Maybe I'm thick but...

[Julian Opificius]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:22:53 +0100
Sean Lewis <sean@mbd-ltd.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Julian
> 
> Thanks for the speedy response
> 
> I ran a status on the daemon and its response was as follows
> 
> httpd dead but subsys locked
> 
> when I try to restart httpd I get
> 
> Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
> Starting httpd: [  OK  ]
>

Well that implies it wasn't runnning before but is now, so it sounds like you'r moving forward ... 

try the /etc/init.d/httpd status again, and see if you have instances running.

If you don't, then you'll need a greater authority than me.

> I don't know where the system logs are kept on linux (yet, but i'm sure some
> nice person or google will point me in the right direction) so I can't tell
> you what they say.

Log files are traditionally in /var/log/<application_subdir>, in this case
/var/log/httpd.

> 
> Again, any help would be most appreciated, and I'm not doing this for work
> its for me, they don't give a rats ass about linux. 
> 
> *sigh*
>

Yes, some of us are sentenced to banging our heads against the wall for the ungrateful masses who are blissfully unaware of (and usually unaffected by) our efforts ;->
 
> Sean
> 
> P.S
> 
> <---Quote--->
> 
> Here's one for you: where the hell is your company contact info? I
> couldn't find your location on your website. I don't have macromedia
> flash on my ydl install, so I coudn't see your main navigation bar till
> I looked you up on my Windows browser. Thought you might like to know :-) 
> 
> <----End---->
> 
> I know, thank god I didn't design it, navigation is as important to websites
> as location is to houses.
> 

I'd go further than that - a website without visible and accessible navigation is like a house without a door.

-- 
j.