From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Aug  8 07:27:08 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFE916A4DE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  8 Aug 2006 07:27:08 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org)
Received: from www16b.your-server.co.za (www16b.your-server.co.za
	[196.22.132.16])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C0C43D45
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  8 Aug 2006 07:27:07 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org)
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost)
	by www16b.your-server.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.52)
	id 1GALzT-0002Sx-1y; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:27:04 +0200
Received: from vc-196-207-40-213.3g.vodacom.co.za
	(vc-196-207-40-213.3g.vodacom.co.za [196.207.40.213]) 
	by default.your-server.co.za (IMP) with HTTP 
	for <cknipe@savage.za.org@localhost>; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:27:02 +0200
Message-ID: <1155022022.44d83cc7014d8@196.22.132.16>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:27:03 +0200
From: cknipe@savage.za.org
To: Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com>
References: <20060808072303.21211.qmail@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060808072303.21211.qmail@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5
X-Originating-IP: 196.207.40.213
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,
	Andreas =?iso-8859-1?b?V2lkZXLvv71l?= Andersen <wodfer@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Need help! Apache core dumps when running startssl
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:27:08 -0000

Quoting Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com>:
> > > > Hope to get some input.
> > > Looks like ur random seeding is not happening
> > > properly. check whether /dev/random and
> > /dev/urandom
> > > work properly. You can verify it with the command
> > >
> > > $openssl rand  