[Zope] zope freezes/halts after loading initial page

[Geoffrey Jost]

Hello zope.org,

i'm trying to install zope/plone on a Red Hat 9.0 system, but the system
never manages to start up.  it shows the initial page (sometimes with the
Zope graphic, sometimes without), but never manages to fully load the
/manage pages.  on the console, i see the following when i start up (notice
how the "ZServer PCGI Server started" line fails to appear):

[zope at redhatdev Zope-2.6.2-src]$ ./start -w 8081 -D
------
2003-12-10T11:47:51 INFO(0) zdaemon Started subprocess: pid 7132
------
2003-12-10T11:47:52 INFO(0) ZODB Opening database for mounting:
'145055912_1071084405.117667'
------
2003-12-10T11:47:52 INFO(0) ZODB Mounted database
'145055912_1071084405.117667' at /temp_folder
------
2003-12-10T11:47:52 INFO(0) ZServer HTTP server started at Wed Dec 10
11:47:52 2003
        Hostname: redhatdev
        Port: 8081
------
2003-12-10T11:47:52 INFO(0) ZServer FTP server started at Wed Dec 10
11:47:52 2003
        Hostname: redhatdev
        Port: 8021


i initially tried to install the zope binary, but this didn't work so i
tried the source install.  i used the following install sequence (taken from
http://zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/InstallingZope.stx):

# prep install location
> mkdir /usr/local/zope
> chown -R zope zope
> chgrp -R web zope
> chmod -R 775 zope
> cd /usr/local/zope

# install python 2.1.3
> mkdir /usr/local/zope/python-2.1.3
> wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.1.3/Python-2.1.3.tgz
> tar xzvf Python-2.1.3.tgz
> cd Python-2.1.3
> ./configure --prefix /usr/local/zope/python-2.1.3 configure
> make
> make install

# install zope 2.6.2
> cd /usr/local/zope
> wget http://zope.org/Products/Zope/2.6.2/Zope-2.6.2-src.tgz
> tar xzvf Zope-2.6.2-src.tgz
> cd Zope-2.6.2-src
> /usr/local/zope/python-2.1.3/bin/python wo_pcgi.py

thanks in advance for your assistance!

Geoffrey Jost
Japanese American National Museum
http://www.janm.org/
213-625-0414 x5654
gjost at janm.org