Hey Josh, I believe what you are looking for is Short URLs: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Short_URL
The reason why you were able to successfully login is because the login page link is http://newserver.url/syswiki/index.php?action=login&other=params http://newserver.url/syswiki/index.php/Main_Page -or- http://newserver.url/syswiki/index.php?title=Main_Page -is not the same as- http://newserver.url/syswiki/Main_Page In the first 2 cases, the server knows you are referencing "index.php" and "Main_Page" is a parameter passed to it. Where as in the third case, the server is looking for a web page/file called "Main_Page", which results in a 404/Page Not Found error. Someone please correct me if i am wrong, but I believe the issue here is your server's rewrite rules and the Short URLs link provided should hopefully resolve this. :D Walter Mazza On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Josh Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade my mediawiki version and also move it to another > server all at once. I've followed the documentation, sometimes > performing the steps in different order, with the same result each time. > Here are the details. > > > Old server/versions: > OS: SL42 (SL is RHEL derivative so same as RHEL4), kernel 2.6.9-34.ELsmp > Mediawiki 1.8.2 > PHP 4.3.9 > MySQL 4.1.22 > > New server: > OS: SL51, kernel 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5PAE > Mediawiki 1.13.2 > PHP 5.1.6 > MySQL 5.0.45 > > The steps I took to do the migration are: > Backup wiki from old server (mysqldump -u root -p wikiDB > wikiDB.sql) > scp wikiDB.sql to new server > untar new version on new server > copy LocalSettings.php, AdminSettings.php, extensions dir, images dir, > and our logo to new server > import wikiDB.sql into mysql database on new server (mysql -u root -p > wikiDB < wikiDB.sql) > ran maintenance/update.php on new server with successful output > > I was able to navigate to the mediawiki web page on the new server and > was able to login (got to "Login Successful" screen) but when I click on > the "Return to Main Page" link or any link in the navigation bar running > down the left side, I receive the error "The requested URL > /syswiki/Main_Page was not found on this server." Trying to navigate to > "Categories" produces the error "The requested URL > /syswiki/Special:Categories was not found on this server." The > corresponding apache errors are: > > [Wed Dec 03 11:19:07 2008] [error] [client 128.222.123.123] File does > not exist: /var/www/html/default/syswiki/Main_Page, referer: > > http://newserver/syswiki/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&action=submitlogin&type=login&returnto=Main_Page > [Wed Dec 03 11:19:28 2008] [error] [client 128.222.123.123] File does > not exist: /var/www/html/default/syswiki/Special:Categories, referer: > > http://newserver/syswiki/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&action=submitlogin&type=login&returnto=Main_Page > > > I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've followed the documentation to > the letter and have been googling this for a while with no results. I > hope its a known error but suspect that its a problem with > LocalSettings.php or an apache setting that conflicts with the newer > mediawiki version. Let me know if you need any other info like local > variables. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance! > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
