Xampp running but not reachable over 'localhost' [Solved]

[jl2035]

After a sistem crash (on Ubuntu) a had to restart the computer by holding power button for 5 seconds.

Than when I started it again, xampp does not work any more. ...well it says it's running but if I type "localhost" (or "127.0.0.1") into the firefox address bar I get "Problem loading page... unable to connect"... Very strange... because the terminal output was ok:

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 user@Jlap:~$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.8.1...
XAMPP: XAMPP-Apache is already running.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: XAMPP-ProFTPD is already running.
XAMPP for Linux started.

So if anybody has any idea what's going on...that would be great...

My specs:
- ElementaryOS 64-bit (ubuntu 12.4 derivative I guess)
- Xampp for Linux 1.8.1

[jl2035]

Solved!

Removing /opt/lampp/logs/httpd.pid fixed it...