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Re: Apache segfaulting upon perl module load



one solution is to build Apache and mod_perl from source, and linking
mod_perl static instead of a dso.

-Doug

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Keith G. Murphy wrote:

> I'm having a strange problem where apache is segfaulting when I start
> it.  The only time I get the segfault is when DynaLoader.pm loads an
> ".so" file, for example, DBI.so, resulting from "use DBI" or "use
> Apache::DBI" in startup.pl.  But "use Apache::Status", resulting in
> loads of Request.so, et al, also causes the segfault.
> 
> I'm running Debian Linux, Slink, kernel 2.0.36.
> The relevant Debian packages are:
> apache-1.3.9-8
> libapache-mod-perl-1.21-5
> libc6-2.1.2-5
> libdbi-perl_1.12-1 (that's where the DBI.so comes from)
> 
> I've tried compiling and using the packages from CPAN also, but get the
> same thing.  I don't feel at this point it's the .so files themselves,
> but a problem with apache or mod-perl.
> 
> I should mention, though, that this problem seemed to go away Friday
> upon an Apache reinstall, only to start recurring, which made me suspect
> hardware problems.  Memory tests show nothing, though, and the problem
> is consistent and isolated to this situation.
> 
> Anyone else have problems with this configuration or have any clue where
> to look next?
> 
> TIA.
> 


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