Ubuntu Center Pre-Alpha Released! - Web Based Ubuntu Control

[TTT_travis]

Hi guys, just thought I'd let you know I have released a pre-alpha version of Ubuntu Center for anyone that just kind of wants to test it to see sort of what its gonna be like. Here's (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=125835) the post from a month ago for those people that have no clue what I am talking about.

Edit: I have moved the Installation Instructions, FAQ and Screenshots too the wiki bountysource page that can be found HERE (https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com/wiki)

there is also an irc channel: #ubuntucenter on irc.freenode.net

Digg This (http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Center_Pre-Alpha_Released_-_Web_Based_Ubuntu_Control)

[TTT_travis]

I just took a few more screen shots so you know what your installing here (http://snoopy.ath.cx/ubuntucenterss/)

[Iandefor]

Sounds like it would fit better in the Howto's, Tips, and tricks forum.

But it sounds interesting.

[TTT_travis]

Sounds like it would fit better in the Howto's, Tips, and tricks forum.

But it sounds interesting.

yeah, maybe but this isn't really a guide so I thought it would be better to post here. Anyway I encourage everyone to try it give me some suggestions.

[John.Michael.Kane]

From what your describing this does not seem to safe, and is any of the persons infomation being stored on your Ubuntu Center server. ie: is your code built in a way that gathers info/data. can you, and your code be trusted? your asking folks to put alot of trust in you, and your code.

[somuchfortheafter]

wait isnt this open source? so we can see the code, idk because i havent looked into this too deeply but from the screenshots it seems pretty awesome and even if nobody uses it im sure it was a great learning experience.

[TTT_travis]

From what your describing this does not seem to safe, and is any of the persons infomation being stored on your Ubuntu Center server. ie: is your code built in a way that gathers info/data. can you, and your code be trusted? your asking folks to put alot of trust in you, and your code.

This is totally secure nothing is stored on my servers its all on yours, the web interface is password protected.

wait isnt this open source? so we can see the code, idk because i havent looked into this too deeply but from the screenshots it seems pretty awesome and even if nobody uses it im sure it was a great learning experience.

This is open source I am getting a tar.gz put together right now.

[John.Michael.Kane]

TTT_travis Oh ok. did not mean any offence too you. thanks for clearing this up.

[TTT_travis]

nah it's all good, didn't offend me.

source is avaliable: http://chitmusic.com/center.tar.gz the code is far from finished and as stated above it primitive and static right now as in everything is hard coded.

[TTT_travis]

has anyone that tried this been able to get it to install? I haven't really tested it yet to see if it actually works besides my test box.

[TTT_travis]

I have added the project to bounty source so submit bugs there ;)

https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com

[SSTwinrova]

Just want to say, I'm extremely impressed with this idea. Since I don't actually use Ubuntu as my primary OS (please, no one hurt me!! :-# ) I unfortunately can't test it for you at the moment, but once it gets more mature, make sure it gets packaged and into the repos (either by you or an existing MOTU).

Edit 2: I mistakenly thought this was what Travis was talking about, but here's the Launchpad link for anyone interested: https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-center

[TTT_travis]

Just want to say, I'm extremely impressed with this idea. Since I don't actually use Ubuntu as my primary OS (please, no one hurt me!! :-# ) I unfortunately can't test it for you at the moment, but once it gets more mature, make sure it gets packaged and into the repos (either by you or an existing MOTU).

Edit: Here's a direct link to what Travis referenced above: https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-center

Thanks for the reply I will get this into the repos once its mature and is stable it is pretty buggy and the code is all static now, I am gonna try to get the online demo back here in a few days.

and I was actually referring to bountysource.com not launchpad.net sorry for being dumb and forgetting to post the link

https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com

[SSTwinrova]

Thanks for the reply I will get this into the repos once its mature and is stable it is pretty buggy and the code is all static now, I am gonna try to get the online demo back here in a few days.

and I was actually referring to bountysource.com not launchpad.net sorry for being dumb and forgetting to post the link

https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com
Sorry, focused on the "bounty" and my mind just connected that to Launchpad. :) I'll edit my previous post accordingly.

[denisesballs]

It seems when installing it checks for a mysql, but incorrectly. I get:

jesse@jesseubuntu:~/systems$ sudo dpkg -i ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb
Selecting previously deselected package ubuntucenter.
(Reading database ... 204245 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ubuntucenter (from ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntucenter:
ubuntucenter depends on mysql; however:
Package mysql is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ubuntucenter (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntucenter

I definitely have mysql-client and mysql-server installed, wha else is it looking for? The howto says plain mysql but:

jesse@jesseubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package mysql is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package mysql has no installation candidate

[Petarded]

I'm also getting the same errors.

This looks like a very promising app. Good job dude.

[RisStar]

Great post! I enjoyed reading it.


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[beeman]

Nice project, i read about it on Digg... :)

I got it running on Dapper Drake...

As the 'mysql' package was unavailable i installed 'mysql-server'... Because of that i had to install ubuntucenter with this command:

dpkg -i --force-depends ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb

http://i1.tinypic.com/rs7ml2.png

[nbx909]

any chance that this can be modded to work with xampp? i don't use the ubuntu packages for apache and stuff just xammp (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html). maybe an xampp only verson could be released.

