apache won't start on boot on Mint Katya 11

[mareizio]

Hello,

my apache won't start on boot; it starts if I exec a

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sudo service apache2 start

, but it doesn't start on boot.

Even stranger,

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chkconfig apache2

returns apache2 on, so it should be configured to start on boot.

Thank you

[linuxuser159]

the first command only starts it for the current session. and the second command only shows the status.

to make it start automatically, click on "services" in menu/systems/adminstration and put a check mark beside apache in the list.

[Metropolis]

I do not see the "Services" option in my control center

[stephaneeybert]

I think it is now called "Startup Applications".

[stephaneeybert]

I added my custom install of httpd in the list, by clicking on the Add button and filling in the name and command details. But a reboot did not start the httpd deamon.

I tried first with the command:

/home/stephane/programs/install/apache/bin/httpd

and then with the command:

/etc/init.d/httpd

But none of these two started my Apache.

[stephaneeybert]

I finally got my httpd script sitting in /etc/init.d/ to start automatically at boot time.

First I added some information in the script itself:

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: httpd
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start httpd at boot time
# Description: Enable httpd provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

This is required by the Debian system.

The I removed any soft links to my script with the commands:

rm -f /etc/rc0.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc1.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc2.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc3.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc4.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc5.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc6.d/K80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc0.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc1.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc2.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc3.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc4.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc5.d/S80httpd;
rm -f /etc/rc6.d/S80httpd;

And finally I added the soft links with the command:

update-rc.d httpd defaults 80;

And after a reboot my local httpd was up and running.

[stephaneeybert]

Note that this was on a Linux Mint 11 Katya.