[FIXED] Can't get installation past language selection - Joomla! Forum - community, help and support

i'm totally clueless might cause since there's no errors debug cause.

the animated gif keeps spinning, , firebug tells me page keeps polling index.php same response.

i've tried elevating installation directory permissions 777 no help. thought might issue apache2 handler permissions, got email our companies webhost have clients on basic unix package have joomla installed.

i've given trying fix myself. here's data fpa:

problem description :: forum post assistant (v1.2.3) : 22nd october 2012 wrote:can\'t make installation go past step 1

forum post assistant (v1.2.3) : 22nd october 2012 wrote:

basic environment :: wrote:joomla! instance :: joomla! 2.5.7-stable (ember) 13-september-2012
joomla! platform :: joomla platform 11.4.0-stable (brian kernighan) 03-jan-2012
joomla! configured :: not found

host configuration :: os: linux | os version: 2.6.24-32-server | technology: i686 | web server: apache/2.2.8 | encoding: gzip, deflate | doc root: /home/web3257/public_html | system tmp writable: no

php configuration :: version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.26 | php api: apache2handler | session path writable: unknown | display errors: | error reporting: 6135 | log errors to: /var/log/apache2/php-error-kultakala.log | last known error: | register globals: | magic quotes: 1 | safe mode: | open base: /home/web3257 | uploads: 1 | max. upload size: 10m | max. post size: 25m | max. input time: 60 | max. execution time: 30 | memory limit: 30m

mysql configuration :: database credentials incomplete or not available nothing display.
missing credentials detected: connection type missing | mysql host missing | table prefix missing | database username missing | database password missing |

detailed environment :: wrote:php extensions :: zip (1.4.0) | xmlwriter (0.1) | libxml () | xml () | wddx () | tokenizer (0.1) | sysvshm () | sysvsem () | sysvmsg () | session () | simplexml (0.1) | sockets () | soap () | spl (0.2) | shmop () | standard (5.2.4-2ubuntu5.26) | reflection (0.1) | posix () | mime_magic (0.1) | mbstring () | json (1.2.1) | iconv () | hash (1.0) | gettext () | ftp () | filter (0.11.0) | exif (1.4 $id: exif.c,v 1.173.2.5.2.20 2007/06/10 20:12:45 iliaa exp $) | dom (20031129) | dba () | date (5.2.4-2ubuntu5.26) | ctype () | calendar () | bz2 () | bcmath () | zlib (1.1) | pcre () | openssl () | xmlreader (0.1) | apache2handler () | pdo (1.0.4dev) | pdo_mysql (1.0.2) | pdo_sqlite (1.0.1) | sqlite (2.0-dev) | curl () | gd () | imagick (2.0.1) | memcache () | mysql (1.0) | mysqli (0.1) | sqlite3 (1.0) | xmlrpc (0.51) | xsl (0.1) | zend engine (2.2.0) |
potential missing extensions :: mcrypt | suhosin |

switch user environment (experimental) :: php cgi: no | server su: no | php su: no | custom su (litespeed/cloud/grid): no
potential ownership issues: maybe

apache modules :: core | mod_log_config | mod_logio | prefork | http_core | mod_so | mod_alias | mod_auth_basic | mod_authn_file | mod_authz_default | mod_authz_groupfile | mod_authz_host | mod_authz_user | mod_autoindex | mod_cache | mod_cgi | mod_dir | mod_env | mod_include | mod_mime | mod_negotiation | mod_perl | mod_php5 | mod_rewrite | mod_setenvif | mod_status | apache/2.2.8 |
potential missing modules :: mod_expires | mod_deflate | mod_security | mod_evasive | mod_dosevasive | mod_ssl | mod_qos | mod_userdir |

folder permissions :: wrote:core folders :: --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) |

elevated permissions (first 10) :: --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) | --protected-- (775) |

extensions discovered :: wrote:strict information privacy selected. nothing display.

templates discovered :: wrote:_fpa_strict information privacy nothing display.

edit: firefox, chrome , ie used. doesn't seem browser issue.

edit2: well, tracked issue 1 line in session handling includes, commented out. noticed there default php seems save files /tmp , it's write protected according phpinfo. i'll send email host asking can it, turn on.

im answering own post since resolved myself.

joomla sets sessions handler "files" , path save session files set blank, defaulted path webserver had no rights write (/tmp perhaps).

i first uncommented line sets sessions handler "files", php defaulted hosts setting use memcache.

but since think there reason "files" forced in joomla, put under line in /library/joomla/session/session.php says ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files'); setting of path ini_set('session.save_path', '/home/web4673/tmp/'); since temp folder apache can write (apache2 handler php used , not cgi) , not exposed webserver.

fixed right away.