Can't get console OR pages up offline

elaurvick

Last week, I downloaded the newest version of Abyss and PHP. I only want to work offline, so I set up the configuration to access 127.0.0.1 and have spent five days happily adding PHP to my website. Until today. When I brought up Abyss this morning, I got "The page cannot be displayed". I tried accessing my index files and got the same thing on all of them. I turned off my firewall, turned off McAfee, cleaned out all possible files, ran my spyware checker, ran my virus scan. Tried again, same thing. Restarted my computer. Same result.

I then came here and started searching the forums, and can't find a post for this particular problem. Since the server was still running, I tried accessing the console again so I could copy the message exactly . . . and it came up! Then tried getting into my index page . . . that also came up! I have turned the firewall and McAfee back on, so they are obviously not the problem. Can someone explain this? Does this mean I have to dial in every time I want to use Abyss? I got Abyss so I can change and test my pages without going to the Internet. Why would this start happening for no reason? I have not changed anything on my system (except web pages).

AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

You shouldnt have to be on the internet but it depends on your configuration. Make sure abyss is definately running before you blame anything else. It could simply have been taking its time to load. Try another browser too and see if that solves the problem.
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pkSML · - Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 955 Location: Michigan, USA

Here are a few ideas...

Does your browser consider you offline?
In Internet Explorer, you can choose to work in offline mode. You don't want to do this. This might cause your problem.

You don't have to be on the net to access your server. I use my laptop for some testing when it's not connected to the internet.

Also, I've never run Abyss as a service. Maybe it had errors and couldn't start. Check to see if it's started (Start -> Run -> services.msc).
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elaurvick · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:32 am Post subject:

I tried it on IE, Firefox and Netscape. All of them gave me a variation of "page not found". It's working now because I'm online. This is not what I want to do, I want to work offline. I was able to do that for several days. That's why I checked for a new virus or spyware, found nothing.

I also tried bringing up the index page and logging off. It stayed up (and the PHP is working), but when I try to go to one of the other pages through a link, I get a screen that asks if I want to go online.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Check to see if it's started (Start -> Run -> services.msc)". Where would I do this? I have the console up, it says "Default host on port 80 is up and running (Local URL http://127.0.0.1) Console local URL: http//127.0.0.1:9999". The only way I can get into the console is to bring it up while I'm online, then leave it up. According to the posts I read, these settings are correct for working offline.

hc2995 · - Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 644 Location: Maryland, USA

working online if you connect to 127.0.0.1 or localhost it dosent send any information outbound so its basicly like working offline.....
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pkSML · - Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 955 Location: Michigan, USA

aprelium · - Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 6800

If you're on IE, you can set it as follows to be able to see 127.0.0.1 without having to be connected to the Internet: open Internet Explorer, go to the Tools menu, select Internet Options, select the Connections Tab, then select the "Dial Whenever a network connection is not present". This should solve your problem.
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elaurvick · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: Started working

I checked the connections, it was already set correctly.

Now . . . when I tried again about a half an hour ago, it worked. I was offline. I did not change anything. I buzzed through the screens with no problems.

I'm saving a copy of this post in case it happens again, because I have absolutely no explanation.

Thanks for your attempts to help. Apparently the solution is to wait a couple of days, then try again! I did notice this happened to other people (although they had different problems) when I was going through the posts; their server would suddenly start working correctly.

aprelium · - Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 6800

elaurvick · Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:21 am Post subject:

Your comment about the cache helped. I've been experimenting and made some interesting discoveries.
1) When I want to use the server, the first thing I do is empty all the cache files. This brings Abyss up, offline, about one-fourth of the time. I try with Firefox first, it gives me the "page not found" fastest if it's not working.
2) If that doesn't work, I dial in, then bring up the console. I also bring up my website home page on all the browsers I want to work with. I leave the console on (minimized) and log off the web. This usually leaves the server running, I check by linking to another page on my site that has a php script in it.
3) If that doesn't work, I'm stuck with going back online to use the server.