Re: [Prometheus-library] Apache kit httpd start problem

[Gary N. <gni...@ch...>]

Arjan, thanks for your comments. In my case, both the access and error
logs have 0 bytes, so it doesn't appear that apache is really starting at
all, even though when running apachectl, it reports that httpd has
started.

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Arjan Koole wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Gary Nielson wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I downloaded apache_kit-7_76.tar.gz and installed it as follows:
> > 
> > /usr/bin/perl build.pl --redhat-6 --apache-dir=/usr/local/apache/php
> > --build-imap --build-php3 --build-php4 --build-mod-perl 
> > 
> > I am running a VALinux Intel box with RedHat Linux 2.2.14-5.0.14b. The
> > install went great, except that whenever I start the httpd session, I am
> > told that ./apachectl start starts the httpd process, but it really
> > doesn't. It is not listed when I do a 'ps -ax'. I ran a ./apachectl
> > configtest and was told the syntax of my httpd.conf file is fine. 
> 
> I ran into something simular myself a couple of times, with the only
> difference that I build apache myself, and not through a kit.
> 
> check your error_log, should be in <apachedir>/var/log or something
> simular, it might give you an idea what goes wrong.
> 
> It's odd how apachectl start gives you an okay, apachectl configtest does
> too, and yet the darn thing won't start.
> 
> AFAIK, the problem when I had it was with some lib.*.so it couldn't find
> at the time, after toying with ldconfig once it was resolved.
> 
> CHeers,
> Arjan Koole
> Rotterdam, The Netherlands
> 

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Gary Nielson
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