> I downloaded apache 2.0.54 built on jun 22 2005 for > cygwin and installed it in my windows xp machine. When > I start apache2 using "/usr/sbin/apachectl2 start" > command I get the following error > > /usr/sbin/apachectl2: line 78: 2340 Bad system call $HTTPD -k $ARGV > > When I use "/usr/bin/httpd2 -k start" I get the following error > > Bad system call I had the very same problem. This means that you don't have cygserver installed. Apache2 requires cygserver. See this thread on the Cygwin mailing list: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-02/msg00085.html There are a few steps to installing cygserver. First of all, try typing in: cygserver-config If you get something like "command not found" then you need to run Cygwin setup, go to Admin and find cygserver. Install it. Then go here: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html and follow the directions which start at "How to start Cygserver". They claim that installing cygserver as an NT service is optional, but that wasn't my experience. Be sure to make sure you have a Windows environment variable called "CYGWIN" and that it contains the word "server". Then you just run: cygserver-config When it's finished, start the service : net start cygserver Then you should be able to start Apache with: /usr/sbin/apachectl2 start Good luck! -Ethan Herdrick www.herdrick.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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