Apache fails to start default page

Default page fails starting after installation and config

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Ubuntu-6.06.1-LAMP-server-amd64
Apache2

After installation and config, ran;

[127.0.0.1...]
[localhost...]

failed to start Apache default page, only hanging there.

$ cat /var/log/apache2/error.log

........
[Tue Nov 14 18:53:10 2006] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Tue Nov 14 18:54:17 2006] [notice] Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.3.1 PHP/5.1.2 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8a configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Nov 14 20:19:23 2006] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Tue Nov 14 21:37:53 2006] [notice] Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.3.1 PHP/5.1.2 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8a configured -- resuming normal operations

Another discovery

$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:FE:DA:87
 inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fefe:da87/64 Scope:Link
 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
 RX packets:4213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
 TX packets:4287 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
 RX bytes:3107792 (2.9 MiB) TX bytes:880057 (859.4 KiB)
 Interrupt:217 Base address:0xe000

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
 inet addr:58.152.160.53 P-t-P:219.78.150.254 Mask:255.255.255.255
 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
 RX packets:4051 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
 TX packets:4119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
 RX bytes:3008880 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:784049 (765.6 KiB)

lo loopback disappeared.

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
auth eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider

# added by pppoeconf
auto eth0

pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf

Please advise how to fix the problem.

TIA

B.R.
satimis