Bug#397481: apache2-mpm-prefork: segfault on startup

[Dan North <dan@tastapod.com>]

Hi Andreas.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with your statement that "2.4 kernels are slowly phasing out". It seems that a lot of VPS suppliers are using 2.4 kernels in their virtual machines. Underneath it's running a 2.6 kernel, but products like Virtuozzo seem to like 2.4 kernels.

Cheers,
Dan


Andreas Barth wrote:

retitle 397481 apache2-mpm-prefork: segfault on startup on 2.4 kernels
forcemerge 394714 397481
thanks

* Mark Sheppard (msheppard@climaxracing.co.uk) [061109 10:07]:
  

I installed linux-image-2.6.17-2-686 (version 2.6.17-9) on the server in
question and rebooted with that and apache2 now works.  That server's a
production one so I can't really try again with the 2.4 kernel to see if
it's reproducible, but I might try on another machine if I get time.
    

Apache2 has issues to run on 2.4-kernels, that is a known bug. I
personally hope to see this one fixed, but as 2.4-kernels are slowly
phasing out, this is not a promise. Merging this bug report with the
other on 2.4-kernels.


Cheers,
Andi