On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 00:31 -0400, Rashan Jibowu wrote: Please don't Cc: me on list messages; I don't need to read them twice. > On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 21:09 -0700, Rashan Jibowu wrote: > > Ok, logging in to root solved the error. Now that php > > is uninstalled (it's depencies remain... should I > > remove these too?), I still cannot start the httpd > > service, nor does it start when my computer starts up. > > In fact, httpd is the only service that fails at start > > up. How can I fix this? > > >> Paul Howarth wrote: > > First fix your broken RPM database (caused by using --nodeps) by either > reinstalling php or removing the dependent packages. > > Then try restarting httpd and look in any log files in /var/log/httpd > that have been written to since you tried to start httpd (use "ls > -lrt /var/log/httpd" to get a list of files sorted such that the > last-modified one is at the end of the list). > > P.S. Please do not top-post on this mailing list: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MailingListRules#replying > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > It sounds like uninstalling PHP was a bad idea so I reinstalled. Good. > Since I am > still having troubles starting the httpd service I have copied the error log in > /var/log/httpd/error_log (most recent error log) > > I have no idea what any of this stuff means, but hopefully this will be helpful > in diagnosing the problem. Also, the most recent error is at the bottom of this > list. Thanks. > > [root@computer ~]# cat /var/log/httpd > cat: /var/log/httpd: Is a directory > [root@computer ~]# cat /var/log/httpd/error_log > [Sun Jul 10 22:39:40 2005] [notice] core dump file size limit raised to > 4294967295 bytes > [Sun Jul 10 22:39:40 2005] [alert] (EAI 2)Name or service not known: > mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of "computer" > Configuration Failed Looks like you've configured the httpd to call itself "computer" (ServerName directive?) but that name does not resolve. You should use a real name that resolves to at least one of your computer's IP addresses. Adding "computer" to the end of the /etc/hosts entry for your machine may be enough to get you going for now. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
