localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby kp555 » 03. March 2010 04:33

Altrea wrote:
kp555 wrote:My issue is that Apache would not start and gives me an error message

Does the Apache error.log showes something more?


Here is what the error log is saying (got it from C:\xampp\apache\logs):

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Can't open nul: No such file or directory
perl_parse: No such file or directory
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perl_parse: No such file or directory
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s normally permitted.  : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
Can't open nul: No such file or directory
perl_parse: No such file or directory
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby orit » 03. March 2010 10:23

Altrea wrote:Try the netstat command i posted to check, if another process is blocking port 80

here is the result of this command:

TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4
TCP 192.168.5.50:49326 209.85.227.17:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49340 212.96.161.237:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49360 207.46.59.172:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49363 213.199.141.141:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49364 213.199.141.141:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49366 202.183.164.236:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49368 202.170.126.190:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49370 207.46.120.237:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49388 213.199.141.141:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49390 65.55.239.188:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49395 212.143.162.157:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49400 65.54.167.59:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49419 41.178.51.30:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49421 41.178.51.30:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49432 207.46.105.186:80 FIN_WAIT_1 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49435 91.193.166.92:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49439 91.193.166.92:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49443 209.85.227.19:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49446 209.85.227.105:80 TIME_WAIT 0
TCP 192.168.5.50:49448 209.85.227.19:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49450 209.85.227.167:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49453 209.85.227.132:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49455 209.85.227.189:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49459 209.85.227.19:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49461 209.85.227.189:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP 192.168.5.50:49469 209.85.227.17:80 ESTABLISHED 2224
TCP [::]:80 [::]:0 LISTENING 4
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 03. March 2010 13:29

orit wrote: TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 4
[...]
TCP [::]:80 [::]:0 LISTENING 4


Look into your task manager, tab processes for process id (PID) 4
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby kp555 » 04. March 2010 05:59

I tried back reading and tried the nestat command that Altrea suggested, checked on ports 80,81, and 443 and only 80 and 443 yielded results. On my previous screenshot I used the port check and indicated that these are free, however I tried starting Apache but it only gives me a message: "Warning: terminating worker thread 0", has any of you experienced this? I posted the errog log above. I am having a hard time making Apache running, any ideas?

C:\>netstat -aon | find ":80"
TCP 190.250.15.100:1109 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1146 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1148 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1168 64.34.186.56:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1274 72.30.11.242:80 FIN_WAIT_1 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1318 64.233.183.133:80 FIN_WAIT_1 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1396 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1398 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1410 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1424 216.145.54.163:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1442 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1445 216.176.191.233:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1538 69.63.186.12:80 FIN_WAIT_1 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1548 78.46.87.53:80 FIN_WAIT_1 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1587 60.254.131.54:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1588 60.254.131.54:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1596 72.246.119.8:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1601 202.78.87.82:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1609 202.78.87.82:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1614 202.78.87.82:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1615 60.254.131.56:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1617 60.254.131.93:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1620 60.254.131.93:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1622 202.78.87.89:80 LAST_ACK 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1637 170.149.173.130:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1642 202.78.87.75:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1644 202.78.87.75:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1654 125.5.99.18:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1661 202.78.87.75:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1666 64.233.189.156:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1668 199.239.137.32:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1670 202.78.87.83:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1672 216.223.0.211:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1674 208.92.236.56:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1678 72.14.203.113:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1680 69.63.176.188:80 ESTABLISHED 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1681 66.220.145.11:80 CLOSE_WAIT 1288
TCP 190.250.15.100:1683 69.63.176.188:80 ESTABLISHED 1288

C:\>netstat -aon | find ":443"
TCP 190.250.15.100:1830 207.46.170.10:443 ESTABLISHED 3184

Please help, I really need to use localhost or 127.0.0.1 for testing
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 04. March 2010 06:06

Be careful to not misinterpreting the informations netstat gives you.

It will display two adresses, one is the local address, which is important for you to look for blocked ports. the other one is the remote address.

e.g. in the remote-address column you will find your internet requests to other servers. They surely go through port 80, because that is the standard port for webservers, but they don't listening to it by themselves. Same for Port 443 (Standard SSL Port), etc.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby kp555 » 04. March 2010 06:47

I just realized 190.250.15.100 is how i connect to my wifi router. So focusing on this, nothing is connected to or listening to port 80. Where should I look now?
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 04. March 2010 08:52

Apache error.log is always a good place to look for more detailed error messages.
Or, if you run Apache as a Service, the Windows EventLog.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby kp555 » 04. March 2010 17:25

Ok, here is what I got from the error log:

Can't open nul: No such file or directory
perl_parse: No such file or directory
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s normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
Can't open nul: No such file or directory
perl_parse: No such file or directory
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What is then, "perl_parse: No such file or directory"? I searched the forums but returned nothing.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby jennzee » 11. March 2010 18:55

Wow...this has been the most helpful thread I've come across! Thanks for all your insight Altrea. I'm having a similar problem (running Vista though...lucky me). I've been using XAMPP for quite some time now, here and there as I've changed wordpress themes. We recently got a new router and my husband is wondering if that might have something to do with my recent problems. So far, I've made several attempts at reinstalling, checked error logs, checked ports, turned the firewall and virus protection off, rebooted the computer. Late last night, I was finally successful after my 3rd reinstallation attempt. Everything seemed to be working perfectly. As it was late, I left everything running and went to bed. My computer chose last night to install updates and when I got up this morning found that it had been restarted and now I can't connect to the localhost again (same problem as others....page appears to be trying to load, but nothing other than a white screen shows up).

