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Posted to user@ofbiz.apache.org by Matt Warnock <mw...@ridgecrestherbals.com> on 2009/12/29 00:15:50 UTC
Blank pages in output
Trying to get ofbiz up and running as a new install, though this isn't
my first attempt (in the past, I got farther, but last attempt was a
year ago or more). Running under Debian 5.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 with
sun-java6-jdk installed from distribution repositories. Have downloaded
ofbiz 4.0, 9.04, and trunk, unpacking each into their default separate
directories under /opt.
With all three versions I see the same behavior. When I start them
using ./startofbiz.sh, they go through the verbose startup procedure
without apparent error (nothing in runtime/logs/error.log).
When I connect to localhost:8080, I see nothing. Blank page.
In runtime/logs/debug.log, there are some entries that read e.g.
"characters( )" and "Pushing body text ' ' " but with a lot
more spaces between the respective delimiters.
Any ideas or suggestions? Do I need to be running jdk 1.5 instead? I
saw conflicting instructions on that subject on the Net.
--
Matt Warnock <mw...@ridgecrestherbals.com>
RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc.
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
Nightmares as well sometimes ;o)
Jacques
From: "Ruth Hoffman" <rh...@aesolves.com>
> Hi Jacques:
> So dreams really do come true ;-)
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>> Hi Ruth,
>>
>> A good place for these kind of requests is
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document
>>
>> For instance I was just dreaming about quicker and prettier lookups,
>> and Sascha did it https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3374
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> From: "Ruth Hoffman" <rh...@aesolves.com>
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> Actually, now that I reflect, maybe I had just wished that this had
>>> been addressed a long time ago and I gave up thinking about it.
>>> Either way, it would be nice to change this so that something useful
>>> (like a welcome screen) is displayed when you typed in
>>> http://localhost:8080. Sort-of like Apache or Tomcat or just about
>>> every other web based application I've ever used.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>> Hi Scott:
>>>> In days gone by you could install OFBiz and type in:
>>>> http://localhost:8080 and see the ecommerce landing web page. I'm
>>>> probably way wrong about the timing - it may have been long before
>>>> the move to the special purpose directory.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ruth
>>>>
>>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>>> On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Matt:
>>>>>> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce
>>>>>> component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they"
>>>>>> changed the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or
>>>>>> some other application name to get things to show up.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Jacques:
So dreams really do come true ;-)
Regards,
Ruth
Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Hi Ruth,
>
> A good place for these kind of requests is
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document
>
> For instance I was just dreaming about quicker and prettier lookups,
> and Sascha did it https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3374
>
> Jacques
>
> From: "Ruth Hoffman" <rh...@aesolves.com>
>> Hi Scott:
>> Actually, now that I reflect, maybe I had just wished that this had
>> been addressed a long time ago and I gave up thinking about it.
>> Either way, it would be nice to change this so that something useful
>> (like a welcome screen) is displayed when you typed in
>> http://localhost:8080. Sort-of like Apache or Tomcat or just about
>> every other web based application I've ever used.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>> Hi Scott:
>>> In days gone by you could install OFBiz and type in:
>>> http://localhost:8080 and see the ecommerce landing web page. I'm
>>> probably way wrong about the timing - it may have been long before
>>> the move to the special purpose directory.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>>
>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>> On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Matt:
>>>>> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce
>>>>> component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they"
>>>>> changed the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or
>>>>> some other application name to get things to show up.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Scott
>>>
>>
>
>
>
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
Hi Ruth,
A good place for these kind of requests is
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document
For instance I was just dreaming about quicker and prettier lookups, and Sascha did it
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3374
Jacques
From: "Ruth Hoffman" <rh...@aesolves.com>
> Hi Scott:
> Actually, now that I reflect, maybe I had just wished that this had been addressed a long time ago and I gave up thinking about
> it. Either way, it would be nice to change this so that something useful (like a welcome screen) is displayed when you typed in
> http://localhost:8080. Sort-of like Apache or Tomcat or just about every other web based application I've ever used.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> Hi Scott:
>> In days gone by you could install OFBiz and type in: http://localhost:8080 and see the ecommerce landing web page. I'm probably
>> way wrong about the timing - it may have been long before the move to the special purpose directory.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>> On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Matt:
>>>> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they"
>>>> changed the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or some other application name to get things to show up.
