Do you have any security module enabled 

Quote from ross Do you have any security module enabled 

apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_MODULES
Loaded Modules:
 core_module (static)
 so_module (static)
 watchdog_module (static)
 http_module (static)
 log_config_module (static)
 logio_module (static)
 version_module (static)
 unixd_module (static)
 access_compat_module (shared)
 alias_module (shared)
 auth_basic_module (shared)
 authn_core_module (shared)
 authn_file_module (shared)
 authz_core_module (shared)
 authz_host_module (shared)
 authz_user_module (shared)
 autoindex_module (shared)
 deflate_module (shared)
 dir_module (shared)
 env_module (shared)
 filter_module (shared)
 mime_module (shared)
 mpm_prefork_module (shared)
 negotiation_module (shared)
 php5_module (shared)
 rewrite_module (shared)
 setenvif_module (shared)
 status_module (shared)

can you try to install xamp and install the software again? i believe there's something wrong with the stack

Quote from ross can you try to install xamp and install the software again? i believe there's something wrong with the stack

I have finally installed a 1.7.1 working version  with the ampps for linux stack.

Thank you very much,
Dan

Great! thanks for letting us know.