I'm unable to reproduce this problem on a clean install with no configuration - installing lighttpd and then visiting http://localhost brings up the default placeholder page.
What happens if you disable all your user-defined configuration files? Can you get the basic placeholder page up?
I'm unable to reproduce this problem on a clean install with no configuration - installing lighttpd and then visiting http:// localhost brings up the default placeholder page.
What happens if you disable all your user-defined configuration files? Can you get the basic placeholder page up?