Blank NS Admin Page on 2.5.15 Upgrade

registered · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:25 pm

Is anybody else seeing that the main NukeSentinel admin page is now just displaying a blank page? All other non-NS admin pages are fine, it's just ABMain.

I tried the full install and the upgrade package, both the same. Is it just me?? Shocked

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:50 pm

No, I have also the same issue with 3 websites.
Turn error reporting on and post the fatal error or what your get.
I simple fixed this issues with replacing admin/modules/nukesentinel.php from 2.5.13

Happy New Year !

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:30 pm

2sites that I have upgraded aren't blank on the main page. Everything seems to work ok so far..... Confused

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:35 pm

Susann wrote:

No, I have also the same issue with 3 websites.
Turn error reporting on and post the fatal error or what your get.
I simple fixed this issues with replacing admin/modules/nukesentinel.php from 2.5.13

Happy New Year !

You are correct. I replaced that file with the old one from 2.5.14 and it works fine now. Thanks!

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:01 am

The question is why there is code used in nukesentinel.php witch doesn´t work for everbody flawless since version 2.5.14.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:33 am

Here's a partial screenshot of a Winmerge between the broken file (left) and the old 2.5.14 file (right):

http://www.pcsympathy.com/images/nserror.jpg

It looks like the only thing that changed in that file was the "phoning home" feature.

Regular Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 84 Location: Germany

same for me, i got this error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function socket_create() in /my/path/admin/modules/nukesentinel.php on line 22

registered · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:23 pm

Not a true phone home, it checks to see if a newer version is out and lets you know in admin. 2.5.15 fixed a problem reported that it would hang when doing that check. BTW, it only checks for a newer version once a day but if it's hanging then it doesn't know it's already checked.

You can safely comment out that short section and I will recheck the coding as it works fine for me on all the sites I tested it on.

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:36 pm

Need more info, on those that are having the problem I need to know what PHP version your server is running. If my reading is correct it is related to PHP version as to if the "socket_create" function exists.

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:25 pm

BobMarion wrote:

Need more info, on those that are having the problem I need to know what PHP version your server is running. If my reading is correct it is related to PHP version as to if the "socket_create" function exi
ists.

PHP Version 5.2.4 with the Suhosin Patch 0.9.6.2

i am not sure, but it seems php has to be compiled with --enable-sockets to get the function working..

Brujo

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:57 pm

Version 4.4.7

New Member Joined: Oct 22, 2006 Posts: 23

Yep same problem here.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Try this:

Edit admin/modules//nukesentinel.php

Change line 22
FROM
$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
TO
$socket = @socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);

Change line 26
FROM
$result = socket_connect($socket, "209.62.115.130", 80);
TO
$result = @socket_connect($socket, "209.62.115.130", 80);

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:59 pm

You meant line 22 and 26 in admin/modules/nukesentinel.php

Got a blank page.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:13 pm

Susann wrote:

You meant line 22 and 26 in admin/modules/nukesentinel.php

Got a blank page.

Thanks - yes I did Wink

Is there any message in your log?

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:17 pm

You might also try changing

socket_strerror(socket_last_error($socket))
to
@socket_strerror(socket_last_error($socket))

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:17 pm

Nothing error_reporting is set to E_ALL;

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:21 pm

If none of these suggestions work then you will need to just comment out that block until a fix is issued. I have proposed a couple in Mantis and we'll wait to see what Bob decides on.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:50 pm

I uploaded a fresh modified nukesentinel.php .Still blank page.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:52 pm

Just blank out lines 21-59. You don't need them for protection.

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:12 am

Copy from: http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/posts14848.html

Raven wrote:

Of course it's a work-around Smack

It's for those that have hosts that are afraid to release the power that users should have. It's not an error or a bug in the code. It's an environmental issue. Since you don't need that code for NukeSentinel(tm) protection it's the easiest and the quickest way to "fix" it. Personally I would not wait. there are other issus addressed in the releas and we don't have any idea when 2.5.16 will be released.

Thnx for the explanation Wink

But what i ment to say was that im a bit paranoid for updates that break things instead of updates them Razz

Well anyway, I just upgraded from 2.5.14 to 2.5.15 and had no problems at all, no blank screens or anything, so it was worth it after all Cool

Edit: What exactly are the 'Admin GUI updates.' ? Or are they to small to mention?

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:00 am

GUI = Graphical User Interface - The administration screens. Unless there's a functional type change it won't (usually) be detailed.

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:04 am

Susann wrote:

I uploaded a fresh modified nukesentinel.php .Still blank page.

Afaik, Bob is going to rewrite that section of code withe code that I gave him. Regardless, I'm pretty sure it will be rewritten w/o using sockets Smile

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:06 am

I know what GUI stands for, im an interaction designer myself Wink

Just wondered what those changes were as i didnt noticed any differences at first sight but understand now.

btw, noticed that within the copyright popup it still says; 2000-2007, but looking at the release date there is something to say for it Razz

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:17 am

I had no doubt that you knew the acronym but not everyone does. That's why I did it Smile

. Thanks for the alert on the dates.