Following Brian Dessert's hints and using net start apache I get only one entry in ps -ef concerning apache SYSTEM 3808 3844 ? 11:24:14 /usr/sbin/httpd
looking for error messages I get: bash-2.05b$ tail /var/log/apache/error_log [Wed Apr 20 11:24:32 2005] [error] (10)No child processes: fork: Unable to fork new process C:\z_cygwin\usr\sbin\httpd.exe (1664): *** unable to remap C:\z_cygwin\lib\apache\mod_vhost_alias.dll to same address as parent(0x3F0000) != 0x6E0000 22305983 [main] httpd 3808 fork_parent: child 1664 died waiting for dll loading [Wed Apr 20 11:24:43 2005] [error] (10)No child processes: fork: Unable to fork new process C:\z_cygwin\usr\sbin\httpd.exe (3456): *** unable to remap C:\z_cygwin\lib\apache\mod_vhost_alias.dll to same address as parent(0x3F0000) != 0x6E0000 32419971 [main] httpd 3808 fork_parent: child 3456 died waiting for dll loading [Wed Apr 20 11:24:53 2005] [error] (10)No child processes: fork: Unable to fork new process C:\z_cygwin\usr\sbin\httpd.exe (1412): *** unable to remap C:\z_cygwin\lib\apache\mod_vhost_alias.dll to same address as parent(0x3F0000) != 0x6E0000 43554098 [main] httpd 3808 fork_parent: child 1412 died waiting for dll loading [Wed Apr 20 11:25:04 2005] [error] (10)No child processes: fork: Unable to fork new process so my problem with a dll which should be but cannot be rebased perists. Greetings Rainer Kirsch -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/