[Zope] Newbie q: Name.error at startup

[Michael Bernstein]

Michael Beddow wrote:

> > >
> > > Trying to get started with Zope, I've compiled
> > 2.0.0a1 on RedHat
> > > 5.2 with Python 1.5.2. No errors during compile,
<snip>
> I'm authenticated OK,
> but then I get the error and the backtrace in my original
> posting. The server logs show it happening,
> first the 401 authentication challenge then the 500 of the
> server error.
> 
> wks01 - - [08/Jun/1999 19:57:41] "GET /manage HTTP/1.1" 401 -
> wks01 - - [08/Jun/1999 19:57:50] "GET /manage HTTP/1.1" 500 -
> 
> It's very frustrating reading about the great things Zope can do
> and not being able to get off the ground with it. I thought
> about getting a binary of 1.x.x instead, but I prefer to have
> control of what goes where on my system, so I guess I'll have to
> give up for now.

Don't give up yet. When you compiled, did you use w_pcgi or wo_pcgi ?

Here is a link to the instructions that I used:
http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-May/004670.html

Also, did you install the RPMs for Python 1.5.2, or did you compile it
yourself?

Cheers,

Michael Bernstein.