[Solved] counter you provide does not work

[Kbailey]

The counter you provide does not work. It displays at the bottom of the page, but the box reports and error: 'cannot write to counter.dat'. Apparently you have a permission error in an area I cannot get at.

 

Also the program I installed in my cgi-bin 'eraser.py' fails to execute, in spite of having the same shebang as the program I have which works, and having proper permissions. Can you advise me on this? Maybe take a peek?

 

-Kirk

 

[Wizard]

Code bundled with cPanel != our code. Escalated.

[Byron]

The counter you provide does not work. It displays at the bottom of the page, but the box reports and error: 'cannot write to counter.dat'. Apparently you have a permission error in an area I cannot get at.

 

You have to be careful when giving the counter a name. It can't have a space in the name.

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/ssi.shtml

 

 

[Kbailey]

The counter you provide does not work. It displays at the bottom of the page, but the box reports and error: 'cannot write to counter.dat'. Apparently you have a permission error in an area I cannot get at.

 

You have to be careful when giving the counter a name. It can't have a space in the name.

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/ssi.shtml

The code in my page is:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Counter.dat|display=Counter|ft=6|md=6|frgb=139;139;0|dd=3">

There is no space in there, and it is the code provided by the firm. Please advise.

 

[Wizard]

What's "the firm"?

[Byron]

The code in my page is:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Counter.dat|display=Counter|ft=6|md=6|frgb=139;139;0|dd=3">

There is no space in there, and it is the code provided by the firm. Please advise.

 

Try making another counter and give it a totally different name and see if that works.

 

 

 

[Kbailey]

What's "the firm"?

Why, you 3 are! I thought that helioshost was seeking status as a 503 non profit corp! Therefore, are you not a not for profit business organization? Or at least an organization? Why are we quibbling about legal terms when part of the system is not working properly?

 

[Byron]

Did you try creating a new counter with a new name to see if that corrects your problem?

 

EDIT:

Seems the Counter Manager doesn't like the name Counter as the data file, so anything that doesn't use Counter should be ok.

 

As far as your python script, try adding these two lines to your root .htaccess file.

 

AddHandler python-program py
AddType application/python py

[Kbailey]

Did you try creating a new counter with a new name to see if that corrects your problem?

 

EDIT:

Seems the Counter Manager doesn't like the name Counter as the data file, so anything that doesn't use Counter should be ok.

 

As far as your python script, try adding these two lines to your root .htaccess file.

 

AddHandler python-program py
AddType application/python py

ok, now it gives me the sourcecode of the file! Sheesh!

 

[Byron]

ok, now it gives me the sourcecode of the file! Sheesh!

 

I assume you mean the python file? What if anything were you seeing before and are your permissions 755?

 

[Kbailey]

Did you try creating a new counter with a new name to see if that corrects your problem?

 

EDIT:

Seems the Counter Manager doesn't like the name Counter as the data file, so anything that doesn't use Counter should be ok.

 

As far as your python script, try adding these two lines to your root .htaccess file.

 

AddHandler python-program py
AddType application/python py

ok, now it gives me the sourcecode of the file! Sheesh!

 

Also with this data:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=prayerwheel.dat|display=Counter|ft=6|md=6|frgb=00;255;0|dd=3">

It still barks like a dog. I should solve the first issue with scripts not working, then write my own maybe?

 

 

 

The code in my page is:

<img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=Counter.dat|display=Counter|ft=6|md=6|frgb=139;139;0|dd=3">

There is no space in there, and it is the code provided by the firm. Please advise.

 

Try making another counter and give it a totally different name and see if that works.

AND NOW the bloody counter works, automagically. This box is haunted. you need an exprcist? I have a nice new england witch on tap if you need one.

[Byron]

AND NOW the bloody counter works, automagically. This box is haunted. you need an exprcist? I have a nice new england witch on tap if you need one.

 

I imagine the old counter was in your cache.

 

 

[Kbailey]

AND NOW the bloody counter works, automagically. This box is haunted. you need an exprcist? I have a nice new england witch on tap if you need one.

 

I imagine the old counter was in your cache.

 

Here's an idea; turn the cache off. Can we do that?

[Byron]

I was referring to your browsers cache. You can add a no-cache meta tag to your page if you don't want to cache it.

 

[Ashoat]

Closing due to inactivity.