permalinks not working

Permalinks are suddenly giving me a 404 unless i set them to default /?p=123

1) I deleted my .htaccess and it got rewritten automatically, so the server has write access
2) Mod-rewirite is enabled and turned on at the virtual host level

<Directory "/home/xxxyyy">
	   Order allow,deny
	   Allow from all
	   AllowOverride All
	   Require all granted
</Directory>

going a little crazy