Hey guys, I just have a couple suggestions. I had the ventrilo_status problem, and I tinkered around a bit to fix it.
Firstly, if you're having a problem with ventrilo_status, and you know the permissions are correct (chmod 755), first check to see if you can run the program. SSH to your server, go to the directory it's in, and put "./ventrilo_status" to try to run it. If it's fine, you'll get a messaging stating "ERROR: No command code specified." If you get a Segmentation Fault, you installed it wrong - apparently, ventrilo is very particular about how and where it's unzipped. I unzipped it via a windows machine, and uploaded through ftp - this screwed up the file. So, unzip this mod *where it's going to be installed*. It should work, but I went to Ventrilo's website and downloaded the server package to obtain a nice fresh copy of ventrilo_status. Either way should be fine.
Also, if your vbadvanced is located outside of your /forums directory (mine, for example, is in the directory below it), you might have problems, because it seems to screw up the require_once stuff in ventrilo.php.
Load up yourwebsite.com/forums/includes/ventrilo/ventrilo.php in your browser, and see what it says. If you get some errors about global.php and/or /includes/config.php, you need to add this line below the include's (ie: "include "ventrilodisplay_ex2.php";") in ventrilo.php:
Code:
chdir('/your/server/path/forums/');
This tells php that we're in the base forums directory, and everything seems to be happy thereafter.
Sorry if I stepped on your toes, Crimm - just figured I'd help some people if they had the same problems I had. It's a great mod!