pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/10-accesslog.conf
server.modules += ( "mod_accesslog" )
accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
got it added but there is nothing else in the file i think it was corrupted when i had my original issue (here) I tried updating from buster to bullseye and apparently thats not even a possible thing to do with a running install. anyway...