Very Computer

After sucessfuly building, installing and debugging my config files, when I
run "apachectl start" I get the message "httpd could not be started".

I was running 1.2.5 on my Free BSD 2.2.5 box before without any problems.
The build went fine, the install too... I debugged my virtual hosts setup
(needed that new NameVirtualHost directive) and didn't get any runtime
errors except that one.

There were no other httpd daemons running at the time I tried to start
1.3... I even re-booted after putting it in my startup and it didn't help.

Anyone have any ideas???

Thanks!!
Don

  Les Mikesell

: The reason should be in your error log.

Except I have no log files.

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: After sucessfuly building, installing and debugging my config files, when I
: run "apachectl start" I get the message "httpd could not be started".

This probably means that one of your configuration files is messed up.
Try reverting to the original distribution and see if it starts.  Then
try slowing putting your customizations back restarting after each
change until either it works or you can determine where the problem
is.

Note, using the distribution httpd.conf will get the httpd started
message, but some changes will be needed to actually get the processes
to run.

(I'm working of a dUnix system, but I assume this is constant.)

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Paul Chapin                            

Unix Systems Manager                    I'm too busy to have time
Amherst College                         for anything important.
413-542-2144
http://www.amherst.edu/~pdchapin

If you run out of ideas, you can run strace (linux), truss (sysV)
or whatever system-call tracer your OS offers to see what files
it is trying to read and write.

  Les Mikesell