Are you starting LAMPP with SU (su /opt/lampp/lampp start)? Which version (1.7.4 is the latest) Have you installed standalone PHP and Mysql on the system before? As this can some time cause issues with clashing configs On 14 May 2011 07:53, sam rumaizan <samcalc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed Lamp on Ubuntu 10.04 and started the server but can't > access localhost > (Yes, I have /etc/hosts file AND it does contain this line 127.0.0.1 > localhost). > > Thank you, > > Sam -- Best regards, Gavin C