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i'm having same exact issue -- when access installation page [new installation of j!2.5.6], select language , click move step 2 -- circle animation , hangs. earlier today, did >30min of chores before sitting down, , still circling.

i have tried run installation on:
firefox 15.0.1
internet explorer 9.0.8112.16421
chrome 21.0.1180.89
opera 12.02 build 1578
safari 5.1.7 (7534.57.2)

problem description :: forum post assistant (v1.2.2) : 8th september 2012 wrote:new joomla 2.5.6 installation hangs on step 1
log/error message :: forum post assistant (v1.2.2) : 8th september 2012 wrote:none displayed
log/error message :: forum post assistant (v1.2.2) : 8th september 2012 wrote:none displayed
actions taken resolve forum post assistant (v1.2.2) 8th september 2012 wrote:spent 3 hours surfing forum.joomla.org , various third party tech sites resolution = no avail. checked ipower knowledge base known issues = none reported. called ipower see if had access more in depth info = no further info.
forum post assistant (v1.2.2) : 8th september 2012 wrote:
basic environment :: wrote:joomla! instance :: joomla! 2.5.6-stable (ember) 19-june-2012
joomla! platform :: joomla platform 11.4.0-stable (brian kernighan) 03-jan-2012
joomla! configured :: not found

host configuration :: os: linux | os version: 3.0.9-bl3-grsec | technology: i686 | web server: apache/2 | encoding: gzip, deflate | doc root: /home/users/web/b492/ipw.*******/public_html | system tmp writable: yes

php configuration :: version: 5.2.17 | php api: cgi | session path writable: unknown | display errors: | error reporting: 6135 | log errors to: | last known error: | register globals: 1 | magic quotes: | safe mode: | open base: | uploads: 1 | max. upload size: 4m | max. post size: 8m | max. input time: 60 | max. execution time: 120 | memory limit: 16m

mysql configuration :: database credentials incomplete or not available nothing display.
missing credentials detected: connection type missing | mysql host missing | table prefix missing | database username missing | database password missing |
detailed environment :: wrote:php extensions :: date (5.2.17) | libxml () | openssl () | pcre () | zlib (1.1) | bcmath () | bz2 () | calendar () | ctype () | curl () | dba () | dbase () | dom (20031129) | hash (1.0) | filter (0.11.0) | ftp () | gd () | gettext () | session () | iconv () | standard (5.2.17) | json (1.2.1) | mbstring () | mcrypt () | mhash () | ming () | mysql (1.0) | simplexml (0.1) | spl (0.2) | pdo (1.0.4dev) | pdo_sqlite (1.0.1) | posix () | pspell () | reflection (0.1) | imap () | pdo_mysql (1.0.2) | sockets () | mysqli (0.1) | sqlite (2.0-dev) | exif (1.4 $id: exif.c 293036 2010-01-03 09:23:27z sebastian $) | tokenizer (0.1) | wddx () | xml () | xmlreader (0.1) | xmlrpc (0.51) | xmlwriter (0.1) | xsl (0.1) | zip (1.8.11) | cgi () | zend engine (2.2.0) |
potential missing extensions :: suhosin |

switch user environment (experimental) :: php cgi: yes | server su: yes | php su: yes | custom su (litespeed/cloud/grid): no
potential ownership issues: maybe
folder permissions :: wrote:core folders :: images/ (755) | components/ (755) | modules/ (755) | plugins/ (755) | language/ (755) | templates/ (755) | cache/ (755) | logs/ (755) | tmp/ (755) | administrator/components/ (755) | administrator/modules/ (755) | administrator/language/ (755) | administrator/templates/ (755) |

elevated permissions (first 10) :: none
extensions discovered :: wrote:components :: site :: com_mailto (2.5.0) | com_wrapper (2.5.0) |
components :: admin :: com_admin (2.5.0) | com_banners (2.5.0) | com_cache (2.5.0) | com_categories (2.5.0) | com_checkin (2.5.0) | com_config (2.5.0) | com_content (2.5.0) | com_cpanel (2.5.0) | com_finder (2.5.0) | com_installer (2.5.0) | com_joomlaupdate (2.5.0) | com_languages (2.5.0) | com_login (2.5.0) | com_media (2.5.0) | com_menus (2.5.0) | com_messages (2.5.0) | com_modules (2.5.0) | com_newsfeeds (2.5.0) | com_plugins (2.5.0) | com_redirect (2.5.0) | com_search (2.5.0) | com_templates (2.5.0) | com_users (2.5.0) | com_weblinks (2.5.0) |

