Apache not starting at boot

[Lorin Rivers]

That worked! Thanks Robert.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Lorin Rivers <lrivers at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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