[TTT_travis]

It seems when installing it checks for a mysql, but incorrectly. I get:

jesse@jesseubuntu:~/systems$ sudo dpkg -i ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb
Selecting previously deselected package ubuntucenter.
(Reading database ... 204245 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ubuntucenter (from ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntucenter:
ubuntucenter depends on mysql; however:
Package mysql is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ubuntucenter (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntucenter

I definitely have mysql-client and mysql-server installed, wha else is it looking for? The howto says plain mysql but:

jesse@jesseubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package mysql is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package mysql has no installation candidate

Oh, wow I can't believe I didn't catch that, I just fixed the deb, I will let you know when I get it updated here in a few minutes.


I'm also getting the same errors.

This looks like a very promising app. Good job dude.

See up an inch ;)


Nice project, i read about it on Digg... :)

I got it running on Dapper Drake...

As the 'mysql' package was unavailable i installed 'mysql-server'... Because of that i had to install ubuntucenter with this command:

dpkg -i --force-depends ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb

http://i1.tinypic.com/rs7ml2REMOVED.png

That's great that you have it running on Dapper, I didn't make Dapper officially supported because my test box only had breezy but I think it's pretty safe to assume dapper will work. For people with other distros there is a pretty large chance Ubuntu Center might work but it'll look weird if you have Ubuntu Center on Gentoo but awell ;). I wouldn't recommend using that command unless you make sure you have all of the deps installed. I will get the fixed package uploaded here in a about a minute.

any chance that this can be modded to work with xampp? i don't use the ubuntu packages for apache and stuff just xammp (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html). maybe an xampp only verson could be released.

Yes it should work, try downloading the source putting center in wherever ampache keeps it's htdocs and then put the usr folder in / the last thing you need to do is add this to your apache config file:

<Directory /var/www/center/ >
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

this allows authentication to do its magic.

[TTT_travis]

K, please for anyone that couldn't get this to install try this:

Run: apt-get remove ubuntucenter

and now do the install commands here: https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_Center

That should fix any problems your having, make sure you run apt-get remove or it could get messy.

Travis

[majikstreet]

nice :D

I'm probably not going to get around to installing this, but it's looking good :D

One little nitpick : "OS: Ubuntu Breezy Badge (Dapper untested)"

and "href="https://files.bountysource.com/file/download/106/ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb">

https://files.bountysource.com/file/download/106/ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb</a>" isn't going to work..

but it looks awesome

[edit] fixed the link.

[MBro]

I'll have to download and install this when I get home from spring break. I'll be doing a fresh install to dapper in a month so I suppose it's really not a big deal if I break anything. I do love the idea. The calander is a good idea. I was tempted to start using a calander to keep myself organized and was looking into a web based one so I could access it anywhere and the thought of it being stored right on my computer makes it even better.

[TTT_travis]

nice :D

I'm probably not going to get around to installing this, but it's looking good :D

One little nitpick : "OS: Ubuntu Breezy Badge (Dapper untested)"

and "href="https://files.bountysource.com/file/download/106/ubuntucenter-prealpha-01.deb">https://files.bountysource.com/file/download/106/ubuntucenter-
prealpha-01.deb</a>" isn't going to work..

but it looks awesome

Dapper does work so I will change that, umm I see what todo about that link in about a minute.


I'll have to download and install this when I get home from spring break. I'll be doing a fresh install to dapper in a month so I suppose it's really not a big deal if I break anything. I do love the idea. The calander is a good idea. I was tempted to start using a calander to keep myself organized and was looking into a web based one so I could access it anywhere and the thought of it being stored right on my computer makes it even better.

Cool, just remeber when you upgrade to the stable you will have to backup some data, but I plan to have a script todo that so feel free to actually use this if you want.

[majikstreet]

I meant as in the Breezy Badge lol... I'm editing my post to fix the link so it goes on multiple lines- could you please do that too because this page is really messed up now!

[Master Shake]

This looks pretty cool! I may have to try this when I get home!

[TTT_travis]

I meant as in the Breezy Badge lol... I'm editing my post to fix the link so it goes on multiple lines- could you please do that too because this page is really messed up now!

o whoops, awell I fixed most of the bugs the wget bug is a bug in the wiki software so I just de-boxed it for now.

This looks pretty cool! I may have to try this when I get home!

Awesome, please do.

[WiLLiE]

hmm.. Do one have to use the .deb?
I downloaded the .tar.gz file and unpacked to the right places, except /center which I have in /var/www/html/..

I don't see a INSTALL.html in the /center folder, although I see there has been one (._INSTALL.html)

Isn't that file needed, b'coz on the music-test page I get a "DB Inserted [FAILED]" (I had to manually rename /center/music/config/ampache.cfg.php.dist to ampache.cfg.php)

Not sure if it tries to create the db or insert values.

