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Localhost page is not working

PostPosted: 31. May 2008 09:16
by followsfortyone
I just installed XAMPP on my Windows XP machine. The installation went perfectly. I started Apache and MySQL and both say they are running. My localhost page is not loading. It eventually says "Page not found".

I've tried:
-stoping Apache and MySQL and starting it again. (It starts fine but still no luck)
-restarting my laptop and restarting Apache and MySQL again

I read a few entries about having to change my /etc/network/interfaces file to turn on interface file loopback. How do I do that? (Is that a file in a folder somewhere? I can't find it):oops:

If that doesn't work, what else could it be?

Thanks!

PostPosted: 31. May 2008 14:59
by Logic
What about unistalling and reinstalling Apache?
Uncheck and recheck the checkbox, I mean...

Still no luck..

PostPosted: 31. May 2008 20:58
by followsfortyone
Thanks Logic,

I just tried reinstalling apache and mysql... Still no luck.

I forgot to mention that http://127.0.0.1/ works but localhost does not.

PostPosted: 01. June 2008 06:13
by rr1024
you should be able to access it via the ip of your machine as well, does that work. i.e.
http://192.168.1.x/
or what ever your ip is

Re: Still no luck..

PostPosted: 02. June 2008 15:34
by liquidx
try to look inside hosts file in ur C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\ directory. ur localhost is suppose to be mapped to 127.0.0.1 for it to work.

try to play with that file and see if it helps in anyway :)

my 2 cents


followsfortyone wrote:Thanks Logic,

I just tried reinstalling apache and mysql... Still no luck.

I forgot to mention that http://127.0.0.1/ works but localhost does not.