5.1.0 upgrade from 5.0.5 error on step 17/17

[krismarvin88]

During the final step of the upgrade (

Status: Processing XML, Step 17 of 17

) I am receiving an error "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> MySQL server has gone away".
I tried doing research and they said the main reason for this is a server timeout. However the server is set to a default timeout and this error is ocurring after only ~5 minutes. There must be something else happening that I'm not understanding and it is only ever on the final step that it happens. And help would be greatly appreciated!

[Zachery]

Download 5.1.1, and upload it, and run the upgrade.

[krismarvin88]

Download 5.1.1, and upload it, and run the upgrade.

I'm sorry, that was my mistake. I meant to say 5.1.1 is what i downloaded and tried

[delicjous]

Hi,

same problem here! At step17 and 97% aborted.

• Step 17 - Merge template changes
• Merged template successfully: conversation_toolbar (style: 3)

Status: Aborted

I have changes in conversation_toolbar! Could these changes make the upgrade aborted?

[Wayne Luke]

No... It is a timing issue on the servers. Rerun the step and it should pick up where it left off.

[delicjous]

Thank you first... but after I rerun it and ist completed the upgrade nobody could login!
Errormessage: ein unerwarteter Fehler trat auf:"" in English: An unexpected error occurred:""

This error appears in Loginbox.

What is that now??? I need help, please!

[Mark.B]

Your admincp does not load...please check that your .htaccess file is in place. it's in the root of the upload folder.

[delicjous]

Thank you very much! .htaccess was uploaded but PHP-Version was handled in it...so I upload the old htaccess and everything working fine again!

[Mark.B]

Thank you very much! .htaccess was uploaded but PHP-Version was handled in it...so I upload the old htaccess and everything working fine again!

Glad you sorted it.
In most upgrades on sites that are already on vB5, you won't need to replace that file, I always remove it from the download package (or move it to my desktop out of the way) so it doesn't mess with anything custom.

[delicjous]

Same issue again on update from 5.1.2 to 5.1.3.
Action Required
Unexpected Text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

I rerun the update more than 20 times and after round about 5 minutes the error show up?! What can I do?
The max_execution_time is 30. What do you recommending?

[Wayne Luke]

Same issue again on update from 5.1.2 to 5.1.3.
Action Required
Unexpected Text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

I rerun the update more than 20 times and after round about 5 minutes the error show up?! What can I do?
The max_execution_time is 30. What do you recommending?

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