Apache2 fails to start

benjamin.choi · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 5

Ever since I mistakenly used the Gnome network configuration GUI to add an Ethernet device "eth1" (later my computer crashed because of a co-worker's practical joke of infinitely forking processes, though I'm not sure of the effects of an unclean shutdown), I've been unable to start Apache2 successfully due to its believing that I have an "eth1" device. Any idea how I can solve this problem?

# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
* Please make sure that /etc/conf.d/net has $ifconfig_eth1 set
* (or $iface_eth1 for old-style configuration)
* Please make sure that /etc/conf.d/net has $ifconfig_eth1 set
* (or $iface_eth1 for old-style configuration)
* ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
* "netmount" was not started.
* ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
* "apache2" was not started.

I tried looking inside the Apache configuration files but the problem doesn't seem to lie there.

The same problem occurs with sshd; it aborts with the same error message.

Your help would be appreciated greatly.

idl · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject:

the Apache2 init script has a depend on 'netmount' which has a depend on 'net' which means all network devices must be started before apache2 can start. The gnome tool most likely created and /etc/init.d/net.eth1 file, you don't have any configuration for that device in /etc/conf.d/net and therefore init refuses to start apache2. Simply removing /etc/init.d/net.eth1 should work.

benjamin.choi · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 5

idl · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: