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[20]Posted: 24.08.2003, 05:45

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First off, I know this is a fairly common problem judging by the amount of forum coverage, I've searched and have a mozilla browser filled with tabs on possible solutions:
http://forums.postnu…itialisation+failed [22]
http://forums.postnu…itialisation+failed [23]
http://forums.postnu…itialisation+failed [24]
http://forums.postnu…itialisation+failed [25]

The solutions I've found have not worked so far....
To list a few... I am running PHP 4.3.1, MySQL 3.23.54, phpMyAdmin [26] 2.4.0 and PN 7.2.3 on a clarkconnect (Redhat Linux 7.1) box ... I realize PN is now at 7.2.6 but don't know if upgrading correct my problem, I'm getting an error when I attemp to change the nuke_session_info table type from MYISAM to ISAM ...

Raliegh has helped me out of many a nightmare... please help again! Inforpro, you helped me at the beginning to, almost a year ago... come on folks!
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[30]Posted: 24.08.2003, 07:36

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Well we're here to help. I am of course going to suggest you upgrade as the version you are using is less secure. I have had this error myself 4 times now since I put up my very first PostNuke site long ago. Those times I did have it happen, I ran repair from phpMyAdmin [32] and it fixed it every time. I also run optimize all tables weekly.

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[36]Posted: 24.08.2003, 07:46

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How do you run repair from phpMyAdmin [38]? Upgrading PN... what's involved? Thanks for your support Infopro, good hearing from you again.
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[42]Posted: 24.08.2003, 08:32

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Good to see you too. :)

Not all of these options will be on your version of phpMyAdmin [44] I don't think, you might want to upgrade that as well.
http://mswebdesign.com/fun/repairtables.gif
Click select all, then pick it from that drop down list.

There are a few tuts in the tutorials and solutions forum here that help to explain upgrading. Here is one of those threads by a guy I know.. ;)
http://forums.postnuke.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2 [45]&file=viewtopic&t=5080

Good luck. :wink:

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[49]Posted: 24.08.2003, 18:00

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Thanks infopro, I'm going to download and install the latest phpMyAdmin [51], repair the DB tables, then go for the latest nuke.
The newest phpMyAdmin [52] should make my site viewable again right?
Thanks!
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[56]Posted: 24.08.2003, 19:02

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I have the latest phpMyAdmin [58] running (2.5.3rc2) and ran repair but I still have issues with test.nuke_session_info .... It appears my nuke_session_info.MYD is corrupt. Can I get a replacement?
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[62]Posted: 24.08.2003, 20:26

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You "could" try this. It's ripped straight from the default Phoenix-0.7.2.6.sql file.
(no guarantees though, so backup this first)

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# Table structure for table `nuke_session_info`
#
# Creation: Jun 15, 2003 at 09:41
# Last update: Jun 15, 2003 at 09:42
#

CREATE TABLE `nuke_session_info` (
`pn_sessid` varchar(32) NOT null default '',
`pn_ipaddr` varchar(20) NOT null default '',
`pn_firstused` int(11) NOT null default '0',
`pn_lastused` int(11) NOT null default '0',
`pn_uid` int(11) NOT null default '0',
`pn_vars` blob,
PRIMARY key [64] (`pn_sessid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

#
# Dumping data for table `nuke_session_info`
#

INSERT INTO `nuke_session_info` VALUES ('8b4b52597d41a32e89783e5103c95a9f', '80.145.92.84', 1055706107, 1055706136, 2, 0x504e535672616e647c693a313237393333323539313b504e53566c616e677c733a333a22656e67223b504e53567569647c693a323b);

Go back to phpMyAdmin [65] and click your DB (on left) Look on right for SQL and click. that should open a query window. Paste this in.
It should dump the old and load a fresh new one.
**again, this is just to see if this will fix you, no guarantees.**

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[69]Posted: 25.08.2003, 01:33

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I'm not sure if the first posting was viewable....IT WORKED!!!!

Thanks a million infopro, you rock!
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[74]Posted: 25.08.2003, 02:00

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kewl. :)

Like I said, the pnCorps are here to help where we can. Glad it worked for you. Good luck with your site. ;)

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[79]Posted: 30.08.2003, 21:16

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I'm having the same problem as this guy, ("Session initialisation failed [81]" on every page) and I tried what has been suggested before but I can not get it to work.

Here's my info:

PHP Version 4.3.0

System Linux junker.org 2.4.20 #2 Mon Dec 30 02:04:21 EST 2002 i686

Configure Command './configure' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-discard-path' '--with-mysql' '--with-pgsql' '--with-zlib' '--enable-dbase' '--with-gd'

PostNuke Version 0.726 Phoenix

I was able to view the index page once, right after I installed, after that, nothing worked.

Any ideas? (BTW, I don't have access to the php.ini file)
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[85]Posted: 02.09.2003, 21:14

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The solution you suggested worked.

I found "session initialization failed [87]" on my PostNuke portal, rushed to the forums, did a search for it, found this thread, logged in my phpMyAdmin [88], dropped that nuke_session_info table and recreated by running the code as a query and its fixed.

I am hoping the problem will not repeat. Does any one know if the code infopro posted is a temporary fix or a permanent solution?

Keep up the good work, PostNuke team and volunteers!
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[92]Posted: 03.09.2003, 17:52

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I change the table structure to myISAM to ISAM and it works alright.
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[97]Posted: 03.09.2003, 18:43

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I change the table structure to myISAM to ISAM and it works alright.

INNODB definately helps here not sure about ISAM rather than myISAM.

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[102]Posted: 17.12.2003, 06:11

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If you have shell access you can repair the database. This is what I use:

mysqlanalyze -p -r database_name
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[107]Posted: 26.12.2003, 06:56

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Another approach to resolve this issue.

- Goto your myphpadmin web console.
- In your website SQL table, select "nuke_session_info" then "repair table".

This will do the trick correcting your session.

Best regards,
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