Edit:
The reason I downloaded the source is b'coz I don't use the standard apache2 path. (I use /var/www/html)

[TTT_travis]

hmm.. Do one have to use the .deb?
I downloaded the .tar.gz file and unpacked to the right places, except /center which I have in /var/www/html/..

I don't see a INSTALL.html in the /center folder, although I see there has been one (._INSTALL.html)

Isn't that file needed, b'coz on the music-test page I get a "DB Inserted [FAILED]" (I had to manually rename /center/music/config/ampache.cfg.php.dist to ampache.cfg.php)

Not sure if it tries to create the db or insert values.


ok, well since your apache2 goes to /var/www/html instead of /var/www you could just use the deb to install and then

mv /var/www/center /var/www/html/

that should solve the problems.

if you still want to use the source first of all in order for the authentication system to work you need to add this to apache2.conf

<Directory /var/www/html/center/ >
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

and add a username and password in center/.htpasswd, you will also have to load the center.sql file located in /usr/share/ubuntucenter

cd /usr/share/ubuntucenter
mysqladmin -u root -p create center
mysql -u root -p center < ./center.sql

when prompted enter your mysql password, then follow the configuration instructions on the wiki page at https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com/wiki/Configuring_Ubuntu_Center

I will add the source install info to the wiki later.

[thechitowncubs]

i can't get anything working besides system info... i symlinked my photos to /home/shared/Pictures and my music to /home/Shared/Music. My music page just seems to be a test and i can't get by that, the pictures get recognized but they don't load... any insight on any of this?

[TTT_travis]

i can't get anything working besides system info... i symlinked my photos to /home/shared/Pictures and my music to /home/Shared/Music. My music page just seems to be a test and i can't get by that, the pictures get recognized but they don't load... any insight on any of this?

did you follow the instructions exactly? Did you get any errors during the install? do you have php5-mysql installed? does the downloads page display? on that test page what errors are there besides the configuration errors, the photo one is a bug, others have had the same problem with that.

[thechitowncubs]

did you follow the instructions exactly? Did you get any errors during the install? do you have php5-mysql installed? does the downloads page display? on that test page what errors are there besides the configuration errors, the photo one is a bug, others have had the same problem with that.
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user: 'userhere@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83

[thechitowncubs]

i get mysql errors like this on almost every page... my music page gets everything good even the logo then after everything seeems to be complete it just redirects to the test.php every time

and on other pages i get errors like this one
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user: 'userhere@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83

[TTT_travis]

i get mysql errors like this on almost every page... my music page gets everything good even the logo then after everything seeems to be complete it just redirects to the test.php every time

and on other pages i get errors like this one
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user: 'userhere@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83

oh, you didn't edit your configuration files, make sure you goto /var/www/center/content/conf and open those, set the mysql usernames to root and use the password you set at the beginning of the install.

[WiLLiE]

I installed the deb instead as you said.

It then said I had to remove my php4 and install php5 instead which is ok I guess. (as long as it works)

The first problem was that firefox wanted to download all php and phtml pages, so I checked that php5 was loaded and my addtype line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf was correct.

A few tries/restarts of apache2 later this problem went away, but now I have some new problems:
some pages on my server are just empty (Gregarius, drupal etc)
/center/music/test.php -> Mysql for PHP [error]

Edit:
Whoops, installed php5-mysql.
Got som new errors now, like Gregarius saying: "Error selecting the database!"

running /center/music/test.php again gives:

DB Connection [ Array ( [error_state] => 1 [mysql_error] => 1045: Anvandare 'root'@'localhost' ar ej berattigad att logga in (Anvander losen: NO) ) ERROR ]

Why is it using root with no pass as login?
I've changed usr/pass in /center/music/config/ampache.cfg.php & /center/content/conf/ampache.php.inc.

[thechitowncubs]

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user: 'userhere@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83

i get those errors on every page besides music and photos

the photo page recognizes the albums and pictures but it doesn't load them

i got the music page to pass on all the checks in test.php even the ampache logo but i can't figure out what to do after that...

and the download page doesn't work either.

[TTT_travis]

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user: 'userhere@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83

i get those errors on every page besides music and photos

the photo page recognizes the albums and pictures but it doesn't load them

i got the music page to pass on all the checks in test.php even the ampache logo but i can't figure out what to do after that...

and the download page doesn't work either.

set your mysql details 'userhere@localhost' that means you didn't change them, make sure the username is set to root in all of the files.

[TTT_travis]

I installed the deb instead as you said.

It then said I had to remove my php4 and install php5 instead which is ok I guess. (as long as it works)

The first problem was that firefox wanted to download all php and phtml pages, so I checked that php5 was loaded and my addtype line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf was correct.

A few tries/restarts of apache2 later this problem went away, but now I have some new problems:
some pages on my server are just empty (Gregarius, drupal etc)
/center/music/test.php -> Mysql for PHP [error]

Edit:
Whoops, installed php5-mysql.
Got som new errors now, like Gregarius saying: "Error selecting the database!"

running /center/music/test.php again gives:

DB Connection [ Array ( [error_state] => 1 [mysql_error] => 1045: Anvandare 'root'@'localhost' ar ej berattigad att logga in (Anvander losen: NO) ) ERROR ]

Why is it using root with no pass as login?
I've changed usr/pass in /center/music/config/ampache.cfg.php & /center/content/conf/ampache.php.inc.

