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got it.
ubuntu was completely innocent.
turns out the ip was still in some other servers alternative configuration.. *facepalm*

thanks for your help!

i can't believe it. the error has returned after it worked for nearly 12 hours. aargh!

thanks for all your help.

i couldn't find a solution, so i installed a virtual appliance called turnkey linux. it's based on ubuntu 8.04 and i haven't encountered the error so far. everything...

ps -A should show this, right? i didn't install either. it's a plain server installation with lamp. ifconfig displays the correct static ip, and i am able to reach the default page from the server...

thank you for your answers.
the issue seems to be somehow related to the manual network configuration.
i moved the server to another network with a dhcp server and apache worked like a charm.
...

i've just cleared all log files and restarted the machine. it worked as expected and after a short time it stopped again.
apache's error and access logs look normal until they just stop like there...

hello,

i have a nasty little problem with our webserver that i can't seem to fix. it is a fresh install of ubuntu server 9.10 (x64). the webserver seems to run fine after i issue "aptitude update"...