Apache not starting at boot

[Lorin Rivers]

OK, thanks, I'll try the unload/load mambo and see what happens

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Robert Liesenfeld <xunil at xunil.net> wrote:

>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>  ... snip ...
>
> 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
>
>
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