Cannot initialize the indexer process?

[sonalbatra]

I am unable to reindex the product price, it alsways show the mesage

Cannot initialize the indexer process

Have tried many options but nothing worked.

And due to this the products are not visible on category pages. I am asdding tyhe peoducts from backend but they aren't visible on repective category page.

Please suggest how can i reindex everything. I am working on my localhost.

[chamal]

1. 1. Make sure the var/locks folder is writable.  Test out full permissions (chmod 777).
   2. Delete all of the .locks files from the var/locks folder.

you will find more informations here 

[samitrimal]

Hi,

There are many things that woud prevent you from reindexing. Make sure thare are not exceptions in your error logs. Please find this  blog post that solved my issue, I hope it will help you too,

[sonalbatra]

The problem occured when i made changes in files using this article 

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/5_-_modules_and_development/catalog/use-absolute-price-for-custo...

Now even if i undo the changes ,the problem doesnot get resolved.

[sonalbatra]

Please help me out with this indexer issue, it again occured on another site, enen though i have not made any changes in core files. 

http://112.196.10.90/F-J/fabergemm/test/issue.png

[theMageComp]

Hello @sonalbatra

Check out this blog post. might help for your situation,

http://jasonehmke.com/ecommerce/cannot-initialize-the-indexer-process-in-magento/

[TutorialMagento]

There are some reasons which caused this error:

• Low value for Memory limit and maximum execution time in Php.ini file
• No writing Permission for folder /var
• Too many products or store views, the re-indexing process can’t be done via Magento backend
• Corruption of tables in database

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Hope this helps