[TYPO3-install] fatal error session start

[Carol Berry]

Thank you Erdal for your reply and for trying to help.
I have spent the last 3 weeks just trying to get a working installation of
Typo3.  I haven't even started on my website yet. I'm afraid all this
editing of files and fixing of errors only to find another, has finally
beaten me and I've given up on Typo 3 and installed Wordpress.
By the way for your interest, I found that if I removed the php.ini files I
could login to the backend but then of course I got the same old warnings-
not enough memory, safe mode on etc etc
Here's my php.ini file
#; Safe Mode
#Safe_mode = off;
#memory_limit = 128M;
#magic_quotes_gpc = off;
#upload_max_filesize = 10M;
Yes it's been commented out 
I never solved the url not found error and in fact it caused problems with
my wordpress installation until I removed every trace of Typo3.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
Carol

-----Original Message-----
From: typo3-install-bounces at lists.typo3.org
[mailto:typo3-install-bounces at lists.typo3.org] On Behalf Of Erdal Gök
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 8:04 PM
To: typo3-install at lists.typo3.org
Subject: Re: [TYPO3-install] fatal error session start

Hi Carol,

Carol Berry wrote:
> I'm just about ready to give up on Typo3 all together
>
> On my first installation attempt I got all the usual problems - fatal
error,
> not enough memory etc etc and ended up with a half installation
>
> I could log into the backend but had no introduction package/template etc.
>
> I deleted all the Typo3 files from my server, fixed the memory problem
with
> php.ini, deleted the database and made a new one, and then reloaded all
the
> introduction package.
>
> I followed all the installation steps right to the end where it says go to
> your website.  When I do I get this message:
>
> Not Found
>
> The requested URL /get-started/ was not found on this server.
>
> Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an
> ErrorDocument to handle the request.
>
> If I try to get to the login for the backend I get:
>
> Fatal error: session_start() [<a
> href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Failed to
> initialize storage module: files (path: ) in
> /home/toto9699/public_html/typo3/index.php on line 97
>
> I've looked at this line and it's about the url redirect
>
> I have no idea how to fix this. I can't find anything about this in the
> archives

is this a unix server? Maybe something is missing on this server. Did 
you read the INSTALL.txt for missing requirements?

Maybe also try another browser.

If you installed the package in a subdirectory you must change the 
.htaccess file

"# Change this path, if your TYPO3 installation is located in a 
subdirectory of the website root.
#RewriteBase /"

to "RewriteBase /yoursub/"

If this doesn't help, you can try to uninstall the RealUrl extension in 
the extensions modul in backend.
If you still cant login you can deactivate it by an editor.

Look for the file localconf.php in typo3conf

Find this place

$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXT']['extList'] = '...,realurl,...';

And erase the "realurl" out of the list.

Kind regards

Erdal




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