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Date:      Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:11:46 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
To:        Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Apache won't start
Message-ID:  <3AD8AF02.26FF74D0@iowna.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104141405110.90538-100000@earth.wnm.net>

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Alex Charalabidis wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> > I can't seem to get Apache to start on a 4.2-RELEASE machine. The error
> > message I get is "httpd could not be started" (yes, that's it) I have
> > tried the 1.3.14 version from the packages, the 1.3.14 version with
> > mod_ssl from the packages, then I cvsupped my ports tree and tried to
> > "make install" the 1.3.19 version there (cvsupped just yesterday -
> > around 18:00 EDT) Everything produced the exact same result. I've got
> > Apache running on a half a dozen other (FreeBSD) machines and I can't
> > figure out what I've done differently this time. I've tried starting
> > apache with "apachectl start" and with "httpd". "apachectl configtest"
> > produces "systax OK". httpd isn't leaving any .core files behind, so I'm
> > not sure what to think. Is there any way to get more descriptive error
> > information?
> 
> Look in logs/error_log. It's probably complaining about missing SSL
> certificates and settings.

Oh ... for the love of Mike ...
It was indeed something dumb. Thank you for reminding me about the error
log. Apparently my facilities are not fully functional today. It's
working fine now.

-Bill

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