> Hope this isn't much of a trivial question but I would like to ask what > causes this error in the debianized apache. It works on my box which is a > debian 1.3 upgraded to 2.0 box. > > I get this errors when I try a fresh install on a friend's 486. He > wishes to use it as a standalone web development boxen. I've been > convincing him to try web development on Linux/Apache instead of NT/IIS > > apacheconfig errors: > > httpd: cannot determine local hostname > Use ServerName to set it manually > > /usr/sbin/apachectl graceful:http could not be started
I had the same problem.. In apache.conf (I think in etc/apache.conf), uncomment the ServerName line and set it accordingly. It works fine then... Regards, Vaidhy
