Apache won't start (was: Re: Help needed...suddenly nothing works)

[William H. Magill]

On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Jul 28, 2010, at 09:11, Ali A Samii wrote:
> 
>> I really need some help as I am in a deadline crunch and all of a sudden, my apache2, mysql php macports install stopped working.
>> 
>> When I try to access http://localhost/ it can't find the server.
>> 
>> I made no edits to my configuration.
>> 
>> I tried everything, including a fresh complete reinstall MacPorts, and still nothing works...localhost can't be found.
>> 
>> I ran the disk utility off my snow leopard DVD to verify disk and permissions and everything is OK.
>> 
>> If anyone can help me, I'd be happy to allow you to connect remotely to my computer via something like ichat screen sharing and get this fixed.


Is Apache not running or is a networking issue?
you say "it can't find the server" -- this implies a networking failure.

"ps auxw | grep httpd" will show you if any servers are listening.... 
note if you see:
		/usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND
instead of:
		/opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
Then Apple's version of apache is running.

If you see either, it implies that you have some kind of local networking issue.
The fact that you did a complete re-install implies its a networking issue.
	Try 127.0.0.1 instead of the name "localhost."

What happens if you try to telnet to "localhost" -- you should (probably) get a connection refused error.


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