Try telnetting to your apache server and open the access log and error log and watch the message there.
telnet 127.0.0.1 80 If telnet connects to your server send a a get request get index.html you may not see the echo of your charachters on the console. But the apache should output some stuff. If you see thsi working, there is problem with your browser. Check your browser proxy settings. Raj Geoffrey Khan wrote: > Michael, > > I pinged Localhost and got the message: > > Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL64 > > I presume from this all is fine, as I have a reply? > > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kajen, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 September 2002 13:31 > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: (OT) Cannot see Localhost on Apache > > > HI, > See if you can ping localhost. Maybe something happened to your dns > settings. mk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoffrey Khan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (OT) Cannot see Localhost on Apache > > > Hello, > > Sorry for the off topic manner of this email but I am having trouble > with my Apache server and was wondering if anyone on this list can help > me? > > For about a year I had Apache 1.3.20 set-up on my Windows 98SE machine > running PHP 4.1.1 (and Coldfusion) on it with no problems. I would type > http://localhost/ <http://localhost/> (or http://127.0.0.1/ > <http://127.0.0.1/> ) in my browser and be able to see the directories > with all my files in them and edit them accordingly. > > However, last week I started up Apache and opened a browser and typed > Localhost but nothing happened! All I would get would be a white blank > screen and if I typed in the address of a specific file within the > directory I would get a "Pager cannot be displayed" error. > > I tested this in IE, Netscape and Mozilla (along with clearing the cache > in each browser) and all of them were the same. > > I decided to uninstall Apache 1.3.20 and upgrade to 1.3.26 figuring that > if I started with a newer version of Apache the problem would be > eradicated and I would have a more up-to-date version of the server. > > This I have done, but still I cannot gain access to any of my files and > still it gives me a blank white screen if I type Localhost and a "Page > cannot be displayed" error message if I try and navigate to a specific > file within the directory. > > I have scanned the Apache web site, trawled through the newsgroups, > studied my config file indepth, but cannot see where the problem lies. > > > Could someone please take a look at my config file and try to see why > this is happening because as far as I can tell everything is fine and I > haven't changed anything since the last time it worked OK? > > Please disregard the fact that I haven't loaded the PHP modules yet (and > Coldfusion as well) as I will do this after I have managed to sort out > the Localhost problem. > > Your help would be very much appreciated. > > > Regards, > > > Geoff Khan B.Sc (Hons) > <http://www.shining-path.com> www.shining-path.com > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
