Debian 3.1 / Apache2 does not restart after update

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I just ran updates with apt-get on my debian 3.1 server updating apache2 and php. After the updates I can't get my apache server up again.

/etc/init.d/apache2 start gives no error but checking the processes the server is not running afterwards

When I try to start it by

/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

I get the error

no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

I already checked with netstat but no process is listening on port 80.

What else can I do or check?

Check apache log files and if they are empty or not updated you need to check their permissions. The error Unable to open logs seems to be permissions problem in the log files/folder.
confirm that you are doing this as super user and do report what you see in apache logs.
Thanks for the suggestions, the permissions where OK.But I found the problem in the php_err log. I had e_accelerator compiled for the old php version and so the server did not start. Unfortunately the error message was misleading. Thanks for your time and effort!

Dom · Answer 1 · 2011-12-29 09:45:35Z

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Are you sure you are root ? Usually the logs error comes if your are a normal user. You need to be root to have access to port 80.

answered Dec 29 '11 at 9:45

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