I can run the install.php script and the mysite database is created and I'm told the mod_rewrite module isn't installed (i can handle that),

but when I go back to index.php I'm redirected to install.php (even after emptying the cache), it appears the install script is triggered if there isn't a live DB connection .

The install script accepts my username and password and confirms the database connection is good.

It's like Apache can't read _config.php even though it's owned by www-data, or if it does read it, it throws the DB details away.

The install script complains that Silverstripe is already installed because it can see mysite/_config.php bt it don't/can't use it.

I'm installing on Ubuntu 10.04
cheers
Haydn

I think it's something to do with the symlink I've put in place.
I've installed (unpacked) SilverStripe-v2.4.5 to /usr/local/apps and put a ln -s in /var/wwwsilverstripe which points to /usr/local/apps/Silverstripe-v2.4.5

the install goes well but viewing it first off doesn't.

I want to use symlinks because I want to run multiple sites of the 1 install like I have on 2.4.0 on my production server running Debian.

I might have fixed it by setting the ServerName for my Localhost in the httpd.conf as per here
http://aslamnajeebdeen.com/blog/how-to-fix-apache-could-not-reliably-determine-the-servers-fully-qualified-domain-name-using-127011-for-servername-error-on-ubuntu