Hi I'm having trouble getting XAMPP 8.0.13-0 started in Debian 10. I get this error message....
Failed to execute default Web Browser
Input/output error
I found this post here...
https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=76653&hilit=Failed+to+execute+default+Web+Browser
But I don't use Chrome either. I've tried changing to 3 different browsers in Preferred Applications and it makes no difference which is selected.
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Under the Manage Servers tab in XAMPP:
MySQL Database is Running
ProFTPD is Running
Apache Web Server is Stopped and won't start
When I type http://localhost in my web browsers I arrive at Apache2 Debian Default Page and it says "It works!"
If XAMPP is working I should be going to XAMPP control panel as far as I can tell.
But when I test apache2 in Terminal...
$ sudo systemctl status apache2
I get this:
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
Seems my system is using Sysvinit so I've tried this....
$ service apache2 start
[ ok ] Starting Apache httpd web server: apache2.
But apache2 still doesn't run in XAMPP
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When I run lampp in Terminal:
$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 8.0.13-0...
XAMPP: Starting Apache...fail.
XAMPP: Starting diagnose...
XAMPP: Sorry, I've no idea what's going wrong.
XAMPP: Please contact our forum http://www.apachefriends.org/f/
Last 10 lines of "/opt/lampp/logs/error_log":
tail: cannot open '/opt/lampp/logs/error.log' for reading: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...already running.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...already running.
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In case another program is blocking apache on port 80 I've changed the ports to 8080 in these files:
httpd.conf
ports.conf
000-default.conf
I've added rules for 80 and 8080 in the firewall.
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I don't really know what else to try.
Perhaps installing systemd in place of Sysvinit? Is that a straight forward thing or risky or wise or a combination like whisky? I don't wanna have to start drinking again.
What else can I try?
I'm a relative newby to linux, my modus operandi is to copy and paste from random sites presenting possible solutions. I've had many problems so far and most things I've just abandoned halfway through so my system is probably about as efficient and clear as a frankensteinian monster romance poem in Javanese C++ but I have to persist until I have Wordpress running locally at least.
Please help.....