Apache not starting at boot

[Robert Liesenfeld]

On May 19, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Lorin Rivers wrote:

> I have done some extensive research and have followed all the setup  
> instructions I can find, but apache2 still requires a manual start  
> on my 10.4 iMac.
>
> When I run "sudo launchctl load -w  /Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
> org.macports.apache2.plist", the response is "already loaded".
>
> Manual start doesn't report errors and apache works fine once I do  
> that, but I'd like to not have to remember to start apache next time  
> my power goes out.
>
>
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I found I had problems with launchd on 10.4 as well; in your situation  
I would usually do a 'launchctl unload -w /Library...' followed by a  
'launchctl load -w /Library...'.  This seemed to give launchd the  
prodding it needed.  Note also that if Apache fails to start,  
repeatedly (due to configuration errors), I believe launchd will  
eventually turn off the daemon and leave it off, such as how init  
under other UNIXes handles runaway processes.

>
> The only other bit of info is that occasionally, I see something  
> about "bonjour" (couldn't find it just now, though). Also, mysql is  
> starting up just fine...
>

Mysql starting OK indicates that launchd is working well (though I  
suspect you'd be having much bigger problems if launchd was actually  
broken :).  Can't help you with the Bonjour messages, I'm afraid...

-Robert