OK, if anyone encounters this, the interface that had the IP wasn't up at the moment (it's wireless and is cfg-ed via hostapd) So running ifup first solved the problem. Thank you for answers anyway. Sorry for posting a dumb question, if anyone runs into similar dumb problem, hope it helps :) Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:59:42 +0100 от Fried Wil <wilfried.pascault@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Igor, > > Any same port is open ? > > Squid works on 3128/tcp or other ? > > Could you netstat -anop | grep PORT to know if u have any other software > tooks the same port. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 04:18:07PM +0400, zozo zozo wrote: > > That's what I get in syslog. squid starts, then dies after a few seconds. Cache log doesn't show anything about exit reasons. > > > > userdemo@ubuntu-demo:~$ sudo cat /var/log/syslog |tail > > Mar 19 16:01:01 ubuntu-demo (squid-1): Unable to open HTTP Socket > > Mar 19 16:01:01 ubuntu-demo squid[1173]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 1193 exited with status 1 > > Mar 19 16:01:04 ubuntu-demo squid[1173]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 1198 started > > Mar 19 16:01:04 ubuntu-demo (squid-1): Unable to open HTTP Socket > > Mar 19 16:01:04 ubuntu-demo squid[1173]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 1198 exited with status 1 > > Mar 19 16:01:04 ubuntu-demo squid[1173]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 1198 will not be restarted due to repeated, frequent failures > > Mar 19 16:01:04 ubuntu-demo squid[1173]: Exiting due to repeated, frequent failures > > > > It's Ubuntu server 10.04. Squid version is 3.2.0.16 > > > > I had very same configuration on Ubuntu 11, and it worked. > > > > Please help me, where to look at in linux config or in squid config. > > Thank you, > > Igor > >