can't start Apache on Mac OS X--no listening sockets available?

[half.italian at gmail.com]

On Jun 25, 11:09 pm, 7stud <bbxx789_0... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 25, 7:23 pm, 7stud <bbxx789_0... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'm trying to get Apache set up on my system so I can use mod_python.
> > > I installed Apache 2.2.4 according to the following instructions:
>
> > >http://switch.richard5.net/isp-in-a-box-v2/installing-apache-on-mac-o...
>
> > > and everything seemed to install correctly, but I can't start Apache.
> > > I typed in the following command:
>
> > > $ sudo /Library/Apache2/bin/apachectl start
> > > Password:
>
> > > and I got this error message:
>
> > > httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
> > > domain name, using tms-computer.local for ServerName
> > > (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address
> > > 0.0.0.0:80
> > > no listening sockets available, shutting down
> > > Unable to open logs
>
> > > Any ideas?
>
> > Do you have "Web Sharing" in the prefs on as well?  
>
> I checked and to my surprise Personal Web Sharing was turned on.  I
> was messing around with it yesterday because I thought that might have
> something to do with my problems, but I couldn't get Personal Web
> Sharing to start--it just said "Web Sharing starting up...", and it
> never did.
>
> Anyway, I turned Personal Web Sharing off, and then the error message
> changed to this:
>
> $ sudo /Library/Apache2/bin/apachectl start
> Password:
> httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
> domain name, using tms-computer.local for ServerName
>
> However, I checked the All Processes page in the Activity Monitor, and
> it said httpd was running.  So I tested my apache installation by
> typing http:/localhost in Safari's address bar, and a page displayed
> saying "It works!".  But I wondered if that page was being served up
> by the pre-installed version of Apache or my new installation.  So, I
> went into my new installation's directory and looked at the file:
>
> /Library/Apache2/htdocs/index.html
>
> and changed the text from "It works!" to "Apache 2.2.4", but when I
> retyped http:/localhost in Safari's address bar, I still got a page
> saying "It works!", so that page is not being served by my new
> installation.

Console and the system logs are an invaluable debugging tool on Macs.
Bet you have some errors there saying why apache couldnt stop/start.

Glad you got it working.

~Sean