It shouldn't be doing that as long as you have your username and password set right, the /center/music/config is useless doesn't do anything, just double check its set in /centter/content/conf/ampache.php.inc if its not then it won't work.

[WiLLiE]

It shouldn't be doing that as long as you have your username and password set right, the /center/music/config is useless doesn't do anything, just double check its set in /centter/content/conf/ampache.php.inc if its not then it won't work.

Yes I've changed the mysql-values (usr/pass) in /center/content/conf/ampache.php.inc.

Nothing is working on my server anymore (except webmin), and they all seem to have som serious problem with mysql.

In drupal, firefox still tries to download a PHTML file.

Must be something with PHP5, but what?

[TTT_travis]

Yes I've changed the mysql-values (usr/pass) in /center/content/conf/ampache.php.inc.

Nothing is working on my server anymore (except webmin), and they all seem to have som serious problem with mysql.

In drupal, firefox still tries to download a PHTML file.

Must be something with PHP5, but what?

Not sure what to tell you, I don't have tons of experience with this, you might want to try reinstalling php4 see if that fixes your problems and work off it from there.

[WiLLiE]

Well I finally got mysql to behave normally at last.

Don't quite know what did it, after the 20:th time off removing and adding my user it worked again (to connect to mysql from php).

I did downgrade to php4 though some hours ago.


So far Ubuntu Center seemes to work ok :)
No pictures turned up though, so I will check that out now :)

[TTT_travis]

Well I finally got mysql to behave normally at last.

Don't quite know what did it, after the 20:th time off removing and adding my user it worked again (to connect to mysql from php).

I did downgrade to php4 though some hours ago.


So far Ubuntu Center seemes to work ok :)
No pictures turned up though, so I will check that out now :)

Glad you got it working, the pictures not showing up is a bug as you can see here: https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com/development/bug_report

[WiLLiE]

Ah, I see.
After I fixed the Cache dir & Data dir (in the photo admin page), I got this problem instead.
Warning: theme_generate_album_page(themes//album.tpl.php) [function.theme-generate-album-page]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362

Warning: theme_generate_album_page() [function.include]: Failed opening 'themes//album.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/html/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362

[matthinckley]

I got everything to work but the bookmarks

i put it into the bookmarks.php.inc but this is what i get when i go to the page


Warning: main(/home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/center/bookmarks/index.php on line 15

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/center/bookmarks/index.php on line 15

i must be doing something wrong, but I don't know what

[dewey]

Read about it on digg and it looks interesting, keep up the good work.

[TTT_travis]

I got everything to work but the bookmarks

i put it into the bookmarks.php.inc but this is what i get when i go to the page


Warning: main(/home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/center/bookmarks/index.php on line 15

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/center/bookmarks/index.php on line 15

i must be doing something wrong, but I don't know what

oops sorry should have put this in the instructions, you need to chmod that bookmarks file.

run:
chmod 777 /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html

this allows access to the file for the webserver so it can read it. Glad to here you got it working, although photos shouldn't be working, there is a bug that makes it not work. I am almost done fixing the bug so I will post a little patch or something later.

[WildTangent]

I get this error with the photo album after configuring it:

Warning: include(themes//album.tpl.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'themes//album.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362


Other than that, I think everything else works.

-Wild

[TTT_travis]

Ah, I see.
After I fixed the Cache dir & Data dir (in the photo admin page), I got this problem instead.
Warning: theme_generate_album_page(themes//album.tpl.php) [function.theme-generate-album-page]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362

Warning: theme_generate_album_page() [function.include]: Failed opening 'themes//album.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/html/center/photos/themes/engines/phptemplate/engine.php on line 362

Yeah that photo gallery had a bug in it, I just finished a patch about 30 seconds ago that should work, although I have not tested it yet. Please test it, if it works it will be included in the next alpha, if not I might have to look at other solutions for the gallery.

----------------------------------------------
Instructions on Applying Photo Fix
----------------------------------------------
Remove the current photo plugin:
sudo rm -R /var/www/center/photos

Download the patch
wget http://chitmusic.com/photos.tar.gz

Extract the patch
tar -xzf photos.tar.gz

Apply the patch
mv photos /var/www/center

Goto your center install in your browser and click photos, if it worked, or even if it didn't please report back here.

Thanks,
Travis

[matthinckley]

oops sorry should have put this in the instructions, you need to chmod that bookmarks file.

run:
chmod 777 /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html

this allows access to the file for the webserver so it can read it. Glad to here you got it working, although photos shouldn't be working, there is a bug that makes it not work. I am almost done fixing the bug so I will post a little patch or something later.
photos work great for me.. thumbnails and all!

but the chmod 777 still didn't fix my problem.. same errors on bookmarks page

[TTT_travis]

photos work great for me.. thumbnails and all!

but the chmod 777 still didn't fix my problem.. same errors on bookmarks page
hmmm, its should have worked. Umm, I guess you could try making a symlink to it in a shared folder like /home/Shared/bookmarks.html do that with the following command:

ln -s /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html /home/Shared/bookmarks.html


then in /var/www/center/content/conf/bookmarks.php.inc put /Shared/bookmarks.html

you can substitute /Shared/bookmarks.html with a different path if you want.

