From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 18:22:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA20371 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:22:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA20359; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA11173; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:51:46 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA64120; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:51:36 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981124125120.Q63366@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:51:20 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Julian A. Zottl" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Hoon Subject: Re: inetd in realloc(): warning: junk pointer, too low References: <19981124114257.N63366@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Julian A. Zottl on Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 08:57:01PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 23 November 1998 at 20:57:01 -0500, Julian A. Zottl wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Monday, 23 November 1998 at 20:13:47 -0500, Julian A. Zottl wrote: >>> Thanks for the quick reply! If I can help you out in any way, please let >>> me know! The configuration for the machine is as follows: >>> P90 >>> 48MB RAM >>> 64MB Swap >>> 2940UW >>> FreeBSD 3.0 RELEASE >>> Runs apache web server and standard daemons, nothing special :) I >>> have been giving inetd HUPs when this happens, but sometimes a full >>> reboot is in need. Thanks for any help that you can give! >> >> A thought about your configuration: do you start httpd from inetd? > > The computer is used only as a web server. Our actual users are on > different servers (1 OSF Alpha, 2 RedHat and an old DEC Ultrix). There > are ~15 accounts on the server. The web server gets ~300 hits/day. One > of the problems I had earlier today actually was actually the root files > system filled up! I took care of that though quickly and ordered another > HD for the system. I didn't notice the swap being used heavily, but I > will check it out tomorrow. I am starting Apache from inetd. OK. That's what I wanted to know. This fits in with the fork thesis. If this happens frequently, could you please change your config to start httpd manually, and see if the problem persists? If the problem happens less than once a week, it's probably not worth the trouble. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message