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Joe Ebel · Guest

I have already scoured the web for info regarding this issue, including
the Apache documentation and the WampServer Forum. I am not the only one
with this problem and would appreciate any help or guidance anyone can
give. I have attached the httpd.conf file

I have installed WampServer 2.0 and Apache starts without any errors.

I have a problem with localhost not loading. (Win XP Home SP2, Apache
rewrite_module enabled)
log file:

[Tue Jan 15 12:10:48 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.6 (Win32) PHP/5.2.5
configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:48 2008] [notice] Server built: Sep 5 2007 08:58:56
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:48 2008] [notice] Parent: Created child process 1296
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:48 2008] [notice] Disabled use of AcceptEx() WinSock2 API
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:49 2008] [notice] Child 1296: Child process is running
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:49 2008] [notice] Child 1296: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:49 2008] [notice] Child 1296: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Tue Jan 15 12:10:49 2008] [notice] Child 1296: Listening on port 80.

added in httpd.conf per other suggestions:

EnableSendfile Off
EnableMMAP Off
Win32DisableAcceptEx

All other browsing and Internet connectivity OK. Any suggestions? Want
or need more info? I'll be happy to send it.

I added the lines one by one in an effort to get localhost to load. As
an aside, I first tried installing Apache without WAMP, just as a
standalone application. It had the same problem: localhost would not
load - no error messages, just a timeout in both Firefox and IE. Then I
uninstalled Apache and installed Xitami. Xitami worked! I was able to
see the default localhost page and access the Xitami configuration
pages. Problem: couldn't get any other pages to read, e.g.,
http://localhost/testsite/index.htm or index.php. Just a timeout without
any other error messages. So, I uninstalled Xitami, PHP and MySQL and
went for the Wampserver 2.0 installation. Same issue as the original
Apache install, timeouts and no loading of default file or any other file.

When I first tried WampServer, I checked the error log, saw a repeating
string of errors:

[Tue Jan 15 10:38:02 2008] [error] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was
supplied. : Child 2424: Encountered too many errors accepting client
connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible
VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Tue Jan 15 10:38:02 2008] [error] (OS 10022)An invalid argument was
supplied. : Child 2424: Encountered too many errors accepting client
connections. Possible causes: dynamic address renewal, or incompatible
VPN or firewall software. Try using the Win32DisableAcceptEx directive.
[Tue Jan 15 10:38:02 2008] [error] ...

I added the line: Win32DisableAcceptEx to the httpd.conf file and that
stopped those errors. The other two added lines were placed as an effort
to get the default web page to load. I tested each line separately to no
avail.

I've also tried port 8080 by changing that reference in the two
httpd.conf lines that relate:

Listen 8080

and

ServerName localhost:8080

I have set it back to 80 because that did not solve the problem. Any ideas?

Joe