ok, i've been trying to get apache up for a while now and been going around in circles and finally it comes down to this and i'm clueless what to google for and wtf might have caused this. i'm hoping that someone out there has seen something like this before because i'm about stumped:
root@shawn-desktop:/etc/apache2# lsof -i :80 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME apache2 28946 root 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) apache2 28969 www-data 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) apache2 28970 www-data 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) apache2 28971 www-data 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) apache2 28972 www-data 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) apache2 28973 www-data 4u IPv4 14498250 0t0 TCP shawn-desktop.local:www (LISTEN) root@shawn-desktop:/etc/apache2# nmap localhost Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-03-15 01:13 EDT Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1): Not shown: 990 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 53/tcp open domain 111/tcp open rpcbind 135/tcp open msrpc 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 445/tcp open microsoft-ds 901/tcp open samba-swat 1024/tcp open kdm 3690/tcp open svn 9050/tcp open tor-socks Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.48 seconds root@shawn-desktop:/etc/apache2# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination root@shawn-desktop:/etc/apache2#