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#9150 Control Panel Disabled after Install of Latest Version

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Latest post by nicholas on Sunday, 13 November 2011 10:05 CST

user12010
Hi Nocolas, how are you doing?

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 1.6.0
PHP version: 5.2.9
MySQL version: 5.0.92-community-log
Host: Siteground VPS
Akeeba Backup version: 3.3.6 & 3.3.5

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Description of my issue:

When I installed the latest version of Akeeba the Control Panel of Joomla is no longer available. Going to the Control Panel page show an empty window. This happened for both 3.3.5 as well as 3.3.6. The solution in both cases has been to restore the "restoration point that brings me back to 3.3.4 which works fine.

If you need access to the site, send me a note and I will give you full admin credentials.

Kind regards

Andi Elam

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Andi,

A ha!! I will have to ask you to try a workaround. I am 99.9999999% certain that the problem you are experiencing is the infamous "Joomla! session storage too small" bug which affects all Joomla! versions from 1.6 Beta 1 (from 12 months before 1.6.0!) up to and including Joomla! 1.7.1. I reported it a couple of months ago and my fix was accepted in 1.7.2. Unfortunately, if you are running an older version of Joomla!, you are affected.

NOTE: You are running Joomla! 1.6.0 which –as we said in the release announcement of Akeeba Backup 3.3.6– is no longer supported. Anyway. The workaround for this issue is the same for all versions of Joomla! 1.6.0 through 1.7.1.

Remove all cookies from your browser. Empty your browser cache. Quit your browser. Open your browser again. Visit your site's back-end. It now works.

If you're wondering why that happens, please read this longer explanation: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/abbrokesite.html

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user12010
Hi Nicholas

Since the website is in pre production the better work around has been to upgrade to 1.7.2.

This works fine and somewhat confirms your ideas. I must say that the upgrade process from 1.6.0 to 1.7.2 was painless and easy. When I get time I will try your work around out.

Thanks

Andi

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Andi,

Yes, having 1.7.2 is DEFINITELY the best approach. It not only solves the problem you came here to solve, it also makes sure that you don't have any nasty surprises (hacks) due to known security vulnerabilities.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user12010
Hi Nic

I tried your fix and it does not work.

When I roll it back it is fine but I cannot see the control panel when I'm using 3.3.6 and Joomla 1.6.0.

Any ideas?

If you need admin access, let me know...

KR

Andi

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hello Andi,

As noted in our release announcement, Joomla! 1.6.x is not supported since a few months ago. Please upgrade to Joomla! 1.7.x. I am perfectly aware of the compatibility issues with Akeeba Backup 3.3.5 or later and Joomla! 1.6.0 through 1.6.6, but Joomla! 1.6 is end-of-life and I do not intent to support my software running on an end-of-life platform.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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