Setup program ignores Enter key

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » 2007/09/25 19:16:59

Hi,

I'm trying to have Apache come up when the system starts.

I ran /usr/bin/setup, entered the root password, and got the "Choose a Tool" screen, which states: "Use to edit a selection."

I selected System Services, scrolled down to httpd, pressed Enter and...... nothing happened. No asterisk appeared in the brackets like the other selected services. I've tried both Enter keys, with all combinations of Shift, Ctrl, and Alt; no effect. The application appears to totally ignore the mouse. I also tried every other key on the keyboard.

I give up -- What's the magic word to check the httpd box???

Thanks,
Alan

michaelnel · Post by **michaelnel** » 2007/09/25 19:24:07

Do this as root in a shell:

chkconfig httpd on
service httpd start

As for what's wrong with the gui and the mouse and stuff, I have no clue. But it's a server. You don't need a gui and a mouse.

Post by **arrfab** » 2007/09/25 19:26:36

FYI : You can (un)select a check box by hitting the spacebar ...
But i agree with michaelnel's answer .... chkconfig and service are the tools you need ...

Post by **toracat** » 2007/09/25 19:30:16

To answer your original question -- press the space bar to toggle the selection.

EDIT: ah, I was a few minutes late. :-)

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » 2007/09/25 20:01:20

Michael,

Thanks for the suggestions, but I can't get them to work.

chkconfig and service appear to be located in /sbin. I tried "/sbin/chkconfig httpd on" and got four errors that look like:

"failed to make symlink /etc/rc2.d/S85httpd: Permission denied."

I tried "/sbin/service httpd start" and got:

"Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 117 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:
SSLCertificateFile: file 'etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt' does not exist or is empty [FAILED]"

This is a freshly-installed system. Any idea what the problems are?

Thanks,
Alan

michaelnel · Post by **michaelnel** » 2007/09/25 20:08:40

You have to run service and chkconfig as the ROOT user.

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » 2007/09/25 21:05:41

Thanks. I'm trying to set up a server on a new Linux system after a decade of using Windows, and it seems like *nothing* works. The last time I used UNIX, there were no GUIs for it! :-D

AlanB · Post by **AlanB** » 2007/09/25 21:13:10

P.S. Thanks to everyone else that responded!

Alan

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