Apache Endless "Waiting for localhost..." problem

[cheetah]

Ok, I have read and reread all the posts on this topic, tried just about everything suggested.

The one symptom that I have not seen anyone report is the it happens after a couple of minutes in...
Also, everything was working fine before. it happened a couples time, but it was much more infrequent.

I stop my Apache and MySql services. Then Restart them. Then I go on happily to my site.

http://localhost/happyfella/blahblah.php?page=blabla

EVERYTHINGS works fine, about 15 click later I get the dreaded "Waiting for localhost..." and Ohhh crap, I have to restart apache again to continue testing my crap.

I have tried changing localhost to a static IP, still got "Waiting for localhost..."
I added Win32DisableAcceptEx to the end of my httpd.conf file, , still got "Waiting for localhost..."


any suggestions?

[cheetah]

Can the cause be Browser Related? How can I go about figuring this out? any suggestions?????

[Bithunter]

I have a similar problem with some sections of some scripts. It´s related to PHP 5.3.x, I think (that doesnt happen with PHP 5.2.x)

[cheetah]

I am also using PHP 5.3.x.

For a while there I thought it was my scripts. But I get "Waiting on localhost..." also on phpmyadmin

Is there an easy way to downgrade php from php5.3.x to php5.2.x? I do not wanna reinstall(downgrade) xampp.


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Just an Update
I read http://bobsguides.com/xampp.html and Downgraded Xampp to 1.7.0 which carries PHP Version 5.2.8. Lets see if that helps.

[cheetah]

SAD news ... It still happens after downgrade to php5.2.8

Firefox at 5minutes later still said "waiting on localhost..."

I opened Google Chrome and tried it. Worked ok,

But this happens in Chrome too, so it is not specific to a browser.

there is nothing in my apache log to indicate any errors

Any other ideas?suggestions?

[cheetah]

I no longer think it is my script, because it happens all the time with phpmyadmin too

[ajlisowski]

Not sure if its the same issue I once had. But I would randomly get a lot of 'waiting for localhost...' lockups. I forget the complete reason for what was happening to me, but the simple form was this:

Processes were accessing sessions and then not completing, so the sessions were still locked to that specific process. The fix for my problem was to do the following:

after starting a session I would call the php function
session_write_close();

Which would close write access to the process. The session can be read, but not written to. If later in a php program I needed to write, you simply start the session again and then call write_close when you are done writng.

session_start() will simply open write privleges back up on a session that has write_close on it.

This fixed my localhost, white screen crashes.

[kergan@live.com.au]

Not sure what OS your using?
I also HAD the same prob with getting this working.

reading the forums looking for answers,
Changing to Static IP
Rewrite the httpd.conf file
change the port settings
and still had problems

in the end I removed everything,
Then right click on my xampp.exe file and ran it as administrator


Loaded, works, and have not had an issue since.

[cheetah]

I am running Win XP Home sv3
I am the only user in this computer, am already the Admin


I have giving up trying to figure it out, now and then i read the forums for new ideas and try them

I just keep XAMPP Control panel open and STOP/START Apache whenever localhost hangs. Pain in the bug but I gotten used to it.

[cheetah]

Just popping in if any one has made any other suggestions or encountered the same issue

[lukasz@ibridge.co.uk]

Hi

I had the same problem and as it turned out the problem was not in the apache conf but mysql conf

I added to the my.conf "skip-name-resolve"
and all back to normal


source
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?24,23390,23395
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?24,233 ... msg-169778

[cheetah]

Had hope with that last suggestion, even thought it worked, that is till I got the ENDLESS "Waiting for localhost..." AGAIN :roll:

it happens to both my php application and to phpMyadmin

[MC10]

Does any of the following help: http://geekswithblogs.net/bcaraway/archive/2007/08/24/114945.aspx, http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/read.php?2,29559,30230?

[cheetah]

Tried those things area. did not help
Crapping out equally regardless of browser.
Tried the static ip.. blahhhhhhhhhhhh

[brianMazzola()]

I've had the same problem for three frustrating days now and would reallyyy appreciate a solid solution...tried everything as has the author of this page...love to hear any further suggestions.