lighttpd says wont start

[lokuarachi]

when i do:

/etc/init.d/lighttpd start

it says its already been started and an attempted restart or stop gives me:

start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 5441: No such process

Is there a lock file or something thats not deleted?
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mek dem carry on like a travelling bag

[lokuarachi]

found and deleted pid file in var/run and still wont start....

..... the init script doesnt work, but if i run it from the command line it works just fine.
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mek dem carry on like a travelling bag

[physcofish]

Start up an instance of lighttpd using the actual command "lighttpd" then echo the pid of that process to "/var/run/lighttpd.pid" Then you can stop it using /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop

I found it in this post: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-387784-highlight-init+scripts.html