Re: [viewvc-users] Could not open the requested SVN filesystem

Ah, that got it. I was setting "DAV svn" and "SVNParentPath" within the 
viewvc location.

Thanks for the help.
Lee
On 19/07/12 13:55, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 03:47 AM, Lee Cartwright wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been trying to set up viewvc on an Ubuntu 12.04 box. I believe I
>> have set everything up correctly but keep getting the error "Could not
>> open the requested SVN filesystem" when I browse to /viewvc/viewvc.cgi
>> for that machine. The Apache error logs show:
>>
>> [Thu Jul 19 08:42:14 2012] [error] [client 192.168.6.44] (20014)Internal
>> error: Can't open file '/usr/development/svn/viewvc.cgi/format': No such
>> file or directory
>> [Thu Jul 19 08:42:14 2012] [error] [client 192.168.6.44] Could not fetch
>> resource information.  [500, #0]
>> [Thu Jul 19 08:42:14 2012] [error] [client 192.168.6.44] Could not open
>> the requested SVN filesystem  [500, #2]
>> [Thu Jul 19 08:42:14 2012] [error] [client 192.168.6.44] Could not open
>> the requested SVN filesystem  [500, #2]
>>
>> /usr/development/svn is the root_parents in my viewvc.conf file. What I
>> don't understand is why it is even trying to open the listed file. It
>> seems to be treating my root directory as if it were an SVN repository.
>> This is obviously a configuration error on my part but I can't figure
>> out what I've done wrong. Does anyone have any advice?
> You've correctly identified the problem based on the symptoms.  Now, we need
> to find the source of that problem.  Generally, this problem occurs when
> folks use some of the *Subversion* Apache module's directives in the Apache
> configuration blocks intended for *ViewVC*.  For example, do you have "DAV
> svn" or "SVNParentPath /foo/bar" or "SVNPath /boo/far" in your ViewVC
> <Location> block?  ViewVC doesn't need any of those things.
>

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