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SID-00845: Attempting to change the skin (and back) crashed TWiki

Status: Answered Answered TWiki version: 4.3.2 Perl version: 5.8.8
Category: CategorySkin Server OS: Ubuntu 9.10 kernel 2.6.31-19-server (x86_64) Last update: 13 years ago

I am trying to setup TWiki on Stanford's servers, and managed to do so with one install, but with my second one (on an identical server), I've been plagued with problems.

Here is the url: http://www.stanford.edu/group/braincloud/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/login.pl/Main/WebHome?origurl=%2Fgroup%2Fbraincloud%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftwiki%2Fbin%2Fview.pl%2FMain%2FWebHome

It used to work until this morning when I tried changing the skin in TWikiPreferences to the nat skin. Then, I tried changing it back to pattern skin, but the page still would not render. The error logs don't throw any errors. Any ideas on what I should be checking?

Thank you so much.

-- SomikRaha - 2010-05-20

Discussion and Answer

I do not recommend to use the Natskin, it is unmaintained, has a big list of dependencies and is incompatible with the SpreadSheetPlugin. The PatternSkin is very flexible to customize to your needs, for example the new TopMenuSkin that you see here on twiki.org since yesterday is derived from the PatternSkin. Details in PatternSkinCustomization.

I tried to look at http://www.stanford.edu/group/braincloud/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view.pl/Main/WebHome but it redirects to a broken login screen.

Login via ssh to your server and fix twiki/data/Main/TWikiPreferences.txt with an editor. Look for the "Set Skin" setting and set it to pattern

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-05-20

Thank you for the pointer on how to change it back to pattern skin. While that brought the wiki back, I am unable to get the header to work, and the default stylesheet looks weird. Can you try creating an account for yourself?

Thank you so much.

-- SomikRaha - 2010-05-25

Do a raw view on the previous revision of your Main.TWikiPreferences, copy the text into the clipboard, do a raw edit of that topic, and replace content with clipboard. This should restore all settings to the previous state.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-05-26

Closing this question after more than 30 days of inactivity. Feel free to reopen if needed. Consider engaging one of the TWiki consultants if you need timely help. We invite you to get involved with the community, it is more likely you get community support if you support the open source project!

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-07-04

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Title Attempting to change the skin (and back) crashed TWiki
SupportCategory CategorySkin
TWiki version 4.3.2
Server OS Ubuntu 9.10 kernel 2.6.31-19-server (x86_64)
Web server Apache
Perl version 5.8.8
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