Unable to install modules with Module Manager - 1.9.2

[Tino]

Hi,

Firstly, apologies if this should be in the Modules section of the forum, I wasn't sure as it seems to be a problem with the main install rather than a specific module.

Anyway, the problem I'm having is the same as the one listed in this thread. However the suggested fix of increasing in the PHP memory limit to 100M hasn't worked for me.

I have just done a clean install of 1.9.2, and the only modifications I've made are to add a simple front end template. I then attempted to install the 'Availability' module through Module Manager. This brought up a list of 5 additional modules that needed to be installed first so I clicked install. The site worked away in the background for a minute before returning me to the Module Manager page which was blank below the initial heading. A check on the modules page showed none of them had been installed.

Thinking that I was maybe asking a bit much of the system I tried to install the other modules one at a time, starting with CGExtentions. However the Module Manager did exactly the same thing again and CGExtensions wasn't installed.

Having read the above thread I increased the PHP memory limit to 100M and tried the 2 tasks again, with the same results. I know I can install the modules in other ways, and I will if need be, but I would just like to see if there was a solution to this problem first.

My system details are:
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Cms Version: 1.9.2

Installed Modules:

CMSMailer: 2.0
FileManager: 1.0.3
MenuManager: 1.7.4
ModuleManager: 1.4
News: 2.11
nuSOAP: 1.0.2
Printing: 1.1.1
Search: 1.6.8
ThemeManager: 1.1.3
TinyMCE: 2.8.2


Config Information:

php_memory_limit: 100M
process_whole_template: false
output_compression: false
max_upload_size: 10000000
default_upload_permission: 664
url_rewriting: none
page_extension:
query_var: page
image_manipulation_prog: GD
auto_alias_content: true
locale:
default_encoding: utf-8
admin_encoding: utf-8
set_names: true


Php Information:

phpversion: 5.2.17
md5_function: On (True)
gd_version: 2
tempnam_function: On (True)
magic_quotes_runtime: Off (False)
E_STRICT: 0
memory_limit: 100M
max_execution_time: 60
output_buffering: 4096
safe_mode: Off (False)
file_uploads: On (True)
post_max_size: 10M
upload_max_filesize: 10M
session_save_path: /tmp (1777)
session_use_cookies: On (True)
xml_function: On (True)


Server Information:

Server Api: cgi
Server Db Type: MySQL (mysql)
Server Db Version: 5.1.48


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The only other setting listed above that I thought may be causing the problem was max_execution_time: 60 - but I couldn't find it in the config.php so didn't know how to increase that.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Tino

[Dr.CSS]

When you look at the system info page do you see any yellow ! or red X maybe on folder permissions etc. also check you umask settings testing it, it's in site admin > global settings advanced tab?...

[Tino]

Thanks for the response - everything had a green tick except for the config.php permission which were set to 644, I've changed them to 444.

I ran a test on the file creation mask and got the following results:

Permissions:
Owner: Read,Write
Group: Read
Other: Read

Regards,
Tino

[Dr.CSS]

It should also tell you who the owner is, I have a site/server that refuses to let me install modules, module manager says...

WARNING: Insufficient directory permissions to install modules. You may also be experiencing problems with PHP Safe mode. Please ensure that safe mode is disabled, and that file system permissions are sufficient.

And all the modules say...

Cannot Download under Status/Action, so I just upload them using FTP, getting them from the forge and unpacking on my computer first...

[Tino]

Yeah it does, sorry. The owner is just the domain name where the site is stored.

I have quite a few sites installed on this domain, all in seperate sub folders, and in fact this site is stored in a subfolder of a subfolder! Would that make any difference?

[Dr.CSS]

Yes it could...