[matthinckley]

hmmm, its should have worked. Umm, I guess you could try making a symlink to it in a shared folder like /home/Shared/bookmarks.html do that with the following command:

ln -s /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html /home/Shared/bookmarks.html


then in /var/www/center/content/conf/bookmarks.php.inc put /Shared/bookmarks.html

you can substitute /Shared/bookmarks.html with a different path if you want.
wait would i put /Shared/bookmarks.html or /home/Shared/bookmarks.html?

secondly, it would appear that thee pictures won't recognize symlinks? strangely enough Pictures in /home/Shared is a symlink to /mnt/media/Pictures and that works fine, all the folders in /mnt/media/Pictures i can see just fine and browse through the center, but I have a symlink inside of /mnt/media/Pictures that goes to /mnt/media/Images but I can't see it in the center.. any ideas?

This thing is great by the way..

[WiLLiE]

Yeah that photo gallery had a bug in it, I just finished a patch about 30 seconds ago that should work, although I have not tested it yet. Please test it, if it works it will be included in the next alpha, if not I might have to look at other solutions for the gallery.



Atleast I can see the page now, but no thumbnails and this:

Warning: file(data/quality.dat) [function.file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/center/photos/main.php on line 287

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/center/photos/main.php on line 288

Edit:
Corrected the permisson on data/quality.dat (644) and the error is gone.
Still no thumbnails though.. Perhaps symlinks doesnt work? (in /home/Shared/Pictures/)

secondly, it would appear that thee pictures won't recognize symlinks? strangely enough Pictures in /home/Shared is a symlink to /mnt/media/Pictures and that works fine,....
Strange.
My symlinks are like this:
/home/Shared/Pictures/Compiz -> /var/www/html/picz/albums/Compiz/
and that wont work.

[matthinckley]

OK i defenitely have a prob with the bookmarks module...

I tried the symlink in /home/Shared and still got the same error..

turns out for the bookmarks to work properly i had to chmod 777 the entire path to my bookmarks.html file. so i had to chmod 777 /home/matt /home/matt/.mozilla /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default

this isn't ok to me because it gives anyone that has access to my computer access to my home folder

is there some way around this i don't know about?

thanks
matt

[TTT_travis]

hmm, I am really out of ideas, its not a good idea to chmod you home like that, I thought you could chmod a single file but I guess now. You could have tried chown nobody /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html and that might have worked maybe?

[WiLLiE]

matthinckley:
Check the read/execute permisson the entire path.

I bet you can do this:
sudo chmod 755 /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/
sudo chmod 744 /home/matt/.mozilla/firefox/hfnyrm9q.default/bookmarks.html

and feel more secure.

Edit:
Ehhm yeah, they would still have access to your homefolder though.

[matthinckley]

ok I tried changing owner to nobody.. no luck..
i tried changing owner to heather (my wife who has user account on computer) and unless the entire path allows access, the symlink in /home/Shared shows as bad, even when the file it's pointed to is owned by her..

so I don't see a way that the bookmarks will work properly unless you can get the Ubuntu Center to access it using my credentials, that is without setting the entire path to 777

EDIT: just saw your post WiLLiE.. yeah i want my /home/matt folder set to 700 at which point it doesn't matter what anything is set to inside that folder.. the Ubuntu Center can't access my bookmarks.html file unless it uses my credentials

[matthinckley]

OK here is my workaround for my bookmarks problem:

I created this script

bookmarks (http://www.morningwoodapartments.com/downloads/bookmarks)

then i put an entry in root's crontab to run the script (as root) every hour

this way every hour my bookmarks.html file is copied to the shared folder so I don't have to allow access to my home directory.

not the prettiest but it works for me :)

[denisesballs]

Yeah I can confirm the bookmarks bug here. I just copied my bookmarks.html file to /home/Shared and changed the location in /var/www/center/content/conf/bookmarks.php.inc . It isn't gonna be updated with the real one, but at least it shows the bug.

[TTT_travis]

Alright guys, first of all to cover the symlinking photos bug, I thought that patch would fix everything but I guess not, but just so you know you don't have to use symlinks, if you goto http://yourubuntucomputer/center/photos/main.php?cmd=setup you'll see a bunch of options with and if you goto main setup you can change the path to where it stores them. Hopefully that will be enough to hold you until I can fix it.

About the bookmarks, turns out my development server I had chmodded an account to 777 and forgot about it and wasn't thinking when I made that plugin, I will probably just rewrite it in the next version and have it require you to put your credentials in the config file, encrypted of course.

[nbx909]

Travis, the direct downloads isn't working, it just stallls, if i try to click the more info thing i get this error...
Warning: file_get_contents(./user-204.txt ) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dl.php on line 151
i can't find config i could change or something. I'll talk to you on irc about this later when i get home about getting it fixed. Any other user's having this problem?
But it appears to download how ever i get a crapload of errors when i try to pull it off.

i get this before what appears to be the program
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 107

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 108

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 109

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 110
Also that user-204.txt seems to be a logfile...

