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apache2 package

Apache2 no longer works after upgrade to Feisty Fawn

Bug #111636 reported by SamusAran
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apache2

After upgrading to Feisty Fawn from 6.10, Apache2 will no longer start for me. There all all sorts of features that used to be built in which now need to be run as modules, and some features which are not built-in and also not available any longer as a module.

The one I am currently stuck on is "mod_access.so", which is nowhere to be found. I searched for it using apt-file search, but it only appears in Apache 1.3 and some simple http server.

Also, after reinstalling the "/etc/init.d/apache2" script (apt-get remove --purge, then installing it again), and removing my custom Apache config to see if Ubuntu's default config files will work, it won't even print a message out when I run "/etc/init.d/apache2 start":

> /etc/init.d/apache2 start
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
 * Stopping web server (apache2)...
   ...done.
> /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
 * Stopping web server (apache2)...
   ...done.
>

And so on, nothing but stop does anything visible at all.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

I think this may be related to the following Debian bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392349
But it should be fixed, also for Ubuntu Feisty.

What does "apache2ctl -" display? This tests the syntax of the config.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Because of the no-starting: see bug 21377 (which refers to /etc/default/apache2 where you perhaps have NO_START=1.
Otherwise, add debug output to the /etc/init.d/apache2 start script to see why it silently fails.

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speeves (speeves) wrote :

Also, remember that Feisty moves us into line with Debian and defaults to apache 2.2... Here are some notes that I ran into when upgrading from apache 2.0 -> apache 2.2 using the Debian package, (which is almost identical to the Ubuntu packages):
http://speeves.erikin.com/2007/01/debian-apache-20-apache-22-upgrade.html

They might touch on some issues that you may be having... Here are some more links with notes on the upgrade:
http://www.debian-administration.org/users/lee/weblog/31

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speeves (speeves) wrote :

This answers the question about mod_access:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html

mod_access has been renamed to mod_authz_host

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SamusAran (ubuntu-launchpad-atu) wrote :

dAniel hAhler and speeves, I thank you both kindly for all the help. My Apache 2.2 is up and running smoothly now. Much appreciated.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Setting this to invalid, because it appears to not have been a bug really.

Changed in apache2:
status: New → Invalid
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