# Nginx 0.7.67-3 on debian squeeze won't start

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-0-7-67-3-on-debian-squeeze-wont-start/198835 "2010-11-09T02:37:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-0-7-67-3-on-debian-squeeze-wont-start/198835/1 "2010-11-09T02:37:33Z")

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Just posted this on the nginx-en google group but wasn’t sure the best  
place to post so i’m dup’ng here:

Not sure if this is nginx’s problem or debian’s. I’ve never used  
nginx before so I’m pretty new to the whole thing, but I thought I’d  
play around with it on a debian ‘testing’ machine for fun. I  
installed it with a normal `aptitude install nginx`

When I try to run it however I Get this:

admin@myhost:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start  
Starting nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is  
ok  
[emerg]: socket() [::]:80 failed (97: Address family not supported by  
protocol)  
configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed

I actually tried using Debian Lenny earlier with a backport to this  
version and the same thing happened. Can someone tell me what’s going  
on?

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[nginx 0.7.67-3 on debian squeeze won't start](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,149009,149009#msg-149009)**
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> Just posted this on the nginx-en google group but wasn't sure the best place to post so i'm dup'ng here: Not sure if this is nginx's problem or debian's. I've never used nginx before so I'm pretty new to the whole thing, but I thought I'd play around...

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**Author:** ![tizzod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@tizzod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tizzod)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-0-7-67-3-on-debian-squeeze-wont-start/198835/2 "2010-11-09T02:46:56Z")

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Disable IPv6 in your configuration file

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: nginx 0.7.67-3 on debian squeeze won't start](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,149009,149012#msg-149012)**
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> Just posted this on the nginx-en google group but wasn't sure the best place to post so i'm dup'ng here: Not sure if this is nginx's problem or debian's. I've never used nginx before so I'm pretty new to the whole thing, but I thought I'd play around...