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 107

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 108

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 109

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/themes/minimal/index.php:16) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/center/downloads/dir.php on line 110
--09:32:36-- http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/release/FAH504-Console.exe => `FAH504-Console.exe' Resolving www.stanford.edu... 171.67.22.33 Connecting to www.stanford.edu|171.67.22.33|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 253,952 (248K) [application/x-msdos-program] 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 20% 131.36 KB/s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 40% 362.47 KB/s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 60% 352.39 KB/s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 80% 362.85 KB/s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... ........ 100% 360.83 KB/s 09:32:38 (266.30 KB/s) - `FAH504-Console.exe' saved [253952/253952]

[TTT_travis]

hi nbx909,
This was already reported by me as a known issue as you will notice on our bug page at https://ubuntucenter.bountysource.com/downloads

[nbx909]

oh okay. i see

[GTroy]

hey TTT_travis I hope you can help me. I followed your wiki installation steps, but when terminal asked me for localhost.localdomain I entered 'my.name' now I get 404 server error.
thanks in advance for the help!!

[cerebrix]

count 1 more messing around with this. i LOVE the idea. ill have some errors ill needed to be handheld thru im sure =D

[cerebrix]

ok heres what i get right now when i try to use the music player..



ampache.cfg.php is missing the following:
Under CONF

site_title = "Ampache :: For The Love Of Music"
access_control = "false"
require_session = "true"
xml_rpc = "false"
allow_zip_download = "false"
allow_public_registration = "false"
id3tag_order = "Array"
no_symlinks = "false"
use_auth = "yes"
demo_mode = "false"
memory_limit = "16"
album_art_preferred_filename = "folder.jpg"
album_art_order = "Array"
play_album_art = "true"
debug = "false"
log_path = "/tmp"
max_upload_size = "10485760"
site_charset = "iso-8859-1"
allow_stream_playback = "true"
allow_downsample_playback = "false"
allow_local_playback = "false"
allow_mpd_playback = "false"
allow_icecast_playback = "false"
allow_slim_playback = "false"
search_field = "song_title"
search_type = "fuzzy"
stream_name_format = "%a - %A - %t"
downsample_cmd = "mp3splt -qnf "%FILE%" %OFFSET% %EOF% -o - | lame --mp3input -q 3 -b %SAMPLE% -S - -"
localplay_add = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic -n add %URL%"
localplay_stop = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic stop"
localplay_play = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic play"
localplay_pause = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic pause"
localplay_next = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic next"
localplay_prev = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic previous"
localplay_volplus = "amixer -q set Master %AMOUNT%%+"
localplay_volminus = "amixer -q set Master %AMOUNT%%-"
localplay_start = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosicd &"
localplay_clear = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic wipe"
localplay_kill = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic die"
localplay_status = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic state|grep 'items in the'"
rss_main_title = "Ampache for the love of Music"
rss_main_description = "Rss feed for Ampache so you can monitor who is listening to what"
rss_main_copyright = "copyright (c) Speedy B for Ampache"
rss_main_language = "nl"
rss_song_description = ""
icecast_tracklist = "/tmp/tracklist.txt"
icecast_command = "/usr/local/bin/ices -c /usr/local/etc/ices.conf -F %FILE% -B"
mpd_port = "6600"
mpd_host = "localhost"
mpd_method = "file"
localplay_menu = "true"


Under LIBGLUE

local_host = "localhost"
local_db = "ampache"
local_username = "username"
local_pass = "password"
local_length = "900"
sess_domain = ".yourwebsite.com"
sess_name = "ampache"
sess_cookielife = "0"
sess_cookiesecure = "0"
libglue_path = "/libglue"
empty_field = "You left one or more fields empty. Please enter both your username and password to log in."
bad_auth_cred = "Unable to authenticate using this service: This is most likely a configuration mistake by the site administrator."
user_not_found = "Username not found."
login_failed = "Bad username or password."
connect_error = "Could not connect to authentication server."

[TTT_travis]

ok heres what i get right now when i try to use the music player..



ampache.cfg.php is missing the following:
Under CONF

site_title = "Ampache :: For The Love Of Music"
access_control = "false"
...


You can ignore that, I never tweaked that test page to actually work, if you get that page though it probably means your MySQL username and password are wrong, if you used the command at the beginning of the install guide to set a mysql password for root in your /var/www/center/content/conf/ampache.php.inc file make sure the username is root and the password is the one you set.

[puffyelms]

Thanks for the work on this. I love the concept and look forward to future updates.

