This: module ssl_module is already loaded, skipping means you have LoadModule ssl_module specified twice in your apache configuration.
This: _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 443, the first has precedence means you have two virtual hosts defined in your configuration which conflict because they want to use the same socket (IP address/port pair). When you move ssl_conf out the way, SSL still works because you must have LoadModule ssl_module and an SSL virtual host defined in another config file. Look through your config files and find the offending duplicate entries. What's probably happening is your Apache distribution already has SSL configured, and when you've followed the SSL howto you've duplicated the steps required to enable SSL. That's my tuppence worth anyway. Hope it helps. -- Michael ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List modssl-users@modssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]