can't start apache http server on windows vista

Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Miami, FL

My old laptop fried and I had to get a new one, my new one came with windows vista. Apache2triad installed with no problems. But now I cannot start the apache http server. Not with the apache2triad manager, not with apache monitor, not in the widows services panel, and all of the other apache2triad services seem to be operating normally. I really need to get this working so that I can use it for some web development I need to finish. I have looked around the web and can't find an answer to this issue, if anyone has a solution or suggestion I would greatly appreciate it. Crying or Very sad

thanks,
Stephanie

Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 104

Check the error log, if there is any errors post them here. Look in the 'C:\a2t\logs\error.txt'.

Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Miami, FL

When trying to start the service from the a2t manager I get these messages:

From A2T:
Failed to set data for 'Start'

From Windows:
Apache HTTP Server stopped working and was closed. A problem caused the application to stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available.

In the services panel:
Windows could not start the A2T service on the local computer. Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Here is my error log:
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:24 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.0 (Win32) PHP/5.1.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:24 2007] [notice] Server built: Dec 11 2005 20:34:33
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:24 2007] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2596
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:25 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Child process is running
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:25 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:25 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Tue Mar 13 23:03:25 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:48 2007] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:48 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:49 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Released the start mutex
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:50 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Waiting for 150 worker threads to exit.
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:50 2007] [notice] Child 2596: All worker threads have exited.
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:50 2007] [notice] Child 2596: Child process is exiting
[Tue Mar 13 23:07:50 2007] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.

Any help is greatly appreciated Smile

Thanks in advance,
Stephanie

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 51 Location: las vegas, nv

Which version of windows vista do you have? I am researching the new world of windows vista to see what it can and can't do.

lead developer Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 1539

looks like apache started normaly and was imiediately automatically shut down , am sorry but for now i have no access to a vista box or any vista testers

Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

Edited: nope, I tried but it doesn't work...

Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Miami, FL

didn't work for me either
i just get an error message from windows Sad

thanks though Smile

Stephanie

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:56 pm

Sorry I don't have VISTA to see if this works, but it's worth a shot.

1. Start > Control Panel
2. User Accounts
3. Click "Turn User Accounts Control on or off" Link.
4. Uncheck "Use Uer Account Control" Box
5. Click OK
6. Restart Windows

Please note: I've read that it may still give an error message on startup, but will actually start the service.

Also, I've read you may have to disable UAC first and then install apache.

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Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Iowa

I found this work around online. It works, Apache2Triad starts with windows, but, It does throw an error message at startup. Other than that, everything seems to work okay for me. I'm not sure that I would do this on a public server, but for testing on my laptop it's fine. Just as a side note: the problems I had installing A2T were at the cmd promt asking for the password, my keyboard was disabled and I was unable to type a password. 'Enter' allowed me to go on by. Then A2T wood not run as stated in the posts above.

Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 1

Any ideas on this?

I am runing Windows Vista Home Premium.

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Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 6

confirmed that setting the "log on" property to of the Apache2 service works.

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