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MediaWiki 1.15.4 PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler) MySQL 5.1.36-community-log

Hello Could anyone help with the error below? Thank you.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:31 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:37 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:49 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:BrokenRedirects HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:34 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:42 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:43 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:44 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Acts HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:11 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Released the start mutex

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: All worker threads have exited.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Child process is exiting

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) PHP/5.3.0 configured -- resuming normal operations

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Server built: Dec 10 2008 00:10:06

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Parent: Created child process 6076

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Child process is running

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Acquired the start mutex.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting 64 worker threads.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:54 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

First of all, only include valid info. Comments from the windows host file aren't needed. Only the entry for localhost. In this case, it's not a problem.

Secondly, what is the error you're concerned about? The favicon? It doesn't exist on the server. Drop it into the root directory of your webserver and that will go away.

The special characters message: if it's displaying the page, ignore it. It doesn't mean anything. If not, explain in more detail what the problem is.

Thank you for your help. I have as advised removed superfluous information. Trouble is I do not know where the 'favicon' is or where to move it. Thank you anyway. PS: sorry for not responding earlier, I had given up.

MediaWiki doesn't include a default favicon.

Hi Reach Out to the Truth

I don't know what you mean. I don't have a 'favicon'. I don't want a 'favicon', at least not at the moment. I would just like to clear up the fault that keeps repeating in 'apache'. Sorry for any confusion. I don't think that this forum is really any place for people like me with very little knowledge of mediawiki. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Setting $wgFavicon to an empty string should work, I think.

Reach Out to the Truth I am sorry I still do not understand. I cannot find $wgFavicon in local settings or anywhere else. I have tried inserting it in local settings and I get an error and the wiki will not open. I do not know how to set $wgFavicon to an empty string in any event. Thank you for your help, I will just leave it, I was brought up listening to a wireless with knobs and dials!

$wgFavicon = '';

Adding that to LocalSettings.php will set it to an empty string. Clients may still try to look look for favicon.ico in your web root though, I'm not sure. If they do that, you'll continue to see that error in the log.

Reach Out to the Truth: Thank you for your perseverance. I have now got rid of the reference to 'favicon' and back to the "...given path is misformatted...".

[Thu Mar 17 14:41:00 2011] [notice] Child 6492: Starting thread to listen on port 80. [Thu Mar 17 14:41:13 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/CriminaLaw:Current_events HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:41:15 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:41:19 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:41:21 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Bail HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:41:24 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Bail:_surety_forfeiture_of_recognizance HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:43:43 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:43:46 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Appeals HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:43:58 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:44:03 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:44:07 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Offences HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: [Thu Mar 17 14:44:27 2011] [error] [client] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Offences HTTP/1.1 to file, referer:

As for the "(20024)The given path is misformatted ..." error, I have it too. Please see this link: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41441

In a nutshell, it will not be fixed anytime soon and it should not have negative impact on your wiki.

Thank you.