I have installed Apache Servere HTTP 2.0.53 on WinXP but i receive the following error message when trying to start:

[the requested operation has failed !]

would appreciate if somone can help..

Try uninstalling and then installing it again. This time walk through the installation instructions to make sure you don't skip anything. Also, make sure the ports are reachable by the daemon and not blocked by firewalls,routers, etc or already in use.

Another thing I would try before reinstalling, is running apache, and checking the error_log file, most likly the reason it did not start is due to a module being called that could not be found, or something using the port that it needs to bind to "80". The error_log should contain mush more detailed logs, if you can provide those, we can be of further assistance. the error message you posted above, could be any one of the several hundred errors that apache can throw out at start time.

[Fri Mar 18 10:51:28 2005] [notice] Apache/2.0.53 (Win32) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:29 2005] [notice] Server built: Feb 10 2005 06:11:34
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:29 2005] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3864
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:29 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Child process is running
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:29 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:29 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:38 2005] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:38 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:39 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Released the start mutex
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:41 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Waiting for 250 worker threads to exit.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:41 2005] [notice] Child 3864: All worker threads have exited.
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:41 2005] [notice] Child 3864: Child process is exiting
[Fri Mar 18 10:51:41 2005] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.

These error messages don't really mean much, the only thing that I get from the entire thing is that it starts, then 10 seconds later, someone hits stop:
"Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server."

and it exits. You may want to make sure it is installed as a service and is set to run, otherwise it may only ruin for one request, then die.

[Sun Mar 21 10:07:13 2004] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:14 2004] [notice] Child 1300: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:15 2004] [notice] Child 1300: Released the start mutex
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:16 2004] [notice] Child 1300: Waiting for 250 worker threads to exit.
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:16 2004] [notice] Child 1300: All worker threads have exited.
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:16 2004] [notice] Child 1300: Child process is exiting
[Sun Mar 21 10:07:16 2004] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:45 2004] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3968
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:45 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Child process is running
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:45 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Acquired the start mutex.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:45 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:49 2004] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:49 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:51 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Released the start mutex
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:52 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Waiting for 250 worker threads to exit.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:52 2004] [notice] Child 3968: All worker threads have exited.
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:52 2004] [notice] Child 3968: Child process is exiting
[Sun Mar 21 10:50:52 2004] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.


and when i start apache server i am getting

the requested operation has failed


what would be the possible solution for the same .anyone in the group plz help me out .my apache version. is:apache_2.0.45

Hello,

My GUESS is that Windoze is telling it to shut down. Are you running a minimal system that needs more memory? Maybe close to running out of hard drive space? Just curious.

DO not give up on apache. I love it on Linux.

Christian

Sometimes bad syntax in your httpd.conf file (config file) can cause apache to crash.... Try starting over with it maybe.