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ian McDowall
i.d.mcdowall at gmail.com
Wed Jun 14 06:33:04 EDT 2006
Thanks Nicholas, that did it. I already had those DLLs and they were in the path but I added the Python24\DLLs directory to the path and Apache now starts up successfully. Cheers Ian On 14/06/06, Nicolas Lehuen <nicolas at lehuen.com> wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > You may encounter difficulties due to the fact that the MS runtime > DLLs are not packaged in the Win32 installer. Try downloading them > from http://nicolas.lehuen.com/download/pytst/ (the msvcp71.dll and > msvcr71.dll) and put them in your PATH if this is not the case. > > Another thing to check is that the PATH variable associated to the > account Apache is running under is correctly configured. You should > find the above mentioned DLLs on the PATH, as well as the Python DLLs. > > If you have to change the PATH variable for the user account running > Apache, make sure to fully restart (stop + start) the Apache server > afterwards, as a simple apache -k restart will not restart the parent > process, so the environment variable won't be refreshed. The best way > to make sure everything is correct is to reboot the server, but then > again this may not be possible on a production server. > > In any case, all the mod_python Win32 binaries that have been > officially released have been built and tested by me both on Windows > XP SP2 and Windows 2000 Server SP4, so Windows 2000 should pose no > problem except from those minor PATH issues. Plus, I've got two > production servers running mod_python 3.2.8 with Python 2.4.1 and > Apache 2.0.55 on a Windows 2000 Server SP4, so I'm fairly confident it > does work. > > Regards, > Nicolas > > 2006/6/14, ian McDowall <i.d.mcdowall at gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > I am trying to do install mod_python on win2K and I have some > compatibility > > problems. > > > > I downloaded the Win32 installer for v3.2.8 of mod_python and installed > it > > (also using v2.4 of Python and 2.0.55 of Apache, both from installers > rather > > than source, at least so far...). I got mod_python.so in the right > place > > for Apache and added the LoadModule to the config. When I ran Apache it > > complained that it cannot find mod_python.so. After a bit of research > on > > similar problems, I guessed that it might be a missing dependency so I > ran a > > dependency checker. This led to me installing the .Net runtime but I > still > > got the same error. Further use of the dependency checker and Google > showed > > that mod_pythin.so depends on a component that is only present on Win > XP, > > not earlier versions of Windows. > > > > Therefore, I guess that the Win32 installer v3.2.8 of mod_python is > built > > on and for Win XP only. I don't know if this was a deliberrate choice > by > > the person who built the installer or accidental. > > > > I searched for mentions of Win2K and mod_python but just found some old > > references to Win2K threading issues. There is a mention of using > > mod_python with Win2K in the FAQ but it avoids specifying versions (for > good > > reason in general but not helpful to me in this particular case) > > > > I tried to rebuild mod-python from source and got an error telling me > that > > mod_python has to be built using the same version of MS Visual Studio as > was > > used to build Python. I don't actually have a copy of Studio on this > > machine although I could use another machine. > > > > I have the same version of mod_python working fine on a Linux machine > but > > the Win2K one is more convenient for development (I prefer Linux but the > > Win2K machine is a laptop so the convenience is physical). > > > > Before I start rebuilding Apache, Python and mod_python from source, > please > > can anyone tell me if there is a reason why mod > > _python v3.2.8 was built to rely on Win XP ? Also, does anyone know > the > > latest version of mod_python that has Win32 installers built that will > work > > on Win2K ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Ian McDowall > > i.d.mcdowall at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Mod_python mailing list > > Mod_python at modpython.org > > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python > > > > > > > -- Ian McDowall i.d.mcdowall at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mm_cfg_has_not_been_edited_to_set_host_domains/pipermail/mod_python/attachments/20060614/332e5e8c/attachment.html
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