Upgrade prompt

[Teejay]

I run a Joomla 3.8.13 with VM3.4.2, am prompted to upgrade my VM administrator to the latest version, problem is, after performing this, still get same prompt, how can i adjust this

[jenkinhill]

Are you sure you arer not getting a prompt to upgrade Joomla to the latest version, 3.9 ?

[Teejay]

Am constantly being prompted to update VM administrator part, from VM3.4.1 to the latest version of VM3.4.2, am currently running on J3.8.13, i however tried upgrading Joomla 3.9.0, with no success, am getting error 500 in the backend, with blank website, my database is also warning, some issue with column session, session_id is got wrong attributes for varbinary (192), but am seeing VARCHAR (191)in this role, so maybe u can educated me on this

[GJC Web Design]

am getting error 500 in the backend

you need to find this error and fix - see Faqs WSOD

I have noticed that the J3.9 update takes significantly longer than previous ones and I had to raise the server timeout limit on some of my accounts

[Teejay]

Okay, do i need consult my server for this, or adjust it in the php setting, problem is could not identify the server time out, adjust maximum upload en post limit though, looking forward to your response

[GJC Web Design]

Depends on your host-- on my server I can set all these params via my cPanel..
but first u have to find the 500 error...

All errors log "somewhere"

[Teejay]

Okay, i have increased it from 30sec to 360sec, is this sufficient? i got the error 500, when i tried twice upgrading to J3.9.0, i have since reverted to J3.8.13, a backup, now my Joomla global configuration panel is not working, and getting prompted to fix my database, something to do with wrong attribute with session column, session_id, Varbinary (192), i have not tried upgrading since, trying to fix the database issue first, appreciate your input

[GJC Web Design]

These are Joomla / your site / host problems -- this is a VM forum -- please direct your questions to the Joomla forum

[Teejay]

How is updating VM3.4.1 a Joomla problem?i get continues prompt to update to VM 3.4.2, after each click to update, it goes update successful, when i navigate away, get prompted to upgrade again, meanwhile in the control panel, i see VM3.4.2, it's that a joomla issue

[GJC Web Design]

i got the error 500, when i tried twice upgrading to J3.9.0, i have since reverted to J3.8.13

re VM - why don't u just download the install pack and install?

[jenkinhill]

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=123808

[Teejay]

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=123808

Don't understand your comment, i did mention that i run a J3.8.13 with VM 3.4.2, problem is continuous  update prompt for administrator component VM3.4.1, despite upload of VM 3.4.2 aio, still getting this, should i uninstall this VM 3.4.1 in extension, or is this a script issue 

[GJC Web Design]

if your Joomla won't update either why do u not think u have a general server permissions or config problem?

If it looks like a cat and smells like a cat I call it a cat....

[Teejay]

how is this helpful? obviously there is something wrong somewhere, so how do i check for this? the server permission issue, you might be right about the configuration, cos my other Joomla site upgrated successfully, with VM 3.4.2 component, on same server, u reckon it might be in VM config? some dude sent me a private message claiming to have a fix, for a fee, probably a bug in the script, meanwhile i will get in touch with my server,

[GJC Web Design]

It is helpful because IMHO there is a general problem on your server concerning updating

if u say Joomla and VM will not update then this points obviously not to a VM problem but a general server/Joomla problem