Cakephp cake_core_ cache was unable to write 'cake_dev_en-us'

Question

I have tried EVERYTHING but i keep getting the following cake error:

( ! ) Warning: _cake_core_ cache was unable to write 'cake_dev_en-us' to File cache in /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake/lib/Cake/Cache/Cache.php on line 309  Warning: /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake/app/tmp/cache/persistent/ is not writable in /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake/lib/Cake/Cache/Engine/FileEngine.php on line 336  ( ! ) Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'CacheException' with message 'Cache engine _cake_core_ is not properly configured.' in /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake/lib/Cake/Cache/Cache.php on line 165  ( ! ) CacheException: Cache engine _cake_core_ is not properly configured. in /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake/lib/Cake/Cache/Cache.php on line 165 

Here is a list of the acess i have

total 116 -rwxr-xr-x 1 marc marc 23119 Aug  2 10:16 basics.php -rwxr-xr-x 1 marc marc 13932 Aug  2 10:16 bootstrap.php drwxrwxrwx 3 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Cache drwxr-xr-x 3 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Config drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Configure drwxr-xr-x 4 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Console drwxr-xr-x 3 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Controller drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Core drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Error drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Event drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 I18n -rwxr-xr-x 1 marc marc  1163 Aug  2 10:16 LICENSE.txt drwxr-xr-x 3 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Log drwxr-xr-x 5 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Model drwxr-xr-x 4 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Network drwxr-xr-x 4 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Routing drwxr-xr-x 5 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Test drwxr-xr-x 6 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 TestSuite drwxr-xr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Utility -rwxr-xr-x 1 marc marc  1045 Aug  2 10:16 VERSION.txt drwxr-xr-x 6 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 View marc@Marc /var/www/bloglic-2013/cake $ ls -l lib/Cake/Cache/ total 28 -rwxrwxrwx 1 marc marc  4823 Aug  2 10:16 CacheEngine.php -rwxrwxrwx 1 marc marc 16179 Aug  2 10:16 Cache.php drwxrwxr-x 2 marc marc  4096 Aug  2 10:16 Engine 

Can anyone give me a helping hand with this error?

Answer 1

Did you make the /app/tmp directory and its subdirectories writable?

More info on possible duplicate here (although title might be misleading):

Facing a file permission error while running CakePHP in Ubuntu 10.4

Answer 2

Please also make sure below folders app/tmp/cache/models and app/tmp/cache/persistent exists and writeable.