[Owncloud] Need help to run owncloud on FreeBSD

[Martyn Hill]

Dear list

I have tried several times to configure owncloud (v2 and v3) on my 
FreeBSD server at home, but always get stuck at the very same point.

I should like some guidance on how to troubleshoot the process, if 
anyone here can assist. I can't find my specific problem in any of the 
existing forum/mail postings...

In simple terms, having installed owncloud either from FreeBSD ports or 
'manually' from the binary and GIT repository, I am able to access the 
first config page where the admin credentials are requested and type of 
DB backend, I click submit and then... nothing.

I have also tried different browsers (IE 7, 8, Google Crome, Firefox) in 
case it was a client issue.

Always the same observed result, whether SQLIte or MySQL (after first 
configuring the MySQL user) is chosen.

My environment:
     FreeBSD 8.1 RELEASE
     Apache 2.2
     SQLite 3.7.9 & MySQL 5.1
<All the php modules listed on the owncloud requisites page - v5.3.8)>

My first question is: /*How do you debug the php scripts that are run?*/

The closest I've gotten to tracking down the problem is somewhere in the 
MDB2/Driver sections, but that was a somewhat blind goose-chase through 
the php code, trying to run each script in the chain one at a time.

Any ideas? I've read of others who are succesfully running OC on 
FreeBSD, or at least getting beyond this very first hurdle.

Regards,
Martyn Hill
London.

-- 
"There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't."

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