Dear Torsten, > This can happen if apache is compiled with SysV shared memory > support. If a segment is used for example as scoreboard and apache is > killed with SIGKILL the segment remains and prevents further > starting. After a reboot the segment disappears and the server will > start again.
this sounds exactly like the symptoms I can see! > You can check this with ipcs. A named scoreboard is not necessary. > The way shared memory is allocated is defined when APR is configured. > Linux supports all 3 choices. Unfortunately SysV is default. But for > me mmap() based shared memory works best. It avoids this problem. uff, never used ipcs before and I have no idea how to. This is what it shows me right now (sorry for the German os-output): ----- Gemeinsamer Speicher: Segmente ----- Schlüssel shmid Besitzer Rechte Bytes nattch Status ----- Semaphorenfelder ----- Schlüssel SemID Besitzer Rechte nsems 0x00000000 1998848 wwwrun 600 1 0x00000000 2031617 wwwrun 600 1 0x00000000 688130 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 720899 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 1179652 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 1212421 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 1933318 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 1966087 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 2097160 modperl 600 1 0x00000000 2129929 modperl 600 1 ----- Nachrichtenwarteschlangen ----- Schlüssel msqid Besitzer Rechte used-bytes messages modperl ist the owner of my mod_perl webserver. wwwrun is just another light httpd not affected by this topic at all. > But maybe I am all wrong and your problem is somewhere else. no, I think this could be it! But I don't know how to debug it any further. Could you give me any additional hint? Thank you, -- Mit freundlichem Gruß Henrik Steffen Geschäftsführer top concepts Internetmarketing GmbH Am Steinkamp 7 - D-21684 Stade - Germany ------------------------------------------------------------ Damit wir Ihnen bestmöglichen Service bieten können, senden Sie Ihre E-Mail-Anfragen bitte an [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.topconcepts.de Tel. +49 1805 9977 501* mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax. +49 1805 9977 502* ------------------------------------------------------------ SMS Versand ab 9.9 Cent: http://sms-gw.topconcepts.de ------------------------------------------------------------ Handelsregister: AG Tostedt HRB 100687 - UstId: DE 213645563 ------------------------------------------------------------ *) EUR 0,12/Min. (CNS24) openBC - We're Networking People www.openbc.com/hp/Henrik_Steffen/
