Hi! 2017-04-18 13:35 GMT+02:00 Purvez <pur...@nexar.free-online.co.uk>:
> Hi > > Newbie to the forum here so I hope I'm doing this right. If not please > would someone guide me. Thx in advance. > > As the subject line says Apache2 is not working at all / satisfactorily > since the Ubuntu upgrade. The details follow: > > =========================== > > Here is my full post on askubuntu: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/904042/upgrade-to- > 16-04-lts-has-broken-apache > > Currently the biggest help I could get would be if someone would decipher > what the following output means when I do : > > systemctl status apache2.service > > output: > =============== > *Code:* > > purvez@127:~$ systemctl status apache2.service > ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server > Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled) > Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d > └─apache2-systemd.conf > Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2017-04-13 10:01:02 BST; 11s ago > Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) > Process: 6997 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/apache2 stop (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) > Process: 6978 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) > > Apr 13 10:01:02 127.0.1.1purvez-Aspire-5750 apache2[6978]: (98)Address > already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 > Apr 13 10:01:02 127.0.1.1purvez-Aspire-5750 apache2[6978]: (98)Address > already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 > Apr 13 10:01:02 127.0.1.1purvez-Aspire-5750 apache2[6978]: no listening > sockets available, shutting down > It seems that you have another process holding TCP port 80, so you need to kill/stop it first. You can use something like netstat -nlpt (needs super user to list all the info in this case) to find your target. Hope that helps! Luca