To Whom is able to help: I am trying to install multiple instances of apache 2.2.6 on a gentoo box. Having done what I thought was my homework, I thought I would be able to simply launch the apache deamons with -d new.conf file pointing to an independant configuration structure and thus be off to the races. After creating a new structure and ensuring that the Lock, Pid and log file directives pointed to a separate files (directories), I launch a renamed and modified version of the rc script and get: * Starting apache2.inst ... no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs Knowing that the ports in question are not being used elsewhere (netstat -na) I am now at a roadblock that I have not been able to resolve. I have search the mail list archives and have not been able to resolve this issue. Seems that most of the time when this error arrises it does so as a result of the port being bound elsewhere. This brings me to my questions: 1. Has someone in here done this on a gentoo box. If so can you please provide some insight? 2. Does anyone know of a good howto focusing on this topic. (I have not been able to find one. Many kind thanks in advance, --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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