Installing Drupal

Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_set_save_handler() in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal/includes/session.inc on line 4

Hi,
I just installed drupal on my gentoo box and get the above error when I try to access drupal via http://localhost/drupal/.

I'm through with

- 2. CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
- 3. LOAD THE DRUPAL DATABASE SCHEME

and I set $db_url in includes/conf.php.

I'm stuck here. :( Any hints where I should look?

Thx in advance

I installed Drupal through my new Web hosting service (bluehost) and when I go to work with the portal, I get a 403 Permission Denied message. Any hints for what I can do to fix this?

I just can't complete step 3 in the install instructions:
$ mysql -u nobody -p drupal < database/database.mysql
I get the message No such file or directory no matter what values I enter for database (and even when I give none or leave it unchanged). I have created the database and no other step has failed. I am using my database username in place of nobody.

I'm running OS 10.2 / Drupal 4.2 and stable MYSQL.

How do I make the Forums and it's structure be the first set of information displayed on the frontpage ?

Hello, I am very impressed by drupal engine, but it doesn't wont to work on my computer. Unfortunately, I'm not a PHP guru, so I can't find the problem by myself.

Environment: windows 2000, php-4.3.4, mysql 4.1.3b, Apache 2.0.47

URL: http://81.1.226.89/drupal

Description of the problem:
After configuring PHP and mysql, I have the first page proposing me to create my first account. But after clicking on any link (creating new account or anything else) Apache gives the following:
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Warning: main(includes/conf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 250

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/conf.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 250

Warning: main(includes/database.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 251

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/database.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 251

Warning: main(includes/session.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\drupal\includes\bootstrap.inc on line 252

I installed Drupal on my iBook (Apache 1.3, MySQL 4.0.17, PHP 4.3.8) and it worked great. I got it setup just the way I wanted it so I figured it was time to send it to my server. I copied the root folder over (still residing in a "/drupal" path) and then sent a copy of the database over. Tweaked the obvious in conf.php and .htaccess. Went to the page: white.

In a shell, I ran the PHP CLI command on the index page of the local install on my iBook. Aside from session errors it worked fine. Did the same to my server (Apache 2.x, MySQL 4.0.20 PHP 4.3.8) and got this mess (where "/path" is the real path, edited for paranoia reasons):

$ php index.php
PHP Warning: mysql_query(): Your query requires a full tablescan (table variable, 2 rows affected). Use EXPLAIN to optimize your query. in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80
PHP Warning: mysql_query(): Commands out of sync; You can't run this command now in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80
PHP Fatal error: Commands out of sync; You can't run this command now
query: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, link, location, hostname, timestamp) VALUES (0, 'error', 'warning: mysql_query(): Your query requires a full tablescan (table system, 9 rows affected). Use EXPLAIN to optimize your query. in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 80.', '', 'index.php?index.php', '', 1095648610) in /path/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 97