[Deploying Sakai] [Building Sakai] modules are failing

Wed Jan 5 11:51:18 PST 2011

Hello again,

I just added a new Instructor....same issue.....

Any more thoughts......anyone else have this problem before?

Thank you again Mallika,

Bruce Ballou

PS..this is plain text so it hits the mail list!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] modules are failing
From: Mallika M Thoppay <mallika at etudes.org>
Date: Wed, January 05, 2011 2:43 pm
To: bruceballou at olk12.com
Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org,
management at collab.sakaiproject.org, production at collab.sakaiproject.org

Bruce,

I don't believe so. The only thing I can think of is that the current
user is a student, and not an instructor. How about creating a new user
and adding the user as an instructor to a new site?

Thanks,
Mallika

bruceballou at olk12.com wrote:
> Hello again Mallika,
>
> I have rechecked, and everything seems to be selected as you stated. I
> checked another working instance and they look the same....but....still
> not working.
>
> I do keep noticing that on the modules page the options at the top have
> not changed. still on the teacher site the Author and Manage options are
> not there. Do you know where that information get set? I thought that
> giving the correct permissions would have made them show up.
>
> Is there a file somewhere that may e incorrectly set (permissions) in
> the file system not allowing it to read??? (just grasping at straws at
> this point!)
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Bruce Ballou
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] modules are failing
> From: Mallika M Thoppay <mallika at etudes.org>
> Date: Wed, January 05, 2011 1:48 pm
> To: bruceballou at olk12.com
> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org,
> management at collab.sakaiproject.org, production at collab.sakaiproject.org
>
> Bruce,
>
> I am not sure where you are stuck. Sakai upon installation comes with
> the Instructor and Student roles which can be modified via
> site.template.course. For these roles, you need to set permissions as
> specified below. Create a new site and it should work. Did you restart
> tomcat? I don't believe you should have to do that even.
>
> Thanks,
> Mallika
>
> bruceballou at olk12.com wrote:
>
>> Sorry about this...
>>
>> Do I need to add the matain and access roles to the
>> !site.template.course relm?
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Bruce Ballou
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] modules are failing
>> From: Mallika M Thoppay <mallika at etudes.org>
>> Date: Wed, January 05, 2011 12:52 pm
>> To: bruceballou at olk12.com
>> Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org,
>> management at collab.sakaiproject.org, production at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> It appears that the realms may not be set up correctly on your system.
>> Please ensure they are correct by following these steps:
>>
>> *8) Update Sakai Roles for Melete *
>>
>> Update Sakai Roles (under realms) to include Melete permissions to
>> your roles. If you are upgrading Melete in your Sakai instance, no
>> roles changes are needed.
>>
>> 1. Log on as Sakai admin.
>> 2.
>>
>> Check appropriate Melete permissions under the roles in
>> *!site.template.course*.
>>
>> *
>>
>> Check *melete.author* for instructor, teaching assistant types
>> of roles (maintain) to which you want to give 'authoring /
>> manage' rights.
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>> Check *melete.student *for student types of custom roles that
>> you have (access) to which you want to give 'viewing' rights.
>>
>> 3.
>>
>> If you have project sites and related roles in
>> *!site.template.project*, appropriate permissions
>> (melete.student or melete.author) need to be checked as
>> defined above, based on what rights you want to give to the roles.
>>
>> *CAUTION: *
>>
>> *a. *IF YOU FAIL TO CHECK THE MELETE.STUDENT AND MELETE.AUTHOR
>> PERMISSIONS FOR YOUR ROLES, MELETE WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY.
>>
>> *b.* IF YOU ADD MELETE TO _EXISTING SITES_, USERS WILL NOT HAVE THE
>> MELETE PERMISSIONS THAT YOU CHECKED. YOU WILL NEED TO USE
>> !SITE.HELPER OR OTHER SCRIPT TO PROPAGATE THE MELETE PERMISSION TO
>> EXISTING SITES.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mallika
>>
>>
>> bruceballou at olk12.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I have started seeing an error when using the modules in a site, I have
>>> redeployed the melete package in sakai, as instructed by Mallika at
>>> Etudes Inc. (a post I at nabble).
>>>
>>> I created a new site, as admin, I can add the module and the contents
>>> and view it. The options on the modules page (admin) are view, Author,
>>> Manage,Preferences.
>>>
>>> When I log in as a teacher, I only see 2 options, View and Preferences,
>>> I see the content, when I select the module, I get options of Prev or
>>> Table of Contents, I click on Prev, and it shows Table of Contents. I
>>> click on TOC, and it shows the module when I click on View at the top
>>> and I get an error in sakai and it is at the bottom of this message.
>>> (See ******)
>>>
>>>
>>> I am getting a big dump in catalina.out, just not sure what to post
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ******
>>>
>>> Error
>>> An unexpected error has occurred.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Send a bug report
>>> To send a bug report, describe what you were doing when the problem
>>> occurred, in the space below, and press the submit button.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.api.PortalHandlerException:
>>> org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException: #{navPage.viewAction}:
>>> javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:71)
>>> caused by: org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException:
>>> #{navPage.viewAction}: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException:
>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1216)
>>> caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: #{navPage.viewAction}:
>>> javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
>>> caused by: javax.faces.FacesException: #{navPage.viewAction}:
>>> javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:312)
>>> caused by: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException:
>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:72)
>>> caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at org.etudes.tool.melete.NavPage.viewAction(NavPage.java:67)
>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>> at
>>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>>> at
>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:126)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:72)
>>> at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:312)
>>> at
>>> javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:267)
>>> at
>>> javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processDecodes(UIViewRoot.java:307)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.lifecycle.ApplyRequestValuesPhase.execute(ApplyRequestValuesPhase.java:79)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:200)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:90)
>>> at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:571)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:461)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:399)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
>>> at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.JsfTool.dispatch(JsfTool.java:221)
>>> at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.JsfTool.doPost(JsfTool.java:256)
>>> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
>>> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:461)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:364)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.tool.impl.ActiveToolComponent$MyActiveTool.forward(ActiveToolComponent.java:486)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1216)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doTool(ToolHandler.java:195)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doGet(ToolHandler.java:94)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:71)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.doPost(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1059)
>>> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
>>> at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
>>> at
>>> org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:622)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
>>> at
>>> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>>
>>>
>>> user: ac6314a2-caad-4f11-90af-ce28eb41e165
>>>
>>> usage-session: 3e22fb0f-31ae-4faf-b9ab-24d8ac557d1d
>>>
>>> time: Jan 5, 2011 09:35:28
>>>
>>> Thank you for any direction you can provide.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruce Ballou
>>> sakai support
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Mallika M Thoppay
> Learning Systems Developer
> Etudes Inc
> http://etudes.org
>
>
>
>

--
Mallika M Thoppay
Learning Systems Developer
Etudes Inc
http://etudes.org