Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:36:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache20 port on FreeBSD 7.2 does a core dump Message-ID: <53013.99292.qm@web56202.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <741337.59760.qm@web56205.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <35656.54290.qm@web56206.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <44ocoo4eus.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <11016.32541.qm@web56202.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910031607120.28602@dimension.5p.local> <741337.59760.qm@web56205.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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> > On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:38 -0000, aaflatooni wrote:=0A> > =0A> > >> Aflat=
oon Aflatooni writes:=0A> > >>=0A> > >>> I am getting a lot of core dumps a=
nd Apache20 freezing.=0A> > >>> I have installed the porting using the foll=
owing make:=0A> > >>>=0A> > >>> make WITHOUT_MODULES=3D"ssl status speling =
imap auth_dbm auth_digest dav =0A> > dav_fs=0A> > >> cern_meta cgi include"=
install=0A> > >>>=0A> > >>> any suggestions as to how I might find out wha=
t is causing the problem and =0A> =0A> > the=0A> > >> core dumps.=0A> > >>=
=0A> > >> The first thing I'd try is re-including the excluded modules.=0A>=
> >> If you no longer get the crashes, you can start narrowing in on which=
=0A> > >> one is involved.=A0 If you still get the crashes, you'll have to =
start=0A> > >> looking at the core files.=0A> > >>=0A> > >> I'm assuming yo=
u're not used to using a debugger on a core file,=0A> > >> on the theory th=
at you would have done that already if you were=0A> > >> comfortable with i=
t.=0A> > >>=0A> > >=0A> > > I originally had them included and I was gettin=
g the core dumps, but I =0A> removed =0A> > them because I don't need them =
and I am still getting the core dumps.=0A> > >=0A> > > This is a production=
box and it would be hard to have debugger turned on.=0A> > > I don't know =
if it would be helpful, but PHP is also really slow on this =0A> > machine.=
I know that PHP would cause a dump in the php.core file and not =0A> > apa=
che.core.=0A> > >=0A> > > How do I inspect the core file to find out which =
module caused it?=0A> > >=0A> > > Thanks=0A> > >=0A> > >=0A> > =0A> > Have =
you any special php5 modules loaded. I had a problem with I want to =0A> re=
call =0A> > three or more extensions that would cause apache2X to dump core=
or halt in =0A> doing =0A> > =0A> > any further actions upon request.=0A> =
> =0A> > If the above is the case you can disable some or all of your php5-=
extensions =0A> in =0A> > local/etc/php/extensions.ini to test it out.=0A> =
> =0A> > Best of luck.=0A> =0A> =0A> Thanks,=0A> I followed your suggestion=
and removed all but the necessary modules from the =0A> extensions.ini. I =
will have to wait and see if it helps the core dumps.=0A> =0A> So at this t=
ime I have the following in the extensions:=0A> extension=3Dgd.so=0A> exten=
sion=3Dmcrypt.so=0A> extension=3Dmysql.so=0A> extension=3Dsimplexml.so=0A> =
extension=3Dspl.so=0A> extension=3Dmysqli.so=0A> extension=3Dsession.so=0A>=
extension=3Dtokenizer.so=0A> extension=3Dxml.so=0A> =0A> PHP is still=A0sl=
ow though!=0A> =0A=0A=A0=0AJust an update:=0AI still get the httpd.core dum=
ps and PHP5 is visibly slower. Nothing has helped the situation.=0A=0A=0A =
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