When I start Apache on Suse 10.1, it's running just for a few seconds, and then immediately stops. Why is this happening, and what can I do to solve the problem?

Thanks in advance.

Have you looked in the Apache logs (probably /var/log/httpd) to see what the access and error logs contain? Can you post information relating to the problem here?

Error log content:

[notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec2)
[alert] (EAI 2) Name or service not known: mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of "dceran"
Configuration Failed

mod_unique_id uses the IP address of a box and the process id to generate a unique token (unique under specific circumstances). It looks like it can't resolve dceran to an IP address on your box. Is dceran the hostname? What do the following return?

dceran is not hostname. i think it's superuser. i got that name by default, after install suse.

results of commands are:

dceran:~ # dig dceran
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> dceran
;; global options: printcmd
;; got ansver:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 45814
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION;
;dceran.
IN A
;; Query time: 2 sec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.2#53(192.168.0.2)
;; WHEN Mon, Aug 21, 12:30:25 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 24

dceran:~ # host dceran
Host dceran not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

dceran:~ # ping dceran
ping: unknown host dceran

Problem solved.

dceran wasn't host - there wasn't an entry for it in /etc/hosts file. I don't know what is dceran - i got it as a default root user when installing suse. After su root and restarting Apache everything works fine.

Thank you.

I'm glad you for it working - and thanks for posting the solution