ci 4 not found controller in linux

i have three directories in /var/www/htdocs (apache on slackware current) each with a different project using CI4. The way i access each is via the i.p

I left .htacess in public alone since i'm using http for localhost and then tweak things for live. An example of my virtual host is:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
# ServerAdmin [email protected]



ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/CI.org-error_log"
# CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/CI/public">
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ServerName CI.org
DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs/CI/public"
ServerAlias www.CI.org

</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost 127.0.0.3:80>

so basically when i put 127.0.0.3 into address bar of browser i see my web page.


for the base url in app/config/app.php i use :

public $baseURL = 'http://127.0.0.3';