I can't see custom 500.html error page

I see in /skins/default/templates/ there are among others 404.html, 404.jinja.html, 500.html, 500.jinja.html files. The 404 and 500 files simply include the jinja ones.

When I have a page not found 404 error, I see the custom page, but when I have 500 server error, I don't see any custom page, just an ugly error message.

Any ideas why this would happen? I run application normally, through apache, not through manage.py runserver. Also, in settings.py file I have not set TEMPLATE_DIRS and ASKBOT_EXTRA_SKINS_DIR, don't know if it's relevant, I just mention.

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asked 2012-05-19 17:01:00 -0500
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updated 2012-05-19 21:55:40 -0500
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What do you do to see this? I've tried inserting raise Exception() in one of the views and got the normal error 500 page.

Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (2012-05-20 13:46:21 -0500) edit

By normal you mean the one you ve written in file 500.html? I reproduce it because I know I have a bug in my search box and when I search something (unicode) I get an internal server error message, which is different from the one defined in 500.html

zaf's avatar zaf (2012-05-20 14:16:50 -0500) edit

I tried also with raise Exception('message') and I had the same result. I get the default Apache message, instead of the content of /skins/default/templates/500.html

zaf's avatar zaf (2012-05-20 17:51:38 -0500) edit

Can you tell where did you add the exception? I'd like to try it out. With the django's runserver I do see the normal error 500 page, do you?

Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (2012-05-20 17:55:38 -0500) edit

What do you mean normal error 500 page? The apache one or the /skins/default/templates/500.html one?

zaf's avatar zaf (2012-05-20 17:57:31 -0500) edit
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