Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:25:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: httpd exited on signal 4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970414002342.7719O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970412020202.02be64c0@infowest.com>
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On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Aaron D. Gifford wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering where I need to look (what kernel paramater to adjust) to > prevent web server processes from doing this (from /var/log/messages): > > Apr 12 01:50:36 mybsdbox /kernel: pid 245 (httpd), uid 39: exited on signal 4 > > The server is an Apache server that serves up several hundred thousand hits > each day. The server doesn't die or quit, just some of the httpd processes > just die. That means most folks get the web pages all right, but once in a > while, a page or image or something will be incomplete as the process > serving that person's browser dies. I see this message on the console (and > in the log) about 1-5 times each minute. I see nothing in any of the > Apache logs. What rev of Apache are you on? ARe you seeing any messages in the access_log or error_log? Signal 4 is a floating point exception. You might check your hit counter. I'm running 1.2b8 with no problems. > The machine has 128MB RAM and 2 swap partitions of 128MB each on 2 separate > drives. The swap space is usually unused. _NO_ problem with memory. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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