title: Apache 2.4 not using the new DocumentRoot, not serving the static content
body: <p>This is in connection with this question:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19841609/apache-doesnt-use-documentroot-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-13-10-uses-default-pa">Apache doesn&#39;t use DocumentRoot after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 (Uses default page that says &quot;It works!&quot;)</a></p>
  
  <p>I ma working with 2.4.6 version. After changing the DocumentRoot, when I run apache2 -S, I get the values of Default virtual host, i.e. the DocumentRoot is "/var/www/.</p>
  
  <pre><code>VirtualHost configuration:
  *:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
       default server 127.0.1.1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
       port 80 namevhost 127.0.1.1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
       port 80 namevhost 127.0.1.1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
  ServerRoot: "/etc/apache2"
  Main DocumentRoot: "/var/www"
  Main ErrorLog: "/var/log/apache2/error.log"
  Mutex watchdog-callback: using_defaults
  Mutex proxy: using_defaults
  Mutex default: dir="/var/lock/apache2" mechanism=fcntl 
  PidFile: "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
  Define: DUMP_VHOSTS
  Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
  User: name="www-data" id=33 not_used
  Group: name="www-data" id=33 not_used
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The document root is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DocumentRoot /home/me/my_git/my_project
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My Directory permissions are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Directory "/home/me/my_git/my_project"&gt;
          Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
          AllowOverride all
          Require all granted
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  &lt;Directory /&gt;
      Options +FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
  &lt;Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"&gt;
      AllowOverride None
      Options +ExecCGI +MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
      Require all granted
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need to know the reason of this behaviour and how to correct it, my web page is displayed as a plain text. Please let me know if any other detail is needed</p>