Re: Help - 2.2 to 2.4 migration onto new server failing

[Yehuda Katz <yehuda@xxxxxxxxxx>]

When you run httpd on the command line, there is no output. Start httpd on the command line and wait a minute to make sure it is done starting up, then open a browser to localhost and see if a page comes up.

I have seen the "Incorrect function" error in two cases:

1. The port is already in use. Try changing the config to listen on a different port and see if it starts up.

2. The user that the server is running as does not have permission on the installation folder.

- Y

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Jim Walls <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you for that suggestion.  I had not tried running it except as a service, so I tried it remotely a moment ago.  It did not do anything at all, and there was nothing in either the Windows logs or not Apache log.

 

Since I have the server desktop in front of me, I will give the specific error messages.  When I try to start the Apache2.4 service I  get a popup box with the following:

 

Windows could not start the Apache2.4 on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 1.

 

 

When I look at the Windows System Event Log, I get the following two events:

 

Event ID 7036  The apache2.4 service entered the stopped state.

 

and

 

Event 7024  The Apache2.4 service terminated with the following service-specific error:

Incorrect function.

 

 

There are no other events in any of the server logs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: "Yehuda Katz" <yehuda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:29 AM
To: "users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Help - 2.2 to 2.4 migration onto new server failing

 

Can you run httpd from the command line instead of as a service?

 

- Y

 

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Jim Walls <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Binaries downloaded from:

http://www.apachelounge.com/download/

Version 2.4 12 Windows 64 bit version (yes, I am running a 64 bit computer and OS.

 

There is nothing at all in the Apache log except the original install log entry.  I assume because the service never starts.

 

IIS is NOT running - one of the first things I checked after installing windows.  I will NEVER run IIS and make sure it's dead right away.  Checked again and it's did not resurrect itself from the dead.

 

Jim

 

 

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From: "Yehuda Katz" <yehuda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:08 AM
To: "users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jim@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Help - 2.2 to 2.4 migration onto new server failing

 

Which distribution are you using (a.k.a. where did you download from)?

 

Is there anything in the apache error log?

 

The first thing that comes to mind is make sure IIS is not running.

 

- Y

 

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Jim Walls <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Help!  I have been running Apache 2.2 for quite a few years on an old Windows 2000 Server that recently died.  I have a new Windows 2012 R2 server and trying to get Apache loaded on the new server.  It seemed like a good opportunity to upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4 in the process so that is what I installed on the new server.  I went through the config file and changed the few things that I caught that had to be changed, but the Apache service wont even start.  If I go into services and manually start it, I get an error message that says the service could not be started and gives a very generic error message that says to look in the Windows System event log for details.  When I look in the Windows System event log, all is says is that the service shut down due to an invalid function.  Finally renamed config files so that it had the default  "It works" configuration, and get the same problem.

 

Anyone have an brilliant ideas?

 

Jim