Some things that I should clear up:
1. A Windows installation doesn't necessarily need to have a user specific path variable. Thus it is possible that GTK and Python will be the only paths in your path variable after installation of the fpdb environment.
2. The following happens during path variable update:
A. The installer copies the current path variable into a new registry key named "PathBackup". You can see "PathBackup" in the Environment variables after installation.
B. The installer reads the environment variable "path" and overwrites it with
itself AND the paths of GTK and Python.
It is very improbable that the installer deletes the content of the user variable and only inserts the paths of GKT and Python.
3. The purpose of the semicolon (
in the path variable is to separate the different paths. It is NOT a problem if 2 or more semicolons appear one after each other. But if a semicolon is missing between two paths and these paths become useless (the melt into one
nonexisting path. Because of this the appending of GTK and Python to the path starts with a semicolon - to ensure that the path of GTK is separated from the last path of the old path variable.
4. The fpdb password in the default.conf file does not need to be changed after installation. The installer
writes the default.conf file and uses the fpdb poker database password which the user provides at the beginning of the installation.
@ all people who expierience problems with fpdb and/or the installer
It would be very nice of you to use the fpdb sourceforge support forums located here:
https://****************/forum/?group_id=226872
You need to register a sourceforge account to post in the forum. This is free and takes only a few minutes.
In this forum we can have seperate threads for different people with different problems. This way problems can be solved faster and easier.
@ all people whose fpdb seems to not be able to connect to mysql
1. Click Start -> Run. Type cmd.exe and hit enter. (the command line window appears)
2. Type the following and hit ENTER: cd "%programfiles%\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\mysql.exe" --user=fpdb --password=<yourpassword>
(
Exchange <yourpassword> with the fpdb poker database password you have chosen at the beginning of the environment installation.)
3. Please post what the command line said after you typed in the line and pressed ENTER
Last edited by One; 09-21-2008 at 01:05 PM.