# Failed httpd?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failed-httpd/95087>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [January 12, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failed-httpd/95087 "2006-01-12T12:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@Chad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Chad)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failed-httpd/95087/1 "2006-01-12T12:55:56Z")

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Please help.

httpd failed due to below

apache error\_log says:

[Thu Jan 12 05:19:30 2006] [warn] pid file  
/usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten – Unclean shutdown of  
previous Apache run?  
[Thu Jan 12 05:19:30 2006] [notice] FastCGI: process manager initialized  
(pid 22214)  
[Thu Jan 12 05:19:31 2006] [alert] FastCGI: read() from pipe failed (0)  
[Thu Jan 12 05:19:31 2006] [alert] FastCGI: the PM is shutting down,  
Apache seems to have disappeared - bye

I canâ??t seem to fix it.