[ale] wiki recommendations?

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 13:06:22 EST 2006


On 1/3/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> Are you really sure that you need mod_python?  I run a Moin wiki site without using mod_python at all.

I was attempting to back out the mod_python use, but have not yet been
successful at that.

>
> Here's some things to try:
>
> - in <moin-var-directory>/cgi-bin/moin.cgi   check to make sure that your sys.path contains values
> similar to these:
>
>   sys.path.insert(0, '/var/moinmoin/')   <-- this is the directory where your wikiconfig.py file should exist
>   sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/local/moinmoin/lib')
>
> - in <moin-var-directory>/wikiconfig.py check to make sure that data_dir, data_underlay_dir are setup correctly.

I'll give those a try tonight or tomorrow.

>
> Are you using the wiki as the 'root' website (instead of something like http://www.server.com/wiki/)?

Nope.  For internal use, we'll all bookmark it, so we're fine with
http://localhost/wikiname/

>
> -Jim P.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> To: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com>; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:14:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] wiki recommendations?
>
> On 1/3/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've gotten MoinMoin to work, after probably the same miserable experiences as yourself.  ;-)  What's holding you up with Moin?
>
> Well, I can't seem to get mod_python to call the Moin stuff correctly
> - I even tried backing out to Moin via CGI, and all I get are errors
> calling Moin.
>
> When I was deep into the pod_python attempt, I was getting a 'can't
> find module' looking for a config file wikiconfig, claiming that it
> had no '.py' suffix.  I did a find for anything 'wikiconfig*' and
> found only wikiconfig.py files, so I'm guessing it was a default
> value, but the only references Google could find were actual instances
> of that error on a web page - people who had the same problem, but on
> an externally visible site. :-<
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