[solved] admin styles lost

[Steve_T]

Just set up a fresh 1.2.2. CMSms

Starting to add modules - just DL'd  and inatalled catpcha module

The admin page has lost its styles and formatting rendering it pretty unusable. What could this be and how can I fix it

php-5.2.5-1.rs.el4
mysql-4.1.20-3.RHEL4.1.el4_6.1
Apache -2.0.52-38.ent
Red Hat Linux 8.0

[Ted]

Point your browser directly to /admin/style.php.  Sounds like there is an error popping up for some reason that's making the stylesheet not display.

[Steve_T]

I just did that:

http://www.tvcm.co.uk/sites/margrovepar ... /style.php

and nothing loads into the browser. I wonder if I should re-upload (FTP) that file

[cubix]

try removing the modules you have recently installed.

how did you install them? upload? or thru the module manager?

[Steve_T]

OK - will try that - I installed through the module manager

[calguy1000]

if nothing shows up when you address the stylesheet directly it means that there is some kind of php error.  check your httpd error logs.

[Steve_T]

Sorry, I've now notice that this problem has been discussed before. However, I don't see the definitive solution. I did upload using filezilla and was pretty sure I had a complete upload. Actually I would have preferred to upload a complete file and UNtar on the server but I don't think any of the downloads are appropriate for that scenario (correct me if I'm wrong)

My problem happened immediately after installing a module. IT was the Capcha module. Unfortunately I can't now uninstall modules because the admin interface is so screwed up.

I'm not sure where to find httpd logs and what to do with them when I do. Sorry to sound like a noob but some things I'm cool with and others I've yet to learn.

[Pierre M.]

I've added "access to logS" in the requirements.

Pierre M.

[Steve_T]

this turned out to be an incomplete install of the capcha module

[Thomasl]

Could you please post how you solved the problem?

Im having the same one with the forum module, but i cant seem to find a way to uninstall it. The modules page wont display at all and there is no folder for this module in the modules folder. Im lost, i know that the module caused it, but i dont know how to save the situation.

Thanks, Thomas

[Steve_T]

I had a problem when the capcha module was not completely installed. When the admin styles dissappear it becomes difficult if not impossible to uninstall modules or rectify the prob. In my case the answer was to carefully FTP all the files for the required module into place and do a file count comparisson between what was on my computer and what was on the server. I no longer install modules from the menu. I have tar versions of them and untar them on the server. Someone posted earlier in this thread how to do this.