[wplug] Mandriva Server Updateing Error

Brian A. Seklecki lavalamp at spiritual-machines.org
Sun Jul 17 03:43:35 EDT 2005


"Failsafe" mode may be putting you at a runlevel where Apache isn't
starting at boot.

Try:

# chkconfig  --list|more

Also if you upgraded, for whatever reason, your Apache conf could've
been overwritten.

Check /etc/httpd/*conf

~BAS

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 23:07, Philip McGrath wrote:
> I use a Mandriva computer as both a desktop and a web server.  After
> upgrading to Limited Edition 2005 from 10.0, I received the error
> message "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
> www.istaromar.com." when trying to access the web site hosted on my
> computer with Firefox (I believe 1.0). Konqueror returned "An error
> occurred while loading http://www.istaromar.com: Could not connect to
> host www.istaromar.com." I then updated Apache to the included version
> with rpmdrake, checked my firewall settings, and even tried to set it
> up using the drakwizard wizard (which returned "Failed. Re-launch
> drakwizard, and try to change some parameters." (which I did, and
> didn't work)). After a re-boot I am still having the same problem.
> Note: I'm running in "failsafe", which I have not done in the past,
> because after the upgrade "linux" has let me enter my user name and
> password, and then the hourglass has turned literally for hours until
> I resorted to the power button.  I have re-directed www.istaromar.com
> to another page. The error message is now produced at
> www2.istaromar.com. That is the A-record that currently points to my
> IP, 24.3.144.138.  Thanks for your help.
> -Philip
> Philip at istaromar.com
> 
> 
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