Question [Resolved] 500 error after upgrade attempt

Hey there,

I attempted to install the new version onto my Joomla 1.5.23 site. First time I have ever had a problem with this software.

I don't see anything in the error_log, only this in the access_log. I am not really sure how to fix it. It happened after I clicked the Upgrade button. I now get this every time I attempt to go to Kunena in the backend.

[27/Jul/2011:20:41:20 -0400] "GET /administrator/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=install HTTP/1.1" 500 - " example.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_installer " "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0"

Any ideas?

Thanks

ryvix wrote: I attempted to install the new version ...

Please explain more.

I don't know the answer.

Is this a language problem? What language do you have enabled in the backend?

It is the default language, english.

I upgraded as per the upgrade instructions. After clicking the Upgrade button it went to another screen then automatically forwarded to another screen which was a white screen that gives the 500 error. Re-attempting to upload again didn't fix it.

I just tried uninstalling Kunena and tried reinstalling again and then it said it detected a corrupt install attempt and seems to have went fine this time from what I can see so far.

Yes, but what version of K are you trying to install?

Did you make a backup before you upgraded?

I installed the newest version 1.6.5 which was just released. I have backups. But it worked so its all good. However it does the same thing on a completely different Joomla install on another domain. If it helps fix anything I am using fcgi with suexec.

The exact error message after uninstalling and reinstalling is:
Installer detected failed or interrupted installation attempt!
An incomplete installation of Kunena 1.6.5 build 5005 was found in your system. This means that the installation either failed or was interrupted.

My suggestion is for you to uninstall Kunena from your system and then reinistall Kunena. You will not lose any forum messages or you configuration. If this does not work, please let us know.