Problem on Ubuntu 12.12 -> BROWSE: 404 not found

[bill]

Hi community,

vlc-shares sounds like the perfect solution for me to stream video from my notebook to my Raspberry Pi in order to be able to watch them on my television.

However, I am stuck with vlc-shares on my kubuntu 12.10.. Installation of vlc-shares V0.5.4 according to “InstallationUbuntu054En ” went fine. I can access “http://localhost/vlc-shares/”, run the post-installation and install some plugins from the list. Running “http://localhost/vlc-shares/test” does not give any errors.

However, when clicking the “Browse”-button that links to http://localhost/vlc-shares/index/collections, Apache answers “The requested URL “/vlc-shares/index/collections” was not found on this server.”.

I googled for quite a while by now and could not find a solution yet. I would appreciate a lot if someone could give me a hint on this issue.

Cheers
Timo

[bobnabob]

Hi,I haven’t setup the ubuntu yet,but i can try to help if u want.Start by reading here. http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1770

If you still have problems then we will need to know what install process you used,and your apache settings.A debug log would also be helpful and maybe manditory to find the problem.

p.s. I think i remember i had the same issue when i installed vlc-shares outside the docroot.if this is the case you have to change the section in apache’s .confg file.Change the Directory to where you put vlc-shares folder.

# VLCSHARES MODULE
Alias /vlc-shares “${path}/vlc-shares/public”

Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all

[bill]

Dear emerkamp,

I am very thankful for offering your help and try my best to answer your questions:
First, to clarify: I followed the instructions for installation on ubuntu 11.10 (even though I run a 12.10 version of Ubuntu), which reduce to downloading a .deb file and performing:
sudo dpkg -i vlc-shares_0.5.4-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

That went all fine and the apache server configuration points to the correct folder of the vlc-shares installation:

###############

# vlc-shares default Apache configuration



Alias /vlc-shares "/opt/vlc-shares/public"





Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

AllowOverride All

Order allow,deny

allow from all





php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off

php_flag register_globals Off

php_value include_path ".:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php"







################

So, your configuration has instead of my . I tried modification and restarted the apache server. WIthout success…

Regarding the post link. I red it previously. I do not think in my case it would be a port issue, as I can access for instance localhost/vlc-shares/manage as well http://mylocalip/vlc-shares/manage. That not only from the localhost, but also from any other PC in my local network.
The later posts of the link suggest that Yann is actually suffering from the same issue. I will link this post there in case we get successful in solving the problem…

As you suggest, I set in condifguration (advanced) the creation of a debuglog, level 3. It points to a location in my home folder. Running a systemtest results with no errors. Also the debuglog file is still empty. The report of the test is attached (my ip is changed in there by myself to MYIP). Is that somehow helpful?? Let me know which information more I can provide…

I am still tapping in the dark and thankful for help!
Cheers
Timo

[bill]

Here is a quick update and some curiosity: I just installed vlc-shares in the same way than above (without any further modification) on a ubuntu 12.04 machine. And surprisingly, I can access the “browse” page. So the problem must be related to the ubuntu 12.10 version….

[bobnabob]

Sounds like you may have found the problem. Also you say you changed the ip to Myip.This is how i setup mine also,but if it is changed then you need to type “Myip/vlc-shares” into our browser instead of localhost.
Also halfway down your apache config file,line 249.You need to make sure “AllowOverride” is set to “all” and the mod rewrite module is uncomented ,top of file.Probally easiest way is to compair config files.

Could be a broken install also,you might try again.If still no go,then it must just not be compatabile.
**edit**
Instead of using “Myip” you might try binding Apache to your actual localhost ip number.ip: 192.168.1.xx or ‘All’ ip: 0.0.0.0. Binding to localhost has never worked right for me and locks Apache to only accept request from the server.

[bill]

Trying to move on, I started comparing package version numbers between ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. The ones with dependencies to vlc-shares and different version numbers are:
in 12.04: ffmpeg 4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
in 12.10:ffmpeg 6:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.

in 12.04:rtmpdump 2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1
in 12.10:rtmpdump 2.4+20111222.git4e06e21

in 12.04:php5-sqlite 5.3.10-1ubuntu3
in 12.10:php5-sqlite 5.4.6-1ubuntu3

in 12.04:vlc 2.0.1-4
in 12.10:vlc 2.0.4-0ubuntu1

I started downgrading the php5-sqlite package and dependencies. Did not help. Unless someone has a good guess which one could couse the problem, I guess I need to continue with the other ones in the same way…

Cheers
Timo

[bobnabob]

ffmpeg,rtmpdump,and Vlc are used for streaming and shouldn’t affect your acess to your collections.A debug log should show you if these where the problem or not.My guess would be your zend version,i’m not sure if php5-sql lite
plays a roll or not.Personally i would try the newest beta,it should have the latest depents added.The only other option i can think of is installing a virtual-box and an O.S you know is compatibale.
You might try creating the debug-log.txt then pointing vlc-shares to that and see if you get anything.

[bill]

I have both, a clean Ubuntu 12.10 and a clean 12.10 version running in virtual machines. And in deed, the 12.04 runs without any issues, the 12.10 has the above described problem. As the issue occurs on a clean 12.10 installation, this is where we have to look for the issue.

I did not follow up downgrading any other packages on my 12.10 installation apart from the php5 one. This is just too much of a hazzle for a blind search of the source of error.

So I think it would be preferably to approach this issue in another way, for which I need some information:
-> what is distinct in the browse functionality in vlc-shares, compared to the other pages??
-> is there a way to debug this problem (e.g. a log file that could help), if so, how in detail?? The vlc-shares-report that can be generated is attached in an earlier post and I could not find anything from a brief look…

Cheers
Timo

[bobnabob]

You need a full debug report as I stated above,not the test report.You should be able to enable a full,per thread debug in the advanced options.After that try and acess your collections,Then check the debug for the triggers that worked and the ones that did not.Like you stated above its probally a ver.12.10 issue.I’m guessing security or something.This is why I would just run v12.04 inside virtual-box and just use it as a Server.You should be fine so long you have enough power to run shares and a vlc/rtmp stream.

Have you tried to lastest beta Yet? The one closer to the ver of ubuntu your running?

Unless the developer stops in to shed some light or you can produce a log,I think were both blind guessing.
Good luck and post any results.
p.s. not sure if apache error logs would show anything or not,but you might check it also.

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