolphin...)  you mention that the complete installation is in /opt/dolphin, I would assume that all scripts in dolphin have either a configuration file that references a base directory or are relative to where they are running from.  are you sure you don't have a config file referencing the ibay?  the ibay should be playing no part in the installation at all.  correct?

You can check the settings of sitemaker from the console, the folder below will hold the sitemaker details you setup when you ran the sitemaker script:
/etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Dolphin config files should be in the /opt/dolphin folder.

[GPete]

Wow! thanks for the location of the sitemaker config file. That is very nice to know.

I'm betting that the various php scripts call for files in different ways("www." or "../" or "/dolphin/" )and that I will have to figure out which ones don't work and modify the scripts.

another problem is solved by:
 
The last thing I did that made everything work was give the domain that was running the Dolphin/Ray script shell access to the server.   That is because Apache is running in a chrooted environment.
The reason for the above is the "exec" function that is used in the script.  Depending on how your server is set up you will need to give the script premission to do it's job.
   
I understand what, but not how to do this.
As always, Thanks
  GP