firefox and IE wont work properly after apache install!

banbutcher · 23-06-2008 11:58pm #1

i downloaded and installed apache, php and mysql the other day and since then IE and firefox have been acting up, they wont search when i try to search with them in google they will just time out and they will not go to various sites! when i type in localhost to test my web page they time out! but i also have safari and that works fine!

another thing i tried to run mysql and it gave me this message: ERROR 2003 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

dose anyone have any ideas as im fairly hew to this!

thanks
Richie

Sherifu · 24-06-2008 12:01am

Are you using a firewall?

banbutcher · 24-06-2008 12:09am

nope! would that not stop safari if i was also?

Creamy Goodness · 24-06-2008 12:13am

is it just http://localhost that times out or have IE and FF stop working for internet sites too?

this will help narrow it down to an httpd.conf problem more than likely.

banbutcher · 24-06-2008 12:16am

localhost and when i try to search on google also and one or two other sites that i go on!

gerryk · 25-06-2008 5:55pm

Are you searching with the search bar or within the google page?

banbutcher · 27-06-2008 9:54am

gerry: ive been tryin to search with the google page, and when i hit search the status bar says its waitin for google, and it doesnt time out either!! ?

oneweb · 03-07-2008 11:28am

Are you using a firewall or any kind of proxy? try temporarily disabling.

Go to the command prompt...
Try ping 127.0.0.1 see if it works (it always should)
Try ping your modem (run ipconfig and ping the ip of your gateway)
Try pinging yahoo.com

stevire · 03-07-2008 12:20pm

Could be a problem with proxy settings? In Firefox go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network (Tab) -> “Connection” and go to Settings.

Choose a manual proxy, enter your IP address and then no proxy for localhost.

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firefox and IE wont work properly after apache install!

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