Installing Drupal

Hi

I have Drupal 4.3.0 installed on a OpenBSD box.

When i try to post an image the page gets blanked but the image i specify gets uploaded and put in the /images directory. However the image does not end up in the thumbs directory.

i have /images /thumbs and /temp specified. all dirs are owned by the user running the Apache server all directories have been chmod:ed to 777

when i try to upload images (directory) with fast mode i get the following error:

warning: rename() failed (No such file or directory) in /htdocs/drupal/modules/image.module on line 704.

Cannot save image.

i am using image.module Revision 1.85 (latest cvs) i have also tried with Revision 1.74.2.3 but then its complaining on another row (same code tho): here are the line in the image.module file where it dies:

Line 703: // Rename Thumbnail
Line 704: if (!rename(_image_tempthumbname($node), $node->thumb_path)) { die(t("Cannot save image."));

the drupal log says this:

Type error
Date Friday, 28 November, 2003 - 12:59
User *removed*
Location /?q=admin/image/dir_upload/fast
Message warning: rename() failed (No such file or directory) in /htdocs/drupal/modules/image.module on line 704.
Hostname *removed*

http://my.server.domain/?q=admin/image results in this:

Setting Status
Default image path
OK
Default thumb path
OK
Temporary image path
OK
ImageMagick convert
OK

Hi All,

I encountered some of the common problems installing that others have, but following the instructions in the threads, I got quite a ways before hitting a wall. After editing the conf.php file I was able to get to the screen that tells me that I am not authorized to access the page. I click "My Account" and find the Login/Create User Screen. I create the user that will be my superuser and am told I am successful and I'm given a password. I go to the next page and change my password and have that accepted.

I'm getting this error everytime I add a second news feed to syndicate on my site:

user error: Got error 28 from table handler
query: SELECT f.*, COUNT(i.iid) AS items FROM feed f LEFT JOIN item i ON f.fid = i.fid GROUP BY f.fid, f.title, f.url, f.refresh, f.timestamp, f.attributes, f.link, f.description ORDER BY f.title in /drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 90.

It wasn't included in the latest installation. I want to look at it becuase it supposivly has support for both left and right margines.

Is it just me or was this feature left out? Do I have to hack the source to find the path to the image or what? Do all themes use the same logo path?

How do I customize the main page beyond the 'stuff' that Drupal adds? It seems to take over. Ok thats fine, but do I have to give up all of my standard pages?

Is there any way to make forum posts sticky?

It seems like a great system, just need to find out what all it can do and some super important things like how to change the logo.

TIA.

I'm new to Drupal, and so far I've set up forum so it's organized correctly, two containers with forums in each.

Is it possible to set the forums so one container can be accessed by guests, while the second container's forums can only be accessed by a certain role (authenticated users, for instance)?

I've only seen an option for 'all forums, or none'.

Thank you in advance,
Matt Jacobson