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Carlos Belnap
4,564 PointsBrowser won't display localhost. Why?
When I click "Open start page" on Windows MAMP, Chrome says "Page not available." Apache server is running, port is set to 80, set windows firewall to allow port 80 and Apache and MAMP. Also, for some reason Windows kept creating duplicate rules for Apache so I tried deleting those. Still nothing.
Is there anything else I should try besides a reinstall? Or is that the first thing I should have tried?
P.S. When MAMP is setting up the Apache server, it fails the first few attempts and displays "Could not wait for starting of Apache child. Apache parent process id is: 7332" or some other four-digit number. It eventually works, but is this related?
Jason Taylor
3,059 PointsMaybe try a different port number? 8080 or 8000?
Carlos Belnap
4,564 PointsThank you both for your suggestions. Jason Taylor: 8080 and 8000 did not work. Colton Fitzgerald: Task Manager says Skype is not running. Any other programs known to interfere? Spotify? Avast? CCleaner? Spybot? Dropbox?
Jason Taylor
3,059 PointsSorry, have to ask, did you try changing the port in MAMP and restarting the web server before trying to pull it up at localhost:8080 or :8000?
Jason Taylor
3,059 PointsLooks like the default is 8888 "By default, Apache runs on Port 8888 and MySQL on Port 8889. You can change the ports at any time under Preferences > Ports."
2 Answers
Carlos Belnap
4,564 PointsXAMPP ended up giving me the same trouble. People posted some other suggestions, but I just restored my system to factory default, upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1, and then installed XAMPP and that did the trick!
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsHi Carlos,
I've been using XAMPP with Windows 8 with no problems. It's also easy to set up virtual hosts.
Jeff
Carlos Belnap
4,564 PointsYeah...that's where I'm at right now. ^o^
Colton Fitzgerald
15,815 PointsColton Fitzgerald
15,815 PointsDo you have Skype running? Skype tends to screw with MAMP.