On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:03:58 +0200 > Christoph Pleger <christoph.ple...@cs.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to > > start apache2 by systemd. Even configuring the apache2 package hangs > > forever, if I do not kill the related processes and edit > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache2.postinst, commenting out all lines where > > apache2 is tried to be started. > > > > Trying to explicitly start apache2 for the CLI: > > > > 1. systemctl start apache2 > > > > hangs > > > > 2. cp /etc/init.d/apache2 /root > > /root/apache2 start > > > > hangs > > > > 3. The only method I found so far that works, from the CLI: > > > > . /etc/apache2/envvars > > export APACHE_STARTED_BY_SYSTEMD=true > > apache2ctl start > > > > Any idea? >
You may want to try reinstalling apache: sudo apt purge apache2 && sudo apt install apache2. Purging the package will get rid of all configuration files. > > See if there are any clues in /var/log/apache2/error.log or the > earlier files. You'll need root privileges. > > -- > Joe > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
