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

[Ali A Samii]

Hi:

Apache2 was running before the reinstall (I did a full uninstall and reinstall). But now:

The response from ps was:

alis-imac:~ ali$ ps auxw | grep httpd
ali       1093   0.0  0.0  2435084    564 s000  S+    5:20PM   0:00.00 grep httpd
alis-imac:~ ali$

Telnet to localhost or 127.0.0.1 get me connection refused.

pointing the browser to 127.0.0.1 times out or gets me a server not found.

Thanks

On 28 Jul, 2010, at 17:14 , William H. Magill wrote:

> 
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>> 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.
> 
> 
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill
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