Bug 1198982

Summary:	moodle - assignment module returns a blank page
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Aldo Necci <necci>
Component:	moodle	Assignee:	Gwyn Ciesla <gwync>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	el6	CC:	gwync, necci, sergio
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Description Aldo Necci 2015-03-05 09:19:56 UTC

Description of problem: 
Moodle 2.6.8 does not allow to use assignment module. 
When you add an assignment module inside a course it returns a blank page.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Name        : moodle
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 2.6.8
Release     : 1.el6

How reproducible:
create an assignment module inside a course

Actual results:
a blank page

Expected results:
a page with some fields to edit

Additional info:

Comment 1 Aldo Necci 2015-04-06 14:56:19 UTC

This issue still exists in moodle-2.6.10-1.el6.noarch from EPEL 6 testing repository.

Comment 2 Aldo Necci 2015-04-15 13:33:25 UTC

This issue comes from Moodle version 2.6.x which includes the plugin "PDF annotation" which compromises the assignment module.
To have assignment module working again it's necessary to remove that plugin.

Comment 3 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-04-06 14:23:32 UTC

*** Bug 1210738 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-04-06 14:23:47 UTC

*** Bug 1209810 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-04-06 14:24:11 UTC

*** Bug 1209824 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-04-06 14:50:44 UTC

A. Does this still impact 2.6.11?

B. If so, which file provides that plugin?

Comment 7 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-06-14 15:56:36 UTC

*** Bug 1325343 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Aldo Necci 2016-06-15 07:54:49 UTC

Yes, I'm using moodle-2.6.11-3.el6 and it still has that issue.
It is the standard PDF annotation feature in Moodle 2.6.x that causes this issue.

Comment 9 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-06-24 17:40:00 UTC

Do you know which file/files that is?

Comment 10 Sergio Basto 2018-05-31 01:27:17 UTC

hum I think I found the solution of the problem of blank page is about this PHP Fatal Error [1], solution [2]

[1]
PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required '/var/www/moodle/web/lib/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php' (include_path='/var/www/moodle/web/lib/pear:.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/moodle/web/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php on line 283

[2]
cd /var/www/moodle/web/lib/
ln -s /usr/share/php/php-simplepie/ simplepie

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2018-09-04 09:29:36 UTC

moodle-3.1.13-3.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-e13a532c54

Comment 12 Sergio Basto 2018-09-04 09:36:21 UTC

I just realize this bug is about "assignment module",  moodle-3.1.13-3.el7 fixes simplepie module .

Comment 13 Sergio Basto 2019-10-27 03:43:24 UTC

this have been fixed over a year ago [1] , please reopen if problem still persist  

[1] 
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/moodle/c/474028ad5fdd8d9973f27e7c9da841b185055d3d?branch=epel7