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Eric Stroyan - New install Acessing Problem set demoCourse and software error

Eric Stroyan - New install Acessing Problem set demoCourse and software error

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inactiveTopicNew install Acessing Problem set demoCourse and software error topic started 5/20/2004; 2:11:09 PM
last post 8/6/2004; 10:16:48 AM
userEric Stroyan - New install Acessing Problem set demoCourse and software error  blueArrow
5/20/2004; 2:11:09 PM (reads: 836, responses: 1)

Any help would be appreciated here. Thanks in advance.

It is not completely clear to me if this is a permission problem or what.

Webwork-1.9.03 on Fedora core 1 (and RH9.0, also attempted) using Apache 2.0.40, I think I have all installed perlies, dvipng, etc. installed.

demoCourse setup, and I am able to login as either practice or professor. As professor I have been able to load problem sets. The problem - on attempting to access a problem set the following appears (cut and paste from browser) (I have checked for presence of Safe:: and it (or some part of it) appears installed).

Content-type: text/html

Software error

Unable to create sub named "Safe::Root2::_PG_init" at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535.
eval {...} called at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535 WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 362 main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

Please inform the webwork meister.

In addition to the error message above the following warnings were detected:


;
It's sometimes hard to tell exactly what has gone wrong since the full error message may have been sent to standard error instead of to standard out.

To debug you can

  • guess what went wrong and try to fix it.
  • call the offending script directly from the command line of unix
  • enable the debugging features by redefining $cgiURL in Global.pm and checking the redirection scripts in system/cgi. This will force the standard error to be placed in the standard out pipe as well.
  • Run tail -f error_log
    from the unix command line to see error messages from the webserver. The standard error output is being placed in the error_log file for the apache web server. To run this command you have to be in the directory containing the error_log or enter the full path name of the error_log.

    In a standard apache installation, this file is at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

    In a RedHat Linux installation, this file is at /var/log/httpd/error_log

    At Rochester this file is at /ww/logs/error_log.

Good luck.

Content-type: text/html

Software error

Unable to create sub named "Safe::Root2::_dangerousMacros_init" at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535.
eval {...} called at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535 WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 363 main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

Please inform the webwork meister.

In addition to the error message above the following warnings were detected:


* Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/webwork/system/lib//Global.pm line 903.
##More details:
-------- Global::__ANON__ called at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535
---- WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 362
---- main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

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* Use of uninitialized value in subroutine dereference at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 537.
##More details:
-------- WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 362
---- main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

--------------------------------------

;
It's sometimes hard to tell exactly what has gone wrong since the full error message may have been sent to standard error instead of to standard out.

To debug you can

  • guess what went wrong and try to fix it.
  • call the offending script directly from the command line of unix
  • enable the debugging features by redefining $cgiURL in Global.pm and checking the redirection scripts in system/cgi. This will force the standard error to be placed in the standard out pipe as well.
  • Run tail -f error_log
    from the unix command line to see error messages from the webserver. The standard error output is being placed in the error_log file for the apache web server. To run this command you have to be in the directory containing the error_log or enter the full path name of the error_log.

    In a standard apache installation, this file is at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

    In a RedHat Linux installation, this file is at /var/log/httpd/error_log

    At Rochester this file is at /ww/logs/error_log.

Good luck.

WeBWorK assignment number 0 is due 1/1/05 at 2:00 AM.

This first problem set (set 0) is designed to acquaint you with using WeBWorK. YOUR SCORE ON THIS SET WILL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARD YOUR FINAL GRADE. In addition to doing the screen problems, practice getting a hard copy print out of the problem set. You probably won't need it for this problem set, but you may in the future. If you need software installed on your own computer look here .

The primary purpose of WeBWorK is to let you know if you are getting the right answer or to alert you if you get the wrong answer. Usually you can attempt a problem as many times as you want before the due date. However, if you are having trouble figuring out your error, you should consult the book, or ask a fellow student, one of the TA's or your professor for help. Don't spend a lot of time guessing -- it's not very efficient or effective.

You can use the Feedback button on each problem page to send e-mail to the professors.

Give 4 or 5 significant digits for (floating point) numerical answers. For most problems when entering numerical answers, you can if you wish enter elementary expressions such as 2^3 instead of 8, sin(3pi/2) instead of -1, e^(ln(2)) instead of 2, (2+tan(3))*(4-sin(5))^6-7/8 instead of 27620.3413, etc. Here's the list of the functions which WeBWorK understands.


 

Help
Problem Set Version Number: 220315
Current time: 5/20/04 at 1:33 PM (reload page to update time)

Compiler warnings:

* Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/webwork/system/lib//Global.pm line 903.
##More details:
-------- Global::__ANON__ called at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 535
---- WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 362
---- main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

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* Use of uninitialized value in subroutine dereference at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 537.
##More details:
-------- WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 362
---- main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

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* Use of uninitialized value in subroutine dereference at /usr/local/webwork/system/courseScripts//WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm line 537.
##More details:
-------- WeBWorK::PG::Translator::unrestricted_load called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 363
---- main::displayProbSet called at /usr/local/webwork/system/cgi/cgi-scripts/welcomeAction.pl line 181

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userArnold K. Pizer - Re: New install Acessing Problem set demoCourse and software error  blueArrow
8/6/2004; 10:16:48 AM (reads: 948, responses: 0)
This is fixed in the WeBWorK 1.9.05 distribution. Since the 1.9.05 distribution no longer uses the shared pg resources, the best thing to do is to just install the 1.9.05 version over the 1.9.03 version.

Arnie

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