new bonfire install not working. Error message about .htaccess

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Just trying to set up a new bonfire install. I've finished the install process and when I launch the site, I get the welcome page no problem. But when i click on the sign in button, i get the following error message:

The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

The URL looks like: 

 http://myserver/testsite/login

At one point during the install, i got the following messages:

Please set the .htaccess RewriteBase setting to: RewriteBase /testsite/ Please remove the install folder and return to Bonfire

I've done a "find / -name .htaccess" on my box and it found a few: 

/var/www/testsite/.htaccess
/var/www/testsite/install.old/.htaccess
/var/www/testsite/bonfire/application/.htaccess
/var/www/testsite/bonfire/application/cache/.htaccess
/var/www/testsite/bonfire/codeigniter/.htaccess

I've tried changing the one in /var/www/testsite cuz it seemed to be the main one. But I'm still getting the same error message. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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2 Answers

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Assuming mod_rewrite is enabled, don't forget to turn it on in your .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteBase /testsite/
</IfModule>

If you think it might not be on, run this:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 reload
sudo service apache2 restart
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I had to add the following line to the file

/var/www/bonfire/application/config/config.php

code:

 $config['index_page'] = 'index.php';

thanks.