apache - startproblem after emerge -u system

olal

I did a emerge -u system (from 1.3 to 1.4) & did the etc-update as good as i could..

afterwards is did a reboot just to se that everything was correct, everything seems fine except apache..

cant get it working & dont know which files to check for logs..?

i put up my apache.conf
http://www.onemanarmy.net/temp/oscar/apache.conf

anyone got any help where i can get clues on how to get it working..?

TANKS!

.o

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject:

please provide the output of the following commands:

olal · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:08 pm Post subject:

i just cut n paste the outputs.. THANKS alot for the fast answer

root@oscar ola # /etc/init.d/apache start
* Starting apache... [ !! ]

root@oscar ola # apachectl configtest
Syntax OK

root@oscar ola # apachectl start
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

root@oscar ola # tail -f /var/log/apache/error_log
[Wed Jan 15 11:42:34 2003] [error] [client 192.168.0.22] File does not exist: /home/httpd/htdocs/Users
[Wed Jan 15 13:14:23 2003] [error] [client 213.67.144.231] File does not exist: /home/httpd/htdocs/.hash=377fd41a2414c3e76419b6a7d72dafbf4cf85f2c
[Wed Jan 15 20:17:02 2003] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Wed Jan 15 20:18:35 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 20:20:14 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 20:20:20 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 20:23:41 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 20:25:40 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 21:19:44 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")
[Wed Jan 15 21:20:27 2003] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("oscar")

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject:

double check your /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname i think apache fails when resolving your hostname ('oscar')
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olal · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:31 pm Post subject:

those are the same as before.. i did check them before..?
but maybe something has changed when i uppdated to 1.4

tanks

.o

root@oscar ola # cat /etc/hosts
# /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.7 2002/11/18 19:39:22 azarah Exp $
#

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.22 sesam sesam.onemanarmy.lnet

root@oscar ola # cat /etc/hostname
oscar

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject:

try to provide a full qualified name in /etc/hostname or add an entry in your /etc/hosts like

olal · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:48 pm Post subject:

that shouldnt really matter but i tried anyway & it didnt

but if i remove that mod_unique_id module in /etc/apache/apache.conf it starts & seems to work

but i dont really know what that one does?

rac · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 10:03 pm Post subject:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_unique_id.html
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kashani

I'd rebuild mod unique. I've notice several times especially with perl and php modules that changing packages on them makes them unhappy. A simple rebuild and all is well.

kashani
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