[Solved via facepunch] Javascript Errors All Over The Place

[shanebee]

Like Aliens... we are suddenly seeing all these javascript errors. They started soon after the 4.5.2 upgrade. Everything was working fine right after the upgrade and then a few days later, the menu up and disappeared. Nothing was changed on the Drupal 6 installation. Still digging into this but it is really weird.

SyntaxError: illegal character jquery-1.11.1.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery-ui.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character lodash.compat.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.mousewheel.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character select2.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.tableHeader.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.textarearesizer.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.form.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.timeentry.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.blockUI.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.dataTables.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.validate.min.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character jquery.ui.datepicker.validation.pack.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character Common.js:1
SyntaxError: illegal character crm.ajax.js:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined jquery.menu.min.js:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined jquery.jeditable.min.js:38
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined jquery.notify.min.js:7
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined jquery.crmeditable.js:157
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined crm.optionEdit.js:2
SyntaxError: illegal character crm.drupal.js:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined en_US:73
SyntaxError: illegal character noconflict.js:1
TypeError: CRM.$ is not a function runner:106

This investigation started when this started when we tried to upgrade to 4.5.3: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,34728.0.html

[Coleman Watts]

If you are using Drupal 6, see https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/4532

[shanebee]

Ah, sorry, keep missing you between the posts. Let me check that out.

[shanebee]

I applied the patch, cleared all the caches... still no joy. This is so weird.

[shanebee]

Is it possible the upload failed in some way?

[shanebee]

Have tried a fresh installation but I am still getting these javascript errors.

[Coleman Watts]

Those errors suggest that the files are not loading. Possibly due to a permissions problem? I suggest you "view page source" in your browser and click on one of the offending scripts and check out where the link takes you. My guess is you'll see a "page not found" or "access denied".

[shanebee]

Whoa. I clicked on a bunch of the .js files and this is what came up in my text editor.

Going to look into the permissions.

[shanebee]

Oh, good lord.... I am going to punch someone... in the face! It looks like the client added a weird GZIP compression in the .htaccess file (something I should have checked earlier) and it looks like the files were going haywire with "compression sickness".

Aaaaand... upgrade goes smoothly after dealing with compression problems.

Someone is getting a talking to... tomorrow.

[Coleman Watts]

Glad you found the culprit. Added [Solved via facepunch] to the issue title so others who come across this will see the appropriate solution

[shanebee]

It just reminds me that I need to check the basics first.