Thread:Project:Support desk/Database error after updating to 1.21.1/reply (6)

Dear Ciencia,

Well, our dialog is a keen lesson in humility for me! The problem is "fixed" and of course it is a "stupid problem" that was all my fault!

I have always installed mediawiki in an obscure part of my disk space, and then done a "mount bind" to put it into a better logical spot for access by Apache. All my keen installation work was basically for naught as the system clung onto the inode of the directory it was "bound" to rather than to the "name" that I was installing to. It was, of course, the old 1.16.4 installation and so the error messages were very appropriate for it.

Having fixed my mount and done a proper re-install, all is now working fine very nicely.

The real clue was when I put in the debugging you suggested and NOTHING CHANGED. I knew then that it had to be a much more fundamental problem. I should have checked the Special:Version, but I simply did not think of that.

I don't believe I would have found this for a very long time without your help, and so I am very grateful for your time, patience, and assistance!

Best regards,

David