Concrete5 gets stuck on Installing dashboard when installed on WAMP 2.2 32 bit

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I have noticed this problem across quite a few threads, I still can figure it out, my system which runs 32 bit has the same problem. When I install concrete5 5.6 or 5.5 versions it stalls on "Installing Dashboard" and will not finish the install.

I started this thread as a place all the information could come together to hopefully solve this problem.

so any help anyone can offer, even a suggestion on where to start looking would be helpful to all the people experiencing this

CLUES:

Almost everyone it is happening to is running a 32 bit system and using WAMP 2.2

here are the error logs

[Fri Dec 28 15:26:30 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Win32) PHP/5.3.13 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:30 2012] [notice] Server built: May 13 2012 13:32:42
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:30 2012] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4520
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:31 2012] [notice] Child 4520: Child process is running
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:31 2012] [notice] Child 4520: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:31 2012] [notice] Child 4520: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:31 2012] [notice] Child 4520: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Fri Dec 28 15:26:31 2012] [notice] Child 4520: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

HERE ARE THE ACCESS LOGS

::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:04 -0500] "POST /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/configure/ HTTP/1.1" 302 -
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:05 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15981
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:06 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/concrete/js/jquery.js?v=bbea817ad296b46292c9c9dfe205de50 HTTP/1.1" 200 93867
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:06 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/concrete/css/jquery.ui.css?v=bbea817ad296b46292c9c9dfe205de50 HTTP/1.1" 200 33883
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:06 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/concrete/js/jquery.ui.js?v=bbea817ad296b46292c9c9dfe205de50 HTTP/1.1" 200 182378
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:07 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/concrete/css/images/progress_bar.png HTTP/1.1" 200 3457
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:07 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/concrete/images/throbber_white_16.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 771
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:07 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/make_directories/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:07 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_database/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:41 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/add_users/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:44 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/add_home_page/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:11:46 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_attributes/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:12:04 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_blocktypes/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:12:18 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_themes/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:12:20 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_jobs/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15
::1 - - [28/Dec/2012:16:12:22 -0500] "GET /concrete5test/index.php/install/-/run_routine/standard/install_dashboard/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -


AND THE HUNT IS ON!

sambrody24
 
YanivP replied on at Permalink Reply
The same thing happens to me.

Wamp 2.2 32 bit on Windows 7 64 bit. I would use Wamp 64 bit but the curl version it comes with is broken.
Steevb replied on at Permalink Reply
Steevb
YanivP replied on at Permalink Reply
Same thing with XAMPP
projectskillz replied on at Permalink Reply
Yes same for me except 64 bit....what could it be?
VPenkov replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
VPenkov
In your php.ini, change the following settings to the values I'm gonna quote or higher:
max_execution_time = 180
max_input_time = 90
memory_limit = 256M




In your my.ini (xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini for xampp), find the [mysqld] section and put these two if they don't exist:
lower_case_table_names=0
default-storage-engine=MyISAM

The first line will make your installation portable to a Linux-based OS (avoid putting it if you have other c5 installations as they will stop working), and the second one will resolve the original problem mentioned in this thread.
samallen27 replied on at Permalink Reply
samallen27
Well done mate, Thankyou.
Works perfectly now. I can actually see the loading bar moving this time :-)
samallen27 replied on at Permalink Reply
samallen27
Cheers mate. Works perfectly with your instructions.
I can actually see the loading bar moving this time and all setup :-)