[TTT_travis]

Thanks for the support, I do find a little time now and then to work on it, the things on my todo list are getting smaller and smaller so hopefully I will beable to release Alpha 1 next month as scheduled...or possibly sooner

[Bman69]

ok i see that the bookmarks just has issues so i wont ask or bother with that untill i get the rest working so these are what i cant get to work i'll give out some specific info to help anyone tell me what i am doing wrong so now onto the task at hand

when i go to the "Music Tab" this is what i get note this one is long
also heres my ampache settings(ampache.php.inc)
# MySQL
####################
local_host = Ubuntu
local_username = root
local_pass = *******
# DON"T TOUCH THIS NEXT LINE
local_db = center


Ubuntu Center Test

This page makes sure you have everything needed for Ubuntu Center to work
CHECK STATUS DESCRIPTION
PHP Version [ OK ] This tests to make sure that you are running a version of PHP that is known to work with Ubuntu Center
Mysql for PHP [ OK ] This test checks to see if you have the mysql extensions loaded for PHP. These are required for Ubuntu Center to work.
PHP Session Support [ OK ] This test checks to make sure that you have PHP session support enabled. Sessions are required for Ubuntu Center to work.
PHP ICONV Support [ OK ] This test checks to make sure you have Iconv support installed. Iconv support is not required for Ubuntu Center, but it is highly recommended
Ubuntu Center.cfg.php Exists [ ERROR ] This attempts to read /config/ampache.cfg.php If this fails either the ampache.cfg.php is not in the correct locations or it is not currently readable by your webserver.
ampache.cfg.php Configured? [ ERROR ] This test makes sure that you have set all of the required config variables and that we are able to compleatly parse your config file
ampache.cfg.php Up to Date? [ ERROR ] ampache.cfg.php is missing the following:
Under CONF

site_title = "Ampache :: For The Love Of Music"
access_control = "false"
require_session = "true"
xml_rpc = "false"
allow_zip_download = "false"
allow_public_registration = "false"
id3tag_order = "Array"
no_symlinks = "false"
use_auth = "yes"
demo_mode = "false"
memory_limit = "16"
album_art_preferred_filename = "folder.jpg"
album_art_order = "Array"
play_album_art = "true"
debug = "false"
log_path = "/tmp"
max_upload_size = "10485760"
site_charset = "iso-8859-1"
allow_stream_playback = "true"
allow_downsample_playback = "false"
allow_local_playback = "false"
allow_mpd_playback = "false"
allow_icecast_playback = "false"
allow_slim_playback = "false"
search_field = "song_title"
search_type = "fuzzy"
stream_name_format = "%a - %A - %t"
downsample_cmd = "mp3splt -qnf "%FILE%" %OFFSET% %EOF% -o - | lame --mp3input -q 3 -b %SAMPLE% -S - -"
localplay_add = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic -n add %URL%"
localplay_stop = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic stop"
localplay_play = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic play"
localplay_pause = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic pause"
localplay_next = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic next"
localplay_prev = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic previous"
localplay_volplus = "amixer -q set Master %AMOUNT%%+"
localplay_volminus = "amixer -q set Master %AMOUNT%%-"
localplay_start = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosicd &"
localplay_clear = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic wipe"
localplay_kill = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic die"
localplay_status = "export HOME='/var/www'; moosic state|grep 'items in the'"
rss_main_title = "Ampache for the love of Music"
rss_main_description = "Rss feed for Ampache so you can monitor who is listening to what"
rss_main_copyright = "copyright (c) Speedy B for Ampache"
rss_main_language = "nl"
rss_song_description = ""
icecast_tracklist = "/tmp/tracklist.txt"
icecast_command = "/usr/local/bin/ices -c /usr/local/etc/ices.conf -F %FILE% -B"
mpd_port = "6600"
mpd_host = "localhost"
mpd_method = "file"
localplay_menu = "true"


Under LIBGLUE

local_host = "localhost"
local_db = "ampache"
local_username = "username"
local_pass = "password"
local_length = "900"
sess_domain = ".yourwebsite.com"
sess_name = "ampache"
sess_cookielife = "0"
sess_cookiesecure = "0"
libglue_path = "/libglue"
empty_field = "You left one or more fields empty. Please enter both your username and password to log in."
bad_auth_cred = "Unable to authenticate using this service: This is most likely a configuration mistake by the site administrator."
user_not_found = "Username not found."
login_failed = "Bad username or password."
connect_error = "Could not connect to authentication server."


DB Connection [ Array ( [error_state] => 1 [mysql_error] => 1045: Access denied for user: 'www-data@localhost' (Using password: NO)
HOST:
User:
Pass:
) ERROR ] This attempts to connect to your database using the values from your ampache.cfg.php
DB Inserted [ ERROR ] This checks a few key tables to make sure that you have successfully inserted the ampache database and that the user has access to the database
Web Path [ ] This test makes sure that your web_path variable is set correctly and that we are able to get to the index page. If you do not see the ampache logo here then your web_path is not set correctly.

now to the "Calendar Tab" this is what it tells me

Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Host 'localhost.localdomain' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server in /var/www/center/calendar/include/classes/adodb400-lite/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 284

