Apache starts and then stops
Posted: 05. December 2007 09:20
After installing XAMPP with no problems the control panel applet showed Apache starting on request and then stopping after a few seconds.
The documentation says to check the critical ports are free (and they were), stop antivirus and firewall (no change). However the error log said 'setup_inherited_listeners()'- so there was something.
And here is the solution (at least for me):
Start>Control panel> Network connections>Internet connection>Properties>Settings
In there is DemonwarePortMapping. I unticked this and Apache sprang to life!
I can only find mention of this service on three internet sites and no file with this name on my PC
Does anyone know what it does or what installed it?
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Here is the error log in case it helps anyone else find this entry:
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:04 2007] [notice] Server built: Sep 21 2007 00:29:38
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:04 2007] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2788
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:06 2007] [notice] Child 2788: Child process is running
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:06 2007] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied. : Child 2788: setup_inherited_listeners(),
WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
(note that the Child number changes each time).
The documentation says to check the critical ports are free (and they were), stop antivirus and firewall (no change). However the error log said 'setup_inherited_listeners()'- so there was something.
And here is the solution (at least for me):
Start>Control panel> Network connections>Internet connection>Properties>Settings
In there is DemonwarePortMapping. I unticked this and Apache sprang to life!
I can only find mention of this service on three internet sites and no file with this name on my PC
Does anyone know what it does or what installed it?
**********************************************
Here is the error log in case it helps anyone else find this entry:
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:04 2007] [notice] Server built: Sep 21 2007 00:29:38
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:04 2007] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2788
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:06 2007] [notice] Child 2788: Child process is running
[Tue Dec 04 22:19:06 2007] [crit] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was supplied. : Child 2788: setup_inherited_listeners(),
WSASocket failed to open the inherited socket.
(note that the Child number changes each time).