5.6 beta 1 www/apanel 500 error, Every page leads to a 500 error. Options

[eksith]

Hi there.

I downloaded the latest 5.6 beta and tried starting up on Vista 32 bit.
For some reason, every page redirects to a 500 Internal Server error. I can't even reach the apanel.

I tried with a basic html page in the www folder too and it's the same result, so it can't be a PHP configuration error.
I also tried running start.exe with admin privileges.

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================== UNIFORM SERVER STATUS ==================

Your Internet IP Address = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Accessible from Internet = NO
Cron run status          = Not running
PHP INI: php.ini file    = Production

APACHE SERVER:

   Apache port            = 80
   Apache SSL port        = 443
   Apache executable name = Apache.exe
   Apache service name    = ApacheS1
   Apache SSL server      = Disabled
   Apache run status      = Running
   Apache install status  = Installed as a standard program

MySQL SERVER:

   MySQL port             = 3306
   MySQL executable name  = mysqld-opt.exe
   MySQL service name     = MySQLS1
   MySQL run status       = Running
   MySQL install status   = Installed as a standard program

PORT STATUS:

   Apache port     = 80 In use by this server
   Apache SSL port = 443 SSL Not enabled free to use
   MySQL port      = 3306 In use by this server

I thought there may be a config error, but it looks like everything points to the extracted folder.

I ran the config check too.

CODE

Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Win32)
Server built:   Sep 28 2009 22:41:08

Syntax OK

BTW... I've been using 3.2 Uniform for quite some time (with extensive modifications) on a moderately busy production site, and we've been very happy with it. You guys are doing an awesome job!

[Ric]

Well! That’s a blinder; your servers are obviously working.

The only thing that springs to mind is the “host” file or lack of or lack of an entry.

Try typing this into a browser http://127.0.0.1/

What result do you get?

All the best
Ric

[eksith]

Hi Ric.

I'm really sorry for taking so long to respond. I had some personal stuff to take care of first.

Well, I checked my hosts file, but everything seems to be normal.
Visiting 127.0.0.1 has the same result as localhost.

I downloaded 5.5 this time, and it's still the same issue. So I'm beginning to think this may be caused by previous setting on my laptop. I did use this same system to test out previous versions of Uniform.

There was a similar problem that someone else had, but deleting the extra firewall entries didn't fix it.

I even went into the registry and deleted all previous instances of apache.exe and mysqld-opt.exe. Namely in my Services list there was still a MySQLS1 showing up from a previous test and I thought there might be some conflict.

I'm really running out of options here

edit_
I just downloaded and ran the latest Wordpress Miniserver and everything worked beautifully!
Servers started and stopped as expected, drive mapped successfully, all pages worked with no errors.

It seems as though only the full version has the issue. As you said, it's a blinder.