Topic: Apache 2.2.2 on WinXP SP2

[rayvan]

hi there,
i've got a problem with getting apache 2.2.2 on my winxp sp2 machine to work. i've been using apache since the 1.* versions, from which i (painfully) switched to 2.* version. i remember the hours i spent on this to make the 2.* version work, and currently i am at the same state with 2.2.2. i had a running 2.0.* (don't rememer the exact version) apache with php5. this one worked. now, when i do a completely clear install of 2.2.2 (no php, no special modules included, a clear default conf with only inevitable changes applied - serverroot, ...) - it just won't work. here is how it behaves:

1. d/l of apache 2.2.2 binaries zip from apachelounge
2. unzipping and setting up - i hold on to the readme-first's and the main tutorial from apachelounge - listening set to port 80 or 127.0.0.1:80 (same result)
3. i successfully start the service
4. when i try to access localhost/127.0.0.1 from in any browser/telnet/anything - it hangs/timeouts - it won't show neither the default apache's html page when leaving the document root defaultly pointing to installdir/htdocs

- 0 lines in access log
- 0 errors in error log (even when loglevel set to debug), only usual startup/shutdown lines, aso
- local firewall (kerio winroute) completely disabled
- the service is installed, running (on given port, according to Active Ports utility), even changes status when trying to make requests from browser - from LISTENING to ESTABLISHED - and back to CLOSE_WAIT when cancelling the request in browser

it seems to me that the server is properly running (i even managed to start it with php, mod_dav, mod_perl, and some more modules running with it), but not responding to request. any idea on why this is happening/what can be done about it? thank you

[pnllan]

What's the ServerName directive set to?

I set mine to:

Listen 80

ServerName localhost:80

Also, since you had a previous version of Apache most likely from ASF - check the service setup via services.msc - then right for Properties | look at General tab and see if Path to executable (halfway down) is correct.

Remember, starting with Apache 2.2.0 apache.exe was renamed to httpd.exe

Beyond that - it sounds like a network setup issue.
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[Jorge]

Try something like: