I have the same problem, but starting web2py with WingIDE debugger (rocket). It happens on ubuntu but not on windows (I do not use windows much so maybe I didn't notice yet). I change ~5 ports in one day.
And this wasn't happening before. On Sep 1, 2012 12:02 AM, "Massimo Di Pierro" <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: My web server started exhibiting a strange behavior: $ /etc/init.d/apache stop [ok] $ /etc/init.d/apache start * Starting web server apache2 (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAIL] $ netstat -tulpn| grep :80 (No info could be read for "-p": geteuid()=1000 but you should be root.) tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN The only way to restart it is by rebooting. Any idea what may cause this? I have not seen before and did not change the server config in a while. -- --