Apache 4.0.46 and Win2k - no page served through localhost

External Since: Jul 05, 2003 Posts: 2

OK, Apache gurus.

I've been using Apache 1.3 for a while (with PHP) to develop some web sites
on my laptop running Windows 2000 (I put them onto my Linux box for final
proofing). No problems to date.

Recently I had cause to rebuild the laptop so I thought I would take the
opportunity to install Apache 2.0.46. However I now have a problem, perhaps
someone can help.

The Windows 2000 installation is new and up-to-date with all the MS upgrades
as of today (5th July 2003), I have installed Apache 2.0.46 "straight out of
the box" (so, default conf files etc). When I try to hit the localhost
address to get the default page I get no response, the browser disappears
off into the ether and hangs.

netstat -an reports that there is indeed a process listening to port 80 (and
stopping the Apache service frees up that port so I'm pretty confident that
it is apache doing the listening).

I have run a telnet session against port 80 and issued a GET / HTTP/1.0 with
no response at all.

Watching the process table I see that the Apache service is running at full
tilt, taking all the CPU cycles available (so its up to something) - this
happens before and after the attempt to hit the page.

I thought at one point it might be the ZoneAlarm blocking the port, so I
downed ZoneAlarm, same result.

I've done a fair bit of research and have come across a few other people
describing the same (or very similar) problems, but no-one has offered a
solution. Does anyone have any ideas?

--
Mark Bools

External Since: Jul 02, 2003 Posts: 37

Use this tool <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/fport.htm" target="_blank">http://www.foundstone.com/resources/proddesc/fport.htm</a> <--much
better than netstat as it will tell you what application is opening port 80.

If it is apache2, stop the service, uninstall, reboot, reinstall, and then
start the service again.

Rach

"Mark Bools" <mb.usenet DeleteThis @REMOVETHISinspect-uk.com> wrote in message
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> OK, Apache gurus.
>
> I've been using Apache 1.3 for a while (with PHP) to develop some web
sites
> on my laptop running Windows 2000 (I put them onto my Linux box for final
> proofing). No problems to date.
>
> Recently I had cause to rebuild the laptop so I thought I would take the
> opportunity to install Apache 2.0.46. However I now have a problem,
perhaps
> someone can help.
>
> The Windows 2000 installation is new and up-to-date with all the MS
upgrades
> as of today (5th July 2003), I have installed Apache 2.0.46 "straight out
of
> the box" (so, default conf files etc). When I try to hit the localhost
> address to get the default page I get no response, the browser disappears
> off into the ether and hangs.
>
> netstat -an reports that there is indeed a process listening to port 80
(and
> stopping the Apache service frees up that port so I'm pretty confident
that
> it is apache doing the listening).
>
> I have run a telnet session against port 80 and issued a GET / HTTP/1.0
with
> no response at all.
>
> Watching the process table I see that the Apache service is running at
full
> tilt, taking all the CPU cycles available (so its up to something) - this
> happens before and after the attempt to hit the page.
>
> I thought at one point it might be the ZoneAlarm blocking the port, so I
> downed ZoneAlarm, same result.
>
> I've done a fair bit of research and have come across a few other people
> describing the same (or very similar) problems, but no-one has offered a
> solution. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> --
> Mark Bools