Cannot log in to Cacti after new install

dougconran · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

I have installed Cacti (0.87) onto my Linux server according to the instructions (as far as I can determine) but am getting the following error when I try and connect for the first time (using a URL of /cacti/index.php):-

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: session_name() in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/cacti/include/global.php on line 128

I also just get a blank page when I try and access an HTML page with just

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

in it.

My configuarion is:

Linux - 2.6.13-15-smp (Suse linux v10.0)
Apache - 2.0.54
PHP - 4.4.0
Mysql - Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.13, for suse-linux (x86_64)
Cacti - cacti-0.8.7b

I do not know PHP at all and am completely stuck.

Any help would be gratefully received.

TIA

Doug

rony · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject:

Search Google to help you with you PHP configuration.

The problem is that Sessions don't seem to be enabled in PHP, that would be my guess.

dougconran · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

PHP (4.4.0) was installed as part of the Suse 10 distro. It seems that it is compiled with --disable-sessions (and --disable-mysql).

Is there any way that I can change those settings in the PHP.ini file or do I have to re-compile? (Can't find the answer on Google).

TIA

Doug

rony · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

Ah yes...

dougconran · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

php4-session and php4-mysql are already installed. Is there some way that I can remove the --disable-session/mysql settings?

Tks

Doug

dougconran · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

Oops - sorry, php -i reports --enable-session and --without-mysql (not --disable-mysql)

Doug