Hi, I just ran into this problem upgrading from 12.04LTS to 16.04LTS.
systemctl status apache2.service ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d └─apache2-systemd.conf Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2017-01-06 18:09:25 GMT; 13s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 5360 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/apache2 stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 5343 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Apache2 web server... apache2[5343]: * Starting Apache httpd web server apache2 apache2[5343]: Action 'start' failed. apache2[5343]: The Apache error log may have more information. apache2[5343]: * apache2[5360]: * Stopping Apache httpd web server apache2 apache2[5360]: * systemd[1]: Started LSB: Apache2 web server. Tail /var/log/apache2/error.log [Fri Jan 06 14:27:00.751832 2017] [mime:error] [pid 6768] (2)No such file or directory: AH01597: could not open mime types config file /etc/apache2/mime.types. AH00016: Configuration Failed [Fri Jan 06 14:28:37.856744 2017] [mime:error] [pid 6888] (2)No such file or directory: AH01597: could not open mime types config file /etc/apache2/mime.types. AH00016: Configuration Failed [Fri Jan 06 14:33:07.816900 2017] [mime:error] [pid 2642] (2)No such file or directory: AH01597: could not open mime types config file /etc/apache2/mime.types. AH00016: Configuration Failed [Fri Jan 06 18:09:25.460912 2017] [mime:error] [pid 5358] (2)No such file or directory: AH01597: could not open mime types config file /etc/apache2/mime.types. AH00016: Configuration Failed A search for the file returns /etc/apache2$ grep -r "mime.types" mods-available/mime.conf: TypesConfig /etc/mime.types mods-available/mime.conf: # file mime.types for specific file types. mods-available/mime.conf: # es is ecmascript in /etc/mime.types mods-available/mime.conf: # tr is troff in /etc/mime.types magic:# mime types according to http://www.geocities.com/nevilo/mod.htm: When I added the TypesConfig as suggested by OP it worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133741 Title: [gutsy] apache2, restart failed on missing mime.types after upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/133741/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs