I am glad I signed up for this email list last week because one post made me think that maybe I am not crazy. The post said that a port "disappeared." Well, I have had 3 ports "disappear."
Here is the sequence of events: 1. Last week, I installed Macports. 2. Per the documentation, I ran "port selfupdate." 3. I noticed that I could not connect to TCP ports 80, 3306, and 8500 from an "http" browser address -- all ports that are necessary for the shopping cart application I am developing. I got a browser message, "Unable to connect to server," both from Firefox and Safari. I am dead in the water. Before I installed Macports, I could readily connect to my embedded Apache2 server on my Mac by entering my computer's IP address or IP address address and port number on a browser address line. 4. I checked my Mac firewall and permissions to see if they presented a problem that may account for my failure to connect to my Apache2 server. I could detect no problem with my firewall or permissions. 5. I used Mac's Network Utility to run a Port Scan for my computer's IP address. Much to my amazement, the result was that my three TCP ports -- 80, 3306, and 8500 -- are not open! 6. In my terminal window, I ran a command to list all inactive ports. I picked several to run a "port activate" command on. For example, I said, "port activate [apache2]" and "port activate [mysql5]." I received the error message in the subject line of this email. What should I do now? I need my ports back! I have a couple of thoughts: 1. I could run a command to determine if the ports I need are even installed. If not, I could run an install command. 2. I could use Mac's Time Machine backup to restore my system to the way it was the day before I installed Macports. Any other suggestions? _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
