[mythtv-users] Mythweb over SSL stops working after upgrade to mythbuntu 14.04 / apache 2.4

Thu Dec 25 20:34:25 UTC 2014

Hoi Matthias,

Thursday, December 25, 2014, 8:48:51 PM, you wrote:

>>>
>>>       Dear Hika,
>>>    
>>>       thank you for your reply. Actually it is me (Matthias) who has the     problem...
>>>    
>>>       I get an empty browser window. The source code of the page loaded     is:
>>>    
>>>    
>>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>>   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">
>>>   <base href="https://my.server.net/mythweb/">
>>>   <title></title>
>>>   <link rel="icon" href="skin_urlimg/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
>>>   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="skin_urlimg/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
>>>   <link rel="apple-touch-icon"
>>> href="skin_urlimg/apple-touch-icon.png" />
>>>   <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72"
>>> href="skin_urlimg/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png" />
>>>   <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114"
>>> href="skin_urlimg/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png" />
>>>   <link type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search"
>>> href="tv/opensearch?type=xml" title="MythTV">
>>>   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
>>>   <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
>>>   <script type="text/javascript">
>>>   <!--
>>>   //
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   // Globals
>>>   // Major version of Flash required
>>>   var requiredMajorVersion = 9;
>>>   // Minor version of Flash required
>>>   var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
>>>   // Minor version of Flash required
>>>   var requiredRevision = 0;
>>>   //
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   // -->
>>>   </script>
>>>                  
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="js/prototip/prototip.css">
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="js/dialog/dialog.css">
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="skin_url/style.css">
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="skin_url/header.css">
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="skin_url/menus.css">
>>>   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="skin_url/programming.css">
>>
>>>   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/prototype.js"></script>
>>>          
>>>          <script type="text/javascript"
>>> src="js/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
>>>          <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery.noConflict(); </script>
>>>          
>>>   <script type="text/javascript"
>>> src="js/prototip/prototip.js"></script>
>>>   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/dialog/dialog.js"></script>
>>>          
>>>   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/utils.js"></script>
>>>   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/AC_OETags.js"></script>
>>>   <script type="text/javascript" src="js/table_sort.js"></script>
>>>   <script type="text/javascript">
>>>   <!--
>>>   //
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   // - Setup variables for use with the recommend engines
>>>   //
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   var recommend_enabled   =
>>>       __________________
>>>    
>>>       at this point, the loaded page ends.
>>>    
>>>       The error message on the server is the one I show above, I do
>>> not     see anything helpful in the logs.
>>>    
>>>       Thanks for your help!
>>>    
>>>       Regards,
>>>    
>>>       Matthias
>>>    
>> Close after that follows the real page info:
>>
>>      <script type="text/javascript">
>>          <!--
>>          // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>          // - Setup variables for use with the recommend engines
>>          // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>          var recommend_enabled   = ;
>>          var recommend_server    = "http://myth-recommendations.aws.af.cm/";
>>          var recommend_key       = "REQUIRED";
>>          // -->
>>      </script>
>>          <script type="text/javascript" src="js/recommend.js"></script>
>>          
>>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>>
>> ...
>>
>> So probably either that javascript causes the problem or the data-retrieval
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
> Hello Hika!

> The error  code in the apache log suggests that there is a problem with
> authentication in mysql - so I would guess, it is data retreival. I do
> not think its the java script, because it works when I am on unencrypted
> communication. I do not understand, though, how the change in transport
> should change the authentication with the database... but this is pure
> guessing. :-(

> Cheers,

> Matthias

> _______________________________________________

It however says just after it fails with you:
   'var recommend_key       = "REQUIRED"'
So maybe it's worth to google on that.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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