On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 08:21 +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
What you might be wanting to look at is the file /etc/default/apache2...
root@wildebeest:/# cat /etc/default/apache2 # 0 = start on boot; 1 = don't start on boot NO_START=1 root@wildebeest:/#
The contents of that file on install, IIRC are:
--- Begin File --- # 0 = start on boot; 1 = don't start on boot NO_START=1 --- End File ---
Yes, that is what I have.
Thus defaulting to not starting the apache2 server on boot (or, infact, ever from the init script).
?????? Errrr... Does this mean that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who wants to use Apache will encounter the same problem as me????
I am confused. What is the reasoning behind deliberately stopping Apache from starting automatically after someone has taken the trouble to install it? I would have thought the default would be to set it run rather than block it.
Change that to NO_START=0 and reboot and the world should be a good place. Probably.
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!, I have just done that and my computer is now chugging away happily saying "Hello World" to the universe.
Hope that helps,
Yes Brett; like you suggested, it looks like all my hassle boiled down to that one line in /etc/default/apache2. I wonder if this just a bug with Ubuntu or if every single person with every variation of Linux going to hit this same problem too?
Thanks again Brett, Matthew, and indeed all the other ALUGers who have helped me get to the bottom of this problem during this past week.
Hello World at last!
Sagr.