Localhost not working

[DeWire]

Hi lads,
New here. The name is Dave.

I'm hoping someone can help me out.
When I try to view http://localhost , i get nothing . Page not found.

I have WAMP server installed. I just can't seem to figure out whats wrong. I've restarted all the services in WAMP and everything but still, nothing.

Need this working soon for college assignments.
All help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[logicearth]

Open C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\host what does it say?

 

[DeWire]

Hi mate,

"Windows cant find..... check the spelling and try again" is what comes up.
What does that tell us ? Any more ideas ?

Thanks again,
Dave

 

[TheSchaft]

Hi Dave, welcome to Seven Forums.

"localhost" is the name of your machine. It is 127.0.0.1, and is a loopback. I think you may have the wrong name for WAMP.

You need to check the documentation for the Apache server to ensure you have set it up right.

 

[logicearth]

I forgot "s" at the end of host... C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

 

[DeWire]

Hi Schaft.
I used WAMP on an XP machine only this week, so i am sure that I am trying to access it the right way. Also, I already tried 127.0.0.1 and I got the same error.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[DeWire]

I forgot "s" at the end of host... C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

It asks me what program I would like to use to open the file ?
Any ideas ? What should i chose ?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[TheSchaft]

"hosts" is a text file, so you should be able to open it with notepad.

 

[DeWire]

"hosts" is a text file, so you should be able to open it with notepad.

Thanks for that

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

That is all the file has ^^

I can only assume thats bad news. Any ideas how to sort that one out ?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[TheSchaft]

This is getting out of my area of expertise, but maybe some of the stuff at Apache Geronimo v1.1 Documentation : D. Configurando Hosts Virtuales en Geronimo-Tomcat will help.

It's been a long time since I set up an Apache server, but basically you need to tell it what the mapping is from an IP to a host, and that's what the "hosts" file (no extension - a Unix thing) does. Think of it as a local DNS.

 

[Antman]

localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

Out of range for me too, but I know what the foregoing line means.

 

[DeWire]

Cheers for the attempt but it didnt do anything for me

Im stuck now, i read that article TheSchaft posted in this thread but it looks like a load of gibberish me to... Why was it so easy in Windows XP ?

Dave

 

[H2SO4]

Hi lads,
New here. The name is Dave.

I'm hoping someone can help me out.
When I try to view http://localhost , i get nothing . Page not found.

I have WAMP server installed. I just can't seem to figure out whats wrong. I've restarted all the services in WAMP and everything but still, nothing.

Need this working soon for college assignments.
All help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

Please run these two commands (on a CMD prompt) and paste back the results:

PING LOCALHOST

NETSTAT -NA |FIND "LISTENING"

The word LISTENING is case-sensitive so you have to issue that part of the command in capital letters. It doesn't matter for the rest - I'm just using all caps for illustrative purposes.

It's likely that your problem has nothing to do with localhost name resolution and everything to do with the fact that the HTTPD (the web server process) is not listening. If that guess is right, the ping will return successfully but the netstat output won't show the HTTPD listening on TCP port 80.

 

[DeWire]

Please run these two commands (on a CMD prompt) and paste back the results:

PING LOCALHOST

NETSTAT -NA |FIND "LISTENING"

The word LISTENING is case-sensitive so you have to issue that part of the command in capital letters. It doesn't matter for the rest - I'm just using all caps for illustrative purposes.

It's likely that your problem has nothing to do with localhost name resolution and everything to do with the fact that the HTTPD (the web server process) is not listening. If that guess is right, the ping will return successfully but the netstat output won't show the HTTPD listening on TCP port 80.

Hi mate, thanks for your reply.

I think you migh tbe right because i cant see HTTPD in that list. unless i should be looking for 127.0.0.1:80 in that list ? Either way, i dont think its there. Any idea's how to sort it out ?

See image here of CMD results : http://skyonxbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cmd_screenshot.png

Thanks,
Dave

 

[logicearth]

Is Apache running?

 

[DeWire]

Got it to work from a USB key. Thanks guys

 

[Antman]

A, b, c, d, r ?

 

[aljanm]

@TheSchaft

ive installed loopback adapter and put my ip there (from my head) but it gives me the yellow exclamation mark and i cant use it....i cant find any answer to this over the internet...hope you know how...tnx.

 

[domzique]

"hosts" is a text file, so you should be able to open it with notepad.

Thanks for that

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

That is all the file has ^^

I can only assume thats bad news. Any ideas how to sort that one out ?

Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave,
I had the same problem a few days ago.
Install the WAMP packages or XAMPP or something else.

in the host file, replace

#    127.0.0.1       localhost

by

127.0.0.1       localhost

the localhost should work.
To write the host file, right-click the host file, choose property, go to security and change the users permissions to TOTAL CONTROL (or something like, i am sorry but i'm actualy using french windows so i don't really know the labels).

You can change and save the file.

 

[rasoulhamidian]

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