ERROR: "no listening sockets available"

[aquanerd]

I'm using Apache2 on Windows XP Pro.

I installed Apache yesterday, and everything worked fine. I noticed that httpd appeard to have stopped responding after running for about 18 hours. However, the service was still running. When I tried to restart it, I got the following error:

The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> no listening sockets available, shutting down.

When I restarted the machine, it worked again, for about 12 hours, then I get the same error.

Now, all of a sudden, I can't get it to start at all. The same error occurs, along with the following error:

"The Apache service named reported the following error:
>>> Unable to open logs."

Interestingly enough, I had similar stability problems with IIS on the same machine. It would run fine for 12-24 hours, and then stop responding.

I'm beginning to think this is an OS / hardware problem, and not a web server problem.

Can anyone help me out?? I relatively new to Apache, so try to take it easy with Apache-specific tips.

Thanks, in advance.

 

[RhythmAce]

Most of the time this error means that you already have a web server running so it can't use that socket. It sounds to me that XP is not handling the child processes correctly. Apache will let you limit them in httpd.conf to keep it from taking your whole system down if things start running away but it seems like it's not working. I'm not a windoze sufferer so someone else may give you a better answer but I don't think apache and XP get along very well.

 

[aquanerd]

>"Most of the time this error means that you already have a web
>server running so it can't use that socket."


I have IIS installed, but not running. Since I had a similar problem with IIS, I figured it might be somehting more than just a conf issue. Thanks for you help.