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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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