MacHTTP Crashing

[benjgvps]

Trying to set my PowerBook 150 up as a webserver but am running into a problem: Crashing before the program loads up completely.

When I open the program, It displays this:

MacHTTP 2.6, Copyright 1994-2003 Chuck Shotton, All right reserved.
Please visit http://www.machttp.org for additional info.

Loading MatHTTP.config

680x0 (CW) Server is running on port 80.

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At this point I have to jank the power cord and battery. I am running Mac OS 7.5.3 with RAM Doubler and connected to Ethernet with an Asante EN/SC Mini if that helps.

 

[porter]

(a) are you using OpenTransport?

( B) 2003 looks rather recent, try using a much earlier version seeing as you are on a 68k.

 

[benjgvps]

Yes, I am using Open Transport. I can't find any working version that is earlier. I have found that NetPresenz is free now, Can somebody on a Mac OSX machine turn that zip into a hqx or a stuffit archive that is compatible with Stuffit Expander 4.0.2?

http://files.stairways.com/other/netpresenz-41.zip

 

[luddite]

2.6 runs fine on 68K... I've had a similar problem that was caused by either having the thread manager enabled or not (I don't recall). But maybe we should back up here and verify that you've edited the config file properly...? If you've edited it with simple text it can cause problems... I always use bbedit.

FWIW my experience has been that Net Presenz is a bit less stable than a properly tweaked MacHTTP, but has the advantage of including FTP... and Gopher!!!

 

[benjgvps]

Ahhh, that could be the problem! I did use Simpletext to edit the config. I will redownload MacHTTP and try again.

 

[luddite]

Ahhh, that could be the problem! I did use Simpletext to edit the config. I will redownload MacHTTP and try again.

...and before you do anything, make a copy of the config file... and make frequent back-ups when tinkering. MacHTTP is quite finnicky about it and it can be a female dog to track down whatever typo is causing problems.

 

[benjgvps]

Ahhh, that could be the problem! I did use Simpletext to edit the config. I will redownload MacHTTP and try again.

...and before you do anything, make a copy of the config file... and make frequent back-ups when tinkering. MacHTTP is quite finnicky about it and it can be a female dog to track down whatever typo is causing problems.

Will Do.

 

[MacMan]

I had this issue when I started my LC 475 web server and it was something to do with TCP/IP settings. Firstly, go into the TCP/IP control panel, and then select "User Mode..." from the Edit menu. In the window that appears select "Advanced" and click OK. An "Options..." button will appear in the TCP/IP panel. Click "Options...", make TCP/IP "Active" and deselect "Load only when needed". Close the control panel and restart.

This means that TCP/IP will activate when the Macintosh starts up and not when you open a network program such as Mac HTTP.

This should sort it, certainly it worked for me. I think it was Luddite who helped me with that a while ago.

 

[benjgvps]

Holy crap! Thanks Macman! Worked flawlessly!