modules :: site :: mod_articles_archive (2.5.0) | mod_articles_categories (2.5.0) | mod_articles_category (2.5.0) | mod_articles_latest (2.5.0) | mod_articles_news (2.5.0) | mod_articles_popular (2.5.0) | mod_banners (2.5.0) | mod_breadcrumbs (2.5.0) | mod_custom (2.5.0) | mod_feed (2.5.0) | mod_finder (2.5.0) | mod_footer (2.5.0) | mod_languages (2.5.0) | mod_login (2.5.0) | mod_menu (2.5.0) | mod_random_image (2.5.0) | mod_related_items (2.5.0) | mod_search (2.5.0) | mod_stats (2.5.0) | mod_syndicate (2.5.0) | mod_users_latest (2.5.0) | mod_weblinks (2.5.0) | mod_whosonline (2.5.0) | mod_wrapper (2.5.0) |
modules :: admin :: mod_custom (2.5.0) | mod_feed (2.5.0) | mod_latest (2.5.0) | mod_logged (2.5.0) | mod_login (2.5.0) | mod_menu (2.5.0) | mod_multilangstatus (2.5.0) | mod_popular (2.5.0) | mod_quickicon (2.5.0) | mod_status (2.5.0) | mod_submenu (2.5.0) | mod_title (2.5.0) | mod_toolbar (2.5.0) | mod_version (2.5.0) |

plugins :: site :: plg_authentication_gmail (2.5.0) | plg_authentication_joomla (2.5.0) | plg_authentication_ldap (2.5.0) | plg_captcha_recaptcha (2.5.0) | plg_content_emailcloak (2.5.0) | plg_content_finder (2.5.0) | plg_content_geshi (2.5.0) | plg_content_joomla (2.5.0) | plg_content_loadmodule (2.5.0) | plg_content_pagebreak (2.5.0) | plg_content_pagenavigation (2.5.0) | plg_content_vote (2.5.0) | plg_editors_codemirror (1.0) | plg_editors_tinymce (3.5.2) | plg_editors-xtd_article (2.5.0) | plg_editors-xtd_image (2.5.0) | plg_editors-xtd_pagebreak (2.5.0) | plg_editors-xtd_readmore (2.5.0) | plg_extension_joomla (2.5.0) | plg_finder_categories (2.5.0) | plg_finder_contacts (2.5.0) | plg_finder_content (2.5.0) | plg_finder_newsfeeds (2.5.0) | plg_finder_weblinks (2.5.0) | plg_quickicon_extensionupdate (2.5.0) | plg_quickicon_joomlaupdate (2.5.0) | plg_search_categories (2.5.0) | plg_search_contacts (2.5.0) | plg_search_content (2.5.0) | plg_search_newsfeeds (2.5.0) | plg_search_weblinks (2.5.0) | plg_system_cache (2.5.0) | plg_system_highlight (2.5.0) | plg_system_debug (2.5.0) | plg_system_languagecode (2.5.0) | plg_system_languagefilter (2.5.0) | plg_system_log (2.5.0) | plg_system_logout (2.5.0) | plg_system_p3p (2.5.0) | plg_system_redirect (2.5.0) | plg_system_remember (2.5.0) | plg_system_sef (2.5.0) | plg_user_contactcreator (2.5.0) | plg_user_joomla (2.5.0) | plg_user_profile (2.5.0) |
templates discovered :: wrote:templates :: site :: atomic (2.5.0) | beez_20 (2.5.0) | beez5 (2.5.0) |
templates :: admin :: bluestork (2.5.0) | hathor (2.5.0) |

follow - after nap notion occurred me -- no error on screen, check error log

20120908t030534: *******.ipower.com/******/neo/installation/index.php
php warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file or directory (2) in /hermes/bosweb26c/b492/ipw.*******/public_html/******/neo/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 532
php warning: session_write_close() [<a href='function.session-write-close'>function.session-write-close</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file
20120908t030539: *******.ipower.com/******/neo/installation/index.php
php warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file or directory (2) in /hermes/bosweb26c/b492/ipw.*******/public_html/******/neo/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 532
php warning: session_write_close() [<a href='function.session-write-close'>function.session-write-close</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file
20120908t030540: *******.ipower.com/******/neo/installation/index.php
php warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file or directory (2) in /hermes/bosweb26c/b492/ipw.*******/public_html/******/neo/libraries/joomla/session/session.php on line 532
php warning: session_write_close() [<a href='function.session-write-close'>function.session-write-close</a>]: open(/var/php_sessions/sess_d1d595e89e4f7b7444d4625a5a723cb8, o_rdwr) failed: no such file


if leave go -- generates 2 new warnings every 20-30 seconds long let go.





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