[Koha] Koha 2.2, browser wants to download mainpage.pl or opac-main.pl

[MJ Ray]

Marty wrote:
> Reinstalling 2.2.9 went very smooth compared to 3.0, but when I type
> the koha address in the browser, the browser opens a window that
> says 'opening mainpage.pl You have chosen to open mainpage.pl which
> is a: PL file from: http://debian:8080

That's symptomatic of the Koha mainpage crashing before it sends
anything, even the html headers.  Apache or Iceweasel then guess what
to do with .pl files and get it wrong.  Check the error log...

> koha-error_log output:
>  /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] read_config_file(/etc/koha.conf) returned undef at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] read_config_file(/etc/koha.conf) returned undef at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] read_config_file(/etc/koha.conf) returned undef at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] read_config_file(/etc/koha.conf) returned undef at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] DBI connect(':','',...) failed: Access denied for user 'www-data'@'localhost' (using p$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/$[Mon Dec 14 21:16:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.1.1] Premature end of script
>  headers: mainpage.pl

So "Premature end of script headers" also suggests that it crashed
before sending the html headers.

Just before that "read_config_file(/etc/koha.conf) returned undef"
suggests that /etc/koha.conf is unreadable for some reason.  I'd check it.

Hope that helps,
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