Despite netstat not showing anything on port 80, for sanity sake have you tried changing the bind address to something else, perhaps an obscure port? Dan -----Original Message----- From: Mike Watson [mailto:mikew@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:50 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: HTTPD won't start. Fails with error message. Now that I'm staring at this. I see that I've a different IP address on eth0. However, I still get the same error message with Listen 80 in httpd.conf than if I specified the IP. mw -- "Lose not thy airspeed, lest the ground rises up and smites thee." -- William Kershner Mike Watson wrote: > Here it is... > > [root@cygni ~]# ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:54:0E:AD:87 > inet addr:192.168.1.30 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::226:54ff:fe0e:ad87/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:9877 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:9009 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:10449817 (9.9 MiB) TX bytes:695273 (678.9 KiB) > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:6A:AA:D7 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:5 Base address:0xa000 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:104080 (101.6 KiB) TX bytes:104080 (101.6 KiB) > > peth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:54:0E:AD:87 > inet6 addr: fe80::226:54ff:fe0e:ad87/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:9997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:9202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:10611433 (10.1 MiB) TX bytes:738761 (721.4 KiB) > Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000 > > virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:12924 (12.6 KiB) > > Dan_Mitton@xxxxxxx wrote: > > Ok, how about: > > > > ifconfig -a > > > > > > > > Please respond to users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > cc: (bcc: Dan Mitton/YD/RWDOE) > > Subject: Re: HTTPD won't start. Fails with error > > message. > > LSN: Not Relevant > > User Filed as: Not a Record > > > > I fat fingered it when I wrote the e-mail. Here's the LISTEN > > statement in httpd > > > > Listen 192.168.1.200:80 > > > > In this particular config, I'm not using VirtualHost. They are > > commented out. I simplified the config greatly trying to find the > > problem. > > > > mw > > > > "Lose not thy airspeed lest the ground rises up and smites thee." - Anon. > > > > > > > > Dan_Mitton@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > You fat fingered it when you cut and pasted from the error log?? > > > What > > do > > > your "Listen" and "VirtualHost" directives look like? > > > > > > > > > > > > Please respond to users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > cc: (bcc: Dan Mitton/YD/RWDOE) > > > Subject: Re: HTTPD won't start. Fails with error > > > message. > > > LSN: Not Relevant > > > User Filed as: Not a Record > > > > > > Here's the netstat output. There isn't any difference from my > > > other servers. > > > > > > netstat -a | grep LISTEN > > > > > > [root@cygni ~]# netstat -a | grep LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomai:irdmi *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain:2208 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain6:783 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:x11 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:ndmp *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 192.168.122.1:domain *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 cygni.crucis.net:domain *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdoma:domain *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain6:ipp *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain:rndc *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:microsoft-ds *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:38078 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain:2207 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:x11 *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* > > > LISTEN > > > tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdomain:rndc *:* > > > LISTEN > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 10528 /var/lib/xend/relocation-socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 9111 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11456 /tmp/.gdm_socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 14183 > > /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9606 > > > @/var/run/hald/dbus-jS9QIg74Wf > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 10995 /var/lib/xend/xend-socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6605 > > > /var/run/audit_events > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9609 > > > @/var/run/hald/dbus-5cU9CstUJr > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6904 > > > /var/run/rpcbind.sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 7261 /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7359 > > /var/run/pcscd.comm > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 7741 /var/run/cups/cups.sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 14701 > > > /tmp/.ICE-unix/4195 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 8236 /var/run/dovecot/dict-server > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 8244 /var/run/dovecot/login/default > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 8249 /var/run/dovecot/auth-worker.2482 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14496 /tmp/ssh-dOmAfO4013/agent.4013 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8935 > > > /var/run/nasd/audio0 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14552 /tmp/gpg-c4W3VG/S.gpg-agent > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14591 /tmp/ksocket-mikew/kdeinit__0 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 9528 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14593 /tmp/ksocket-mikew/kdeinit-:0 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14600 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop4184-1203118537 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 9530 /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14828 /tmp/ksocket-mikew/cygni.crucis.net-1072-47b621cb > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 10501 /var/run/xenstored/socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 14621 /tmp/ksocket-mikew/klauncheroUZLib.slave-socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 10502 /var/run/xenstored/socket_ro > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 10998 /var/run/xend/xen-api.sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 11001 /var/run/xend/xmlrpc.sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15204 /tmp/orbit-mikew/linc-10bc-0-6843d7155114c > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15227 /tmp/orbit-mikew/linc-10b6-0-2f2803c352bfa > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15320 /tmp/keyring-SiBydd/socket > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15370 /tmp/orbit-mikew/linc-10b8-0-179db4e0a36f1 > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15375 /tmp/orbit-mikew/linc-10ce-0-743de388abdcd > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 15379 /tmp/orbit-mikew/linc-10aa-0-1eb199d3ac4cc > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING > > > 8096 /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 14507 > > > @/tmp/dbus-uWiegdZHqF > > > > > > > > > "Lose not thy airspeed lest the ground rises up and smites thee." > > > - > > Anon. > > > > > > > > > Dan_Mitton@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > >> How about the output from: > > >> > > >> netstat -na | grep LISTEN > > >> > > >> How many "Listen" commands do you have in your httpd.conf ? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Please respond to users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> > > >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> cc: (bcc: Dan Mitton/YD/RWDOE) > > >> Subject: Re: HTTPD won't start. Fails with error > > >> message. > > >> LSN: Not Relevant > > >> User Filed as: Not a Record > > >> > > >> Connect to address 127.0.0.1 Connection refused. > > >> > > >> "Lose not thy airspeed lest the ground rises up and smites thee." > > >> - > > >> > > > Anon. > > > > > >> Richard de Vries wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> It appears something else is already listening on port 80 and as > > >>> such > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Apache is unable to bind to that port. > > >> > > >> > > >>> What happens when you do a "telnet localhost 80". Do you get > > connected? > > >>> ----- Original Message ---- > > >>> From: Mike - W0TMW <mikew@xxxxxxxxxx> > > >>> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 5:19:43 PM > > >>> Subject: HTTPD won't start. Fails with error message. > > >>> > > >>> I'm building a server based on Fedora 7 and httpd won't start. > > >>> I'm running out of space on another server and this one is > > >>> intended as a replacement. I've looked through the archives, > > >>> FAQs and while this issue is mentioned, that's all I can > > >>> find---a mention with no help for > > > > >>> resolution. > > >>> > > >>> The error is: > > >>> > > >>> Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not > > >>> bind > > >>> > > > to > > > > > >>> address 192.168.1.300:80 No listening sockets available, > > >>> shutting > > down. > > >>> Unable to open logs [Failed] > > >>> > > >>> I have another webserver that works just fine. The log > > >>> directories > have identical owners/groups permissions so there shouldn't a > permissions > > >>> problem for the logfiles. Plus the httpd.conf is identical. One > works the other servers doesn't. > > >>> > > >>> Could anyone point me towards resolving this? > > >>> > > >>> Mike W > > >>> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. 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