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[LuvMeSumZen]

I wonder if the problems I'm having with other addons and this one could be connected?

 

[Jon W]

Possibly. What other add-ons do you have installed?

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

 

[Stuart Wright]

My hosting company enabled the GeoIP feature for me this a.m. but l cannot get the addon to work. I see the IP link beneath everyon'es post so I assume the GeoIP feature has been correctly activated.

Check that the data file which your hosting company are using is available and being updated regularly.

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

How would I do that?

 

[Stuart Wright]

You might have to ask them. Are you any good with php? It's not hard to write a script which tests geoip.

 

[TPerry]

How would I do that?

Do you have SSH access? If cPanel, does it offer full access to ALL the server structure?
If yes to either one, check in /usr/share/GeoIP for the .DAT files. Normally GeoIP.dat and GeoIPCity.dat.

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

Do you have SSH access? ...

I'm in cpanel making a backup right now, but I cannot see anywhere that says anythng about SSH - where would I find this?

 

[TPerry]

I'm in cpanel making a backup right now, but I cannot see anywhere that says anythng about SSH - where would I find this?

SSH is basically a terminal client protocol that allows you to access a VPS or dedicated server and have a DOS type command line access. From a windows machine you would use something like puTTY and from a Mac or Linux box just type in ssh <your domain name) from the terminal command prompt.

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

Ahh. I cut my teeth on DOS but that was over 30 years ago and I have forgotten 90% of what I ever knew. I have no business messing with it on my server. Is there some other way I can check this?

 

[TPerry]

Ahh. I cut my teeth on DOS but that was over 30 years ago and I have forgotten 90% of what I ever knew. I have no business messing with it on my server. Is there some other way I can check this?

Not that I know of. Just have your hosting provider make sure that the databases for GeoIP are installed (they can get them from MaxMind for the latest). I update mine every month via a CRON job on my servers.

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

According to them it's all installed and should be working. But I'm still not seeing flags.

 

[eyedream]

i have Installed and not working on any styles .also i can see geoip is installed on my system but cant see flags in avatars

 

[TPerry]

i have Installed and not working on any styles .also i can see geoip is installed on my system but cant see flags in avatars

When you are looking at the messages, can you see the IP button below it (where the edit, etc. is)? Has the PHP GeoIP PECL been installed also (and if so, either apache or php5-fpm - if using nginx) restarted?

 

[eyedream]

yes mate i can se all option .and i have restarted 3 time apache as well .i have vps with centos 6 +cpanel
regards

ps: i have installed via this guide

http://www.servernoobs.com/how-to-install-mod_geoip-on-a-whmcpanel-server/

 

[TPerry]

yes mate i can se all option .and i have restarted 3 time apache as well .i have vps with centos 6 +cpanel
regards

ps: i have installed via this guide

http://www.servernoobs.com/how-to-install-mod_geoip-on-a-whmcpanel-server/

Don't know what to tell you then... for me it's simply aptitude install php5-geoip geoip-database

 

[Stuart Wright]

Maybe Jon could write a little test function which tries to get GeoIP information and displays 'Pass' or 'Fail' in the admin page.

 

[oVR]

Can this be updated to show what State the member is logged in from if within the United States?

 

[LuvMeSumZen]

Can this be updated to show what State the member is logged in from if within the United States?

I asked the same - but heck I cannot even get it to work as is.

 

[TPerry]

i have Installed and not working on any styles .also i can see geoip is installed on my system but cant see flags in avatars

Just because you loaded the PHP PECL related stuff doesn't necessarily mean it's "installed". You DID get the necessary DB files for placement in /usr/share/GeoIP correct (usually MaxMind's free DB works great).

tracy@pegasus:~$ ls /usr/share/GeoIP
GeoIPCity.dat  GeoIP.dat  GeoIPv6.dat