I'm really piqued by the Ctrl key thing. Is pressing Ctrl a particular hotkey that I just don't know about (entirely likely)? Otherwise, why Ctrl? What does pressing Ctrl do that one might be able to automate, if another solution fails to present itself?
~Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Tower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] wacky server behavior > it's a permanent hang, i waited for 15 minutes and it didn't start > without pressing ctrl for several seconds, after which it started right > up. > > On Tuesday 12 October 2004 07:46, Chris Knowles wrote: > > Well, I've seen boxes where apache takes *forever* to start, usually > > because of a problem figuring out what its host name is. There's > > nothing in the logs that implies a problem? > > > > (I'm talking about a 3 minute "hang" while apache spins it's wheels.) > > > > Though that Ctrl thing is a little crazy. > > > > May not have any help, but you've got my sympathy. I'll be > > interested in what really fixes it. > > > > CJK > > > > On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 22:04, Jason Tower wrote: > > > compaq 1850R server, fresh mandrake 10 install w/ apache2. if the > > > server is booted w/ apache disabled, it boots fine, i can login and > > > run 'service httpd start' and everything works properly. > > > > > > however, if i 'chkconfig httpd on' and reboot, it will hang while > > > starting apache. if i ssh in and run 'ps aux|grep httpd' this is > > > the result: > > > > > > root 2799 0.5 0.3 2856 1592 ? S 20:49 > > > 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/rc3.d/S92httpd start > > > root 2943 0.0 0.1 1584 516 ? S 20:49 0:00 > > > initlog -q -c httpd2 -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf > > > root 2944 1.2 0.5 8812 2748 ? S 20:49 0:00 > > > httpd2 -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf > > > > > > so something in init script or init itself is hanging. now, here's > > > the oddest part: if i go to the physical console and hold down the > > > ctrl key for a few seconds, httpd finishes starting and the server > > > is 100% up a few seconds later. i've installed mandrake 10 on over > > > a dozen servers and have never seen this problem. hell, my -own- > > > server is an 1850R w/ mdk10 and it works fine w/ apache. i am > > > baffled by this behavior. > > > > > > this is a big problem as this machine is supposed to be a mail and > > > web server. it won't boot with apache enabled, and it won't serve > > > up web content with it disabled. anyone have any thoughts? no > > > joke, $20 to the first person who can help me figure out how to > > > make this thing boot w/ apache enabled. > > > > > > jason > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
