From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 18:10:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47FF16A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:10:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: from mail.el.net (mail.el.net [68.165.89.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 349F043D46 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:10:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: (qmail 30000 invoked by uid 1008); 13 Jan 2006 18:11:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.el.net) (127.0.0.1) by mail.el.net with SMTP; 13 Jan 2006 18:11:09 -0000 Received: from 24.90.33.115 (SquirrelMail authenticated user kalin@el.net) by mail.el.net with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:11:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <65296.24.90.33.115.1137175869.squirrel@mail.el.net> In-Reply-To: <17821403.1137174943074.JavaMail.root@m11> References: <17821403.1137174943074.JavaMail.root@m11> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:11:09 -0500 (EST) From: "kalin mintchev" To: snarmont@wnec.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: httpd could not be started X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:10:11 -0000 what does the httpd log say? > I'm entirely new to FreeBSD, but have a fair amount of Linux > experience. > > I installed FreeBSD 6.0 (Production Release) on an oldish i386 > system. During the install, I asked to install "ALL". The > install went flawlessly. > > I need Apache on this system for some software development, so I > followed these instructions I found at: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html > : > > # pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui > # cvsup -L 2 -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > # cd /usr/ports/www/apache13 > # make > # make install > > Everything to this point went smoothly! I edited > /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf ONLY to set the ServerName to the > IP address of the machine. However, when I try to start apache I > get: > > #/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start > /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > > I can't start apache. Here's a configtest: > > #/usr/local/sbin/apachectl configtest > Syntax OK > > > Apache also won't start if I bypass the apachectl script and start > it directly. However it doesn't report any errors either: > > # /usr/local/sbin/httpd > # > > > Everything up above is with a completely fresh install of FreeBSD > 6. I didn't mess around with anything on the system. I followed > the above steps exactly. (As I side note, I've struggled with this > for two days, and have installed FreeBSD at least 6 times trying > differnet things. I can't get Apache to start. On previous > installs, I tried using apache22 with the same results.) > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get ANY version of > Apache running on a new install of FreeBSD 6? > > Thanks, > Steven Narmontas > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --