David Anthony wrote:
I feel your logic proved it was not an issue with your set up. Mine is totally different (windows, wamp, etc...). I wish I had checked back on this thread sooner so I could back you up.
Still hope they look into it so other people still get help. I'll be doing the same as you this weekend so it's too late for me.
RT mods did look into. They logged into my site and had a look themselves. The problem was, they couldn't replicate the issue themselves. Because only 2 people had reported the problem, they deemed the sample too small to consider it a bug with Gantry and I agree.
The problem wasn't caused by Gantry. The broken admin panel was the symptom, not the cause. The fault lay elsewhere but after 2 weeks of trying to trace it, I gave up. I then realised it would only take an hour or so to rebuild the site from a clean Joomla install so I cut my losses and took that route instead. In the end, not such a big deal.
By the way, I forgot to mention I had to move the /images directory as well of course.