Apache20 port on FreeBSD 7.2 does a core dump

[Aflatoon Aflatooni]

> > On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:38 -0000, aaflatooni wrote:
> > 
> > >> Aflatoon Aflatooni writes:
> > >>
> > >>> I am getting a lot of core dumps and Apache20 freezing.
> > >>> I have installed the porting using the following make:
> > >>>
> > >>> make WITHOUT_MODULES="ssl status speling imap auth_dbm auth_digest dav 
> > dav_fs
> > >> cern_meta cgi include" install
> > >>>
> > >>> any suggestions as to how I might find out what is causing the problem and 
> 
> > the
> > >> core dumps.
> > >>
> > >> The first thing I'd try is re-including the excluded modules.
> > >> If you no longer get the crashes, you can start narrowing in on which
> > >> one is involved.  If you still get the crashes, you'll have to start
> > >> looking at the core files.
> > >>
> > >> I'm assuming you're not used to using a debugger on a core file,
> > >> on the theory that you would have done that already if you were
> > >> comfortable with it.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I originally had them included and I was getting the core dumps, but I 
> removed 
> > them because I don't need them and I am still getting the core dumps.
> > >
> > > This is a production box and it would be hard to have debugger turned on.
> > > I don't know if it would be helpful, but PHP is also really slow on this 
> > machine. I know that PHP would cause a dump in the php.core file and not 
> > apache.core.
> > >
> > > How do I inspect the core file to find out which module caused it?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Have you any special php5 modules loaded. I had a problem with I want to 
> recall 
> > three or more extensions that would cause apache2X to dump core or halt in 
> doing 
> > 
> > any further actions upon request.
> > 
> > If the above is the case you can disable some or all of your php5-extensions 
> in 
> > local/etc/php/extensions.ini to test it out.
> > 
> > Best of luck.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> I followed your suggestion and removed all but the necessary modules from the 
> extensions.ini. I will have to wait and see if it helps the core dumps.
> 
> So at this time I have the following in the extensions:
> extension=gd.so
> extension=mcrypt.so
> extension=mysql.so
> extension=simplexml.so
> extension=spl.so
> extension=mysqli.so
> extension=session.so
> extension=tokenizer.so
> extension=xml.so
> 
> PHP is still slow though!
> 

 
Just an update:
I still get the httpd.core dumps and PHP5 is visibly slower. Nothing has helped the situation.