Which rpms are you using? which python version? What happens if you cd to your $INSTANCE_HOME (probably /var/zope) and start zope foreground? eg if zserver.sh or equivalent has in it: /usr/bin/env python2.1 z2.py \ -u zope \ -z /usr/share/zope \ -Z /var/run/zwatchdog.pid \ -w 8080 \ -f 8021 \ -m ' ' \ -l /var/log/zope \ >> /var/log/zope 2>&1 \ & execute: INSTANCE_HOME=/var/zope export INSTANCE_HOME python2.1 z2.py \ -u zope \ -z /usr/share/zope \ -Z /var/run/zwatchdog.pid \ -w 8080 \ -f 8021 \ -m ' ' \ -l /var/log/zope And look for errors in the output Also, what does netstat -apn show? Is there anything already listening on the above ports? Adam At 12:55 PM 9/8/02, Scott wrote:

I have installed zope on Mandrake 8.2 from rpms. The docs say to start zope with "etc/rc.d/init.d/zope start" and when I do this from the command line it says OK. But zope does not really start. I can't connect to zope from my browser and if I do "etc/rc.d/init.d/zope stop" it fails because it was never runnung in the first place. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks, SW

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Scott writes:

I have installed zope on Mandrake 8.2 from rpms. The docs say to start zope with "etc/rc.d/init.d/zope start" and when I do this from the command line it says OK. But zope does not really start. I can't connect to zope from my browser and if I do "etc/rc.d/init.d/zope stop" it fails because it was never runnung in the first place. Does anyone know what the problem might be? It it is a decent installation, it will log to some file.

Check the installation documentation where you find this file. Almost surely, you will find there the reason why Zope will not start. Dieter