Fatal error: Call to a member function Execute() on a non-object in /var/www/center/calendar/include/classes/OrgCalAuth.class.php on line 37
____________________________
here are the settings to the calendar (calendar.php.inc)
### MYSQL DETAIL...again ###
$OC_CONFIG['DBHOST'] = 'Ubuntu'; // database server
$OC_CONFIG['DBUSER'] = 'root'; // username
$OC_CONFIG['DBPASS'] = '*******'; // password
$OC_CONFIG['DBNAME'] = 'center'; // database name DO NOT CHANGE THIS
$OC_CONFIG['DBTYPE'] = 'mysql';
$GLOBALS['OC_CONFIG'] = $OC_CONFIG;



and the final one is "Downloads Tab" and it shows this

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Host 'localhost.localdomain' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server in /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/center/downloads/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php:339) in /var/www/center/downloads/functions.php on line 83
__________________________________________________ __________
now on the downloads(downloads.php.inc) settings
$cfg["db_type"] = "mysql"; // mysql, postgres7 view adodb/drivers/
$cfg["db_host"] = "Ubuntu"; // DB host computer name or IP
$cfg["db_name"] = "center"; // Name of the Database
$cfg["db_user"] = "root"; // username for your MySQL database
$cfg["db_pass"] = "*********"; // password for database
_______
now if i messed up with those someone please let me know asap
also this was really long and i hate posting long post so sry

[TTT_travis]

ok, basically none of the modules can connect to your mysql database, is there a reason you set your db host to Ubuntu? Otherwise you might want to open up phpmyadmin goto privledges modify the root user so Anyhost can connect instead of Localhost, if that doesn't work try changing Ubuntu to just localhost in all of the config files, unless you have some reason not too. Let me know,

travis.

[stengah]

Great work Travis - I'll be wathing this thread for at stable release! =D>

[TTT_travis]

Thanks, stables a little bit farther away but expect an Alpha (non-pre) in May, it won't have as much features as the stable buts should hopefully be more usuable then the Pre-Alpha. Oh and guys I wouldn't count on being able to upgrade super easy from Pre-Alpha to alpha but I will try to release instructions when I do release it. Check out http://ubuntucenter.info for the latest information in Ubuntu Center news

[jono.carnie]

Hi Travis,
Just wanted to let you know it took me about 3 hrs to get it all working, with your instructions and this post.

The music took the longest as I has different hostnames in the config files.
Changed all to localhost and everything is good.
As well, I found the ampache.cfg.php file wasn't created.
I copied the ampache.cfg.php.dist and changed the bits that needed changing...

Great program, it'll have lots of uses in the future.

JC

[Rikostan]

Hmm this looks like a pretty cool little tool with a lot of promise. I'll check it out this weekend. Thanks for the work you put into this!

[TTT_travis]

glad you got it working Jono, every install is different and the install script is kinda poorly written currently I have tried my instructions on a live cd aswell as fresh install and they worked fine. I am sorry I released such a buggy product, that's why I made it pre-alpha meaning it wasn't even good enough to be alpha. I am going to try to create a smoother install process for the next one.

[Bman69]

ok travis thanks for your help i've gotten everything to work except bookmarks is there a way i can get that working? i've tried to chmod the directories but that still didnt work for me so any ideas is very helpful

[jono.carnie]

Bman69,

A copy of the bookmarks.html file in the center directory works well.
Until a more permanent solution is worked out.
You could keep it uptodate with some sort of cron copy every so often.

JC

[jono.carnie]

glad you got it working Jono, every install is different and the install script is kinda poorly written currently I have tried my instructions on a live cd aswell as fresh install and they worked fine.

So was what I did ok?? Make a copy of the .dist one and modify it to work?
I guess it's ok as it's working.. :)


I am sorry I released such a buggy product, that's why I made it pre-alpha meaning it wasn't even good enough to be alpha. I am going to try to create a smoother install process for the next one.

Hey no problem..... you're right, that's what alpha's are all about.... you must be pleased at how keen people are to use this...

Thanks again,
JC

[Bman69]

ahh yes your right jono, well bookmarks arent that important at this moment, but i'm glad i got it all working now even got it running online fine so i can now access it while i am away, thanks so much travis

[TTT_travis]

Hey, no problem. The whole using bookmarks directly from browser idea was kinda bad half-@$$ed solution. The next version of ubuntu center had a completely online browser independent bookmark thing, you can import the bookmarks from your browser. The next bookmarks will be using a high ubuntucenter-ified version of online-bookmarks (http://www.frech.ch/online-bookmarks)

[Bman69]

aww that sounds so cool i can't wait, are you going to release more like alphas or betas for us to test around with like you did with the pre-alpha?

[TTT_travis]

Oh yeah definately plan on like I said in less then a month Alpha 1 will be avaliable once I get working on the calendar which should make it mostly stable just really messy code and MySQL structure.

[jono.carnie]

Travis,

Does the install log?
I admit I haven't looked yet, but was wondering if logging the install script would help in fixing some of the issues?

JC

[TTT_travis]

Travis,

Does the install log?
I admit I haven't looked yet, but was wondering if logging the install script would help in fixing some of the issues?

JC

nah, it doesn't log, the install was just a temporary script I wrote in like 10 minutes to install it. I am working on making it install like a real program with the dpkg blue ncurses screen