[users@httpd] Apache wont start

[Ikke Snoeckx <se...@telenet.be>]

Hello List

after having upgraded from Apache 2.2.2 to 2.2.3, I had some problems:
- When I tried to start the newly upgraded Apache, it wouldn't start 
because it said that the Apache 2.2 service was still running. 
Restarting the computer did the trick and it has worked ...
- ... till now: I did some changes to my .conf file, after which I tried 
to restart Apache... When I click 'start [the apache service]' it simply 
gives me a black screen and it dissapears... I think this is due to a 
problem in the .conf file, however instead of pointing to the error (so 
I could debug it) it does completely nothing... When I commented out 
everything that I modified after the upgrade, it still did the same, 
reinstalling also did not work...
Looking at the error.log file:
            [Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Child 
process is running
            [Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Acquired the 
start mutex.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Starting 250 
worker threads.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Starting 
thread to listen on port 80.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:07 2006] [notice] Parent: Received 
shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:07 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Exit event 
signaled. Child process is ending.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:08 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Released the 
start mutex
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Waiting for 
250 worker threads to exit.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: All worker 
threads have exited.
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Child 
process is exiting
            [Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Parent: Child process 
exited successfully.
What the heck does that mean? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan Snoeckx

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Re: [users@httpd] Apache wont start

[Deepak Vohra <dv...@yahoo.com>]

Start the Apache server as a console application with
   
  apache.exe -e debug 
   
  Check the System Event Log in Event Viewer.
  Event Viewer is accessed with Administrative Services>Event Viewer.
   
  Check the System Log and the Application Log. 
   
   
  Please let me know if you still get the error.
   
  thanks,
  Deepak
  

Ikke Snoeckx <se...@telenet.be> wrote:
  Hello List

after having upgraded from Apache 2.2.2 to 2.2.3, I had some problems:
- When I tried to start the newly upgraded Apache, it wouldn't start 
because it said that the Apache 2.2 service was still running. 
Restarting the computer did the trick and it has worked ...
- ... till now: I did some changes to my .conf file, after which I tried 
to restart Apache... When I click 'start [the apache service]' it simply 
gives me a black screen and it dissapears... I think this is due to a 
problem in the .conf file, however instead of pointing to the error (so 
I could debug it) it does completely nothing... When I commented out 
everything that I modified after the upgrade, it still did the same, 
reinstalling also did not work...
Looking at the error.log file:
[Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Child 
process is running
[Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Acquired the 
start mutex.
[Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Starting 250 
worker threads.
[Sat Nov 25 19:51:12 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Starting 
thread to listen on port 80.
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:07 2006] [notice] Parent: Received 
shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:07 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Exit event 
signaled. Child process is ending.
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:08 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Released the 
start mutex
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Waiting for 
250 worker threads to exit.
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: All worker 
threads have exited.
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Child 1732: Child 
process is exiting
[Sat Nov 25 19:53:09 2006] [notice] Parent: Child process 
exited successfully.
What the heck does that mean? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Sebastiaan Snoeckx

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