I've installed Apache2 on Windows XP so that I can
* host a jobs database (Bugzilla) on my LAN
* learn some PHP/MySQL (for now, client and server are the same PC)

Everything's working fine, except I've noticed my Apache2/error.log file is
chock full of errors:

....
[Fri Oct 06 10:27:17 2006] [notice] Child 4556: Acquired the start mutex.
[Fri Oct 06 10:27:18 2006] [notice] Child 4556: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Fri Oct 06 10:27:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
[Fri Oct 06 10:28:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
[Fri Oct 06 10:29:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
[Fri Oct 06 10:30:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
[Fri Oct 06 10:31:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
....

I have 'googled' it and I've gleaned that proxy.pac is a way of setting up a
proxy server; I don't really know what this means or why I would want to do
it though. I'm new to this and I can't find any mention of proxy.pac in my
'Pro Apache' reference book.

The errors are appearing constantly, for the whole time Apache is running
.... irrespective of whether I am browsing the database or my PHP. After
Apache starts up, typically I get a series of errors within the space of a
few seconds. But then it settles down to (exactly) one error per minute.

Any ideas what's happening?

LiquidEyes wrote:
> I've installed Apache2 on Windows XP so that I can
> * host a jobs database (Bugzilla) on my LAN
> * learn some PHP/MySQL (for now, client and server are the same PC)
>
> Everything's working fine, except I've noticed my Apache2/error.log file is
> chock full of errors:
>
> ...
> [Fri Oct 06 10:27:17 2006] [notice] Child 4556: Acquired the start mutex.
> [Fri Oct 06 10:27:18 2006] [notice] Child 4556: Starting 250 worker threads.
> [Fri Oct 06 10:27:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
> C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
> [Fri Oct 06 10:28:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
> C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
> [Fri Oct 06 10:29:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
> C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
> [Fri Oct 06 10:30:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
> C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
> [Fri Oct 06 10:31:42 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist:
> C:/Program Files/bugzilla-2.20.1/proxy.pac
> ...
>
> I have 'googled' it and I've gleaned that proxy.pac is a way of setting up a
> proxy server; I don't really know what this means or why I would want to do
> it though. I'm new to this and I can't find any mention of proxy.pac in my
> 'Pro Apache' reference book.
>
> The errors are appearing constantly, for the whole time Apache is running
> ... irrespective of whether I am browsing the database or my PHP. After
> Apache starts up, typically I get a series of errors within the space of a
> few seconds. But then it settles down to (exactly) one error per minute.
>
> Any ideas what's happening?
>
>
Try checking you proxy settings in the browser,.. it's prob set to
"Automatic Proxy Detection" or something like that.

You'd wanna turn that off if you're not using a proxy.

the browser is trying to find the proxy.pac which is a textfile that can
contain multiple proxies.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with apache.

Hope this s,

Pete