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I'm new to MapServer and Linux and  I'm trying to get the basic "hello world" example  from  the Apress book "Beginning MapServer" and things aren't going well. I've installed FGS 9.5 on Ubuntu 9. I guess I need to know what configuration files are needed and where they go, something like a checklist. I have apache up and running and when I run the the url http://localhost/hello.html Firefox returns "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost."

to the point: is there a more up to date how to for FGS MapServer. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I've now realized attempting Linux and MapServer at the same time is foolish but ......

thanks in advance

Mike S

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Michael Savarese wrote:

>
> I'm new to MapServer and Linux and  I'm trying to get the basic "hello
> world" example  from  the Apress book "Beginning MapServer" and things
> aren't going well. I've installed FGS 9.5 on Ubuntu 9. I guess I need
> to know what configuration files are needed and where they go,
> something like a checklist. I have apache up and running and when I
> run the the url http://localhost/hello.html Firefox returns "Firefox
> can't establish a connection to the server at localhost."
>
> to the point: is there a more up to date how to for FGS MapServer. Any
> help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I've now realized
> attempting Linux and MapServer at the same time is foolish but ......
>

Michael,

I don't think this is foolish.  First just access the url
http://localhost:yourport/ <http://localhost/hello.html> .  You should
see the FGS welcome page displayed.  If not, your Apache server (the one
that comes with FGS) is not started.  Go in $FGS_HOME directory, do ".
setenv.sh" and then "fgs start".  Try to load the page again.

p.s.:  Apache runs on a specific port and you need to specify it in the URL.

Norm
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