Why do I get this:
Error Opening file :/var/www/counter/misc/GeoIPCity.dat
The file look correct in correct location and has full access.
When exactly are you having that error? Where does it occur?
In the the /var/log/apache/error.log
on pages load.
[Mon Dec 14 06:25:08.963568 2015] [:error] [pid 15984] [mod_geoip]: Error while opening data file :/var/www/counter/misc/GeoIPCity.dat
Problem fixed now thanks