Hi, it seems as if it's the same error I've encountered today, yet I've done slightly different things which may have caused it. Does Apache start when you disable mod_ssl? That has worked for me, yet isn't a satisfying solution. Best regards, Florian --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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