I always like to start with strace and running the httpd in debug mode (one child) with -X.
Josh Narins Director of Application Development SeniorBridge 845 Third Ave 7th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 994-6194 Fax: (212) 994-4260 Mobile: (917) 488-6248 jnar...@seniorbridge.com seniorbridge.com<http://www.seniorbridge.com/> [http://www.seniorbridge.com/images/seniorbridgedisclaimerTAG.gif] ________________________________ SeniorBridge Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this email message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email by an unintended or mistaken recipient is strictly prohibited. In said event, kindly reply to the sender and destroy all entries of this message and any attachments from your system. Thank you. From: John Manko [mailto:john.ma...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:58 PM To: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: mod_perl segfaults, can't start Apache mod_perl is failing with Apache, and I'm having trouble figuring out why. I'm running under Gentoo. mod_perl version 2.0.7 apache version 2.2.22-r1, build with threads and worker MPM libperl version 5.10.1-r1 perl version 5.16.0 with ithreads support # /etc/init.d/apache2 start * Starting apache2 ... * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/apache2' # dmesg apache2[12697]: segfault at c ip b5d4974a sp bffce4d0 error 4 in mod_perl.so[b5d24000+45000] Any ideas on what to look for to determine the problem?