Here's what my error log shows:
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:46 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:46 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Server built: Nov 11 2009 14:29:03
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4188
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Child process is running
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Acquired the start mutex.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 80.


Here's what I get when I do the cmd.exe to check port 80:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\ZollyCrew>netstat -aon |find ":80"
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 1336
TCP 127.0.0.1:80 127.0.0.1:50576 ESTABLISHED 1336
TCP 127.0.0.1:50576 127.0.0.1:80 ESTABLISHED 2008
TCP 192.168.2.2:50608 78.46.87.53:80 CLOSE_WAIT 2008
TCP [::]:80 [::]:0 LISTENING 1336

C:\Users\ZollyCrew>


I'm fairly novice when it comes to understanding what I'm seeing, so guess I'm mostly looking for direction on the ports....does it appear that something is blocking port 80 and causing a problem?
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 11. March 2010 19:34

jennzee wrote:Wow...this has been the most helpful thread I've come across! Thanks for all your insight Altrea.

Thank you very much :)

[Thu Mar 11 10:09:46 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:46 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Server built: Nov 11 2009 14:29:03
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:47 2010] [notice] Parent: Created child process 4188
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Child process is running
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Acquired the start mutex.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Thu Mar 11 10:09:48 2010] [notice] Child 4188: Starting thread to listen on port 80.


Your Apache error.log looks okay, exept the last two lines. Don't know why your apache tries twice to bind ports 80 and 443. But no warn or error messages.

Here's what I get when I do the cmd.exe to check port 80:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\ZollyCrew>netstat -aon |find ":80"
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 1336
TCP 127.0.0.1:80 127.0.0.1:50576 ESTABLISHED 1336
TCP 127.0.0.1:50576 127.0.0.1:80 ESTABLISHED 2008
TCP 192.168.2.2:50608 78.46.87.53:80 CLOSE_WAIT 2008
TCP [::]:80 [::]:0 LISTENING 1336


Something is listening to your port 80.
Please check in your task manager, processes tab for the processID (PID) you find after the word LISTENING (in the quote the PID its 1336, next time it can be a different number. please check again with netstat right before checking in the task manager).


jennzee wrote:We recently got a new router and my husband is wondering if that might have something to do with my recent problems.

This can cause some problems connecting from outside, but normally not from localhost.

jennzee wrote:and now I can't connect to the localhost again (same problem as others....page appears to be trying to load, but nothing other than a white screen shows up).

In your xampp control panel, is there a green "running" label byside Apache?

Some other questions:
Are you running Apache as service (svc checkbox ticked)?
Are you using skype? (don't know the port 50576, which is also listed in your netstat report. skype is known as one program blocking port 80)
Any other changes done last time? (update XAMPP package, etc.)

jennzee wrote:does it appear that something is blocking port 80 and causing a problem?

one possibility, yes.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby jennzee » 11. March 2010 20:18

Altrea wrote: Something is listening to your port 80.
Please check in your task manager, processes tab for the processID (PID) you find after the word LISTENING (in the quote the PID its 1336, next time it can be a different number. please check again with netstat right before checking in the task manager).


There are no corresponding numbers listed in the PID to give me a clue as to what else might be listening to the port.

Altrea wrote: In your xampp control panel, is there a green "running" label byside Apache?


Yes.

Altrea wrote: Some other questions:
Are you running Apache as service (svc checkbox ticked)?
Are you using skype? (don't know the port 50576, which is also listed in your netstat report. skype is known as one program blocking port 80)
Any other changes done last time? (update XAMPP package, etc.)


The Svc box is not checked.
Not using Skpe.
Changes--initially yesterday, I was running the basic xampp download and Apache wouldn't start at all. When I made my last attempt last night,I uninstalled basic and tried xampplite. Apache started right up and the localhost page came right up. I was able to get wordpress installed and go on my merry way. Today, after things quit working again, I tried one more reinstall of xampplite. As far as I know, everything is the same as it was last night when I got it working.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby jennzee » 11. March 2010 20:50

OK, I decided to give it a whirl with the Scv box checked and it's working. I don't recall it ever being checked in the past....should it always be?
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 11. March 2010 21:49

jennzee wrote:OK, I decided to give it a whirl with the Scv box checked and it's working. I don't recall it ever being checked in the past....should it always be?


Depends on your own wishes.
Windows Services are the first processes started after boot. So your Apache can bind his ports earlier than the most other programs.
This could be the reason, that it works now.
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby jennzee » 11. March 2010 22:02

All possible reasons aside, I'm just glad that it's working! Thanks so much for troubleshooting with me!
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Re: localhost does not display -- Windows 7 system

Postby Altrea » 11. March 2010 22:09

Thats not the optimal solution (better is to find out which process is blocking your port 80), but if this works for you, that should be okay :)
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