>>>
>>> As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>
>
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Scott:
Actually, now that I reflect, maybe I had just wished that this had been
addressed a long time ago and I gave up thinking about it. Either way,
it would be nice to change this so that something useful (like a
welcome screen) is displayed when you typed in http://localhost:8080.
Sort-of like Apache or Tomcat or just about every other web based
application I've ever used.
Regards,
Ruth
Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Scott:
> In days gone by you could install OFBiz and type in:
> http://localhost:8080 and see the ecommerce landing web page. I'm
> probably way wrong about the timing - it may have been long before the
> move to the special purpose directory.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
>
> Scott Gray wrote:
>> On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Matt:
>>> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce
>>> component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they" changed
>>> the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or some other
>>> application name to get things to show up.
>>
>> As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Scott:
In days gone by you could install OFBiz and type in:
http://localhost:8080 and see the ecommerce landing web page. I'm
probably way wrong about the timing - it may have been long before the
move to the special purpose directory.
Regards,
Ruth
Scott Gray wrote:
> On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt:
>> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce
>> component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they" changed
>> the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or some other
>> application name to get things to show up.
>
> As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
>
> Regards
> Scott
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Scott Gray <sc...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
On 29/12/2009, at 1:16 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Matt:
> Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce
> component was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they" changed
> the mount point so that you have to type in ecommerce or some other
> application name to get things to show up.
As far as I am aware ecommerce was never mounted as the root webapp.
Regards
Scott
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Matt:
Don't feel stupid. It use to work that way. When the ecommerce component
was moved to the specialpurpose directory, "they" changed the mount
point so that you have to type in ecommerce or some other application
name to get things to show up.
I agree that this is not only odd but really not very helpful.
Unfortunately, the focus of recent development has not been towards
making OFBiz more new user friendly. But don't despair - once you get
past all the ugly stuff, the underneath parts are really (still) rather
elegant.
Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
Matt Warnock wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> Java 1.5 is no longer available in repositories for Ubuntu 9.10, AFAIK.
> Debian 5.0 offers either 1.5 or 1.6.
>
> I did not type in /ecommerce, so now I feel stupid. I thought it used
> to bring up a default page if you didn't specify, but maybe I am wrong.
> It certainly seems odd to serve a BLANK page (no error/unconfigured page
> like apache's "it works" page) by default. Any idea on the rationale
> behind that?
>
> Seems like both Opentaps and Neogia (when I looked at them a year ago or
> so) threw up a default page with several apps accessible by a click from
> there. Or maybe my mind is going...
>
> On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 18:33 -0500, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt:
>> I've been told several times that you only need Java 1.6 for a trunk
>> release.
>> I use Java 1.5 for everything I do including a recent (about 3 weeks
>> ago) download and verification of the 9.04 release.
>> Did you type in http://localhost:8080/ecommerce? or http://localhost:8080/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>> ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
>>
>> Matt Warnock wrote:
>>
>>> Trying to get ofbiz up and running as a new install, though this isn't
>>> my first attempt (in the past, I got farther, but last attempt was a
>>> year ago or more). Running under Debian 5.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 with
>>> sun-java6-jdk installed from distribution repositories. Have downloaded
>>> ofbiz 4.0, 9.04, and trunk, unpacking each into their default separate
>>> directories under /opt.
>>>
>>> With all three versions I see the same behavior. When I start them
>>> using ./startofbiz.sh, they go through the verbose startup procedure
>>> without apparent error (nothing in runtime/logs/error.log).
>>>
>>> When I connect to localhost:8080, I see nothing. Blank page.
>>>
>>> In runtime/logs/debug.log, there are some entries that read e.g.
>>> "characters( )" and "Pushing body text ' ' " but with a lot
>>> more spaces between the respective delimiters.
>>>
>>> Any ideas or suggestions? Do I need to be running jdk 1.5 instead? I
>>> saw conflicting instructions on that subject on the Net.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Matt Warnock <mw...@ridgecrestherbals.com>.
Thanks for the quick response.
Java 1.5 is no longer available in repositories for Ubuntu 9.10, AFAIK.
Debian 5.0 offers either 1.5 or 1.6.
I did not type in /ecommerce, so now I feel stupid. I thought it used
to bring up a default page if you didn't specify, but maybe I am wrong.
It certainly seems odd to serve a BLANK page (no error/unconfigured page
like apache's "it works" page) by default. Any idea on the rationale
behind that?
Seems like both Opentaps and Neogia (when I looked at them a year ago or
so) threw up a default page with several apps accessible by a click from
there. Or maybe my mind is going...
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 18:33 -0500, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Matt:
> I've been told several times that you only need Java 1.6 for a trunk
> release.
> I use Java 1.5 for everything I do including a recent (about 3 weeks
> ago) download and verification of the 9.04 release.
> Did you type in http://localhost:8080/ecommerce? or http://localhost:8080/
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
>
> Matt Warnock wrote:
> > Trying to get ofbiz up and running as a new install, though this isn't
> > my first attempt (in the past, I got farther, but last attempt was a
> > year ago or more). Running under Debian 5.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 with
> > sun-java6-jdk installed from distribution repositories. Have downloaded
> > ofbiz 4.0, 9.04, and trunk, unpacking each into their default separate
> > directories under /opt.
> >
> > With all three versions I see the same behavior. When I start them
> > using ./startofbiz.sh, they go through the verbose startup procedure
> > without apparent error (nothing in runtime/logs/error.log).
> >
> > When I connect to localhost:8080, I see nothing. Blank page.
> >
> > In runtime/logs/debug.log, there are some entries that read e.g.
> > "characters( )" and "Pushing body text ' ' " but with a lot
> > more spaces between the respective delimiters.
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions? Do I need to be running jdk 1.5 instead? I
> > saw conflicting instructions on that subject on the Net.
> >
> >
> >
> >
--
Matt Warnock <mw...@ridgecrestherbals.com>
RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc.
Re: Blank pages in output
Posted by Ruth Hoffman <rh...@aesolves.com>.
Hi Matt:
I've been told several times that you only need Java 1.6 for a trunk
release.
I use Java 1.5 for everything I do including a recent (about 3 weeks
ago) download and verification of the 9.04 release.
Did you type in http://localhost:8080/ecommerce? or http://localhost:8080/
Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
ruth.hoffman@myofbiz.com
Matt Warnock wrote:
> Trying to get ofbiz up and running as a new install, though this isn't
> my first attempt (in the past, I got farther, but last attempt was a
> year ago or more). Running under Debian 5.0 and Ubuntu 9.10 with
> sun-java6-jdk installed from distribution repositories. Have downloaded
> ofbiz 4.0, 9.04, and trunk, unpacking each into their default separate
> directories under /opt.
>
> With all three versions I see the same behavior. When I start them
> using ./startofbiz.sh, they go through the verbose startup procedure
> without apparent error (nothing in runtime/logs/error.log).
>
> When I connect to localhost:8080, I see nothing. Blank page.
>
> In runtime/logs/debug.log, there are some entries that read e.g.
> "characters( )" and "Pushing body text ' ' " but with a lot
> more spaces between the respective delimiters.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? Do I need to be running jdk 1.5 instead? I
> saw conflicting instructions on that subject on the Net.
>
>
>
>