Absolutely no clue. Verify that the log directory exists and has adequate permissions. Try to make a truss/strace of your apache process to identify potential opens that fail or get any other hints. -ascs -----Original Message----- From: webmaster [mailto:webmaster@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:40 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] apache2 problem hi, i have a problem with my apache2. I changend the machine on which apache was running, and now apache won't start. I check the logs and i got no errors there i tryed messages/syslog, apache error log nothing. If i change the machine back all is ok apache starts ok. I tryed to recompile the kernel (2.6.11 and 2.4.29) i recompiled apache, same thing .. apache is dead. any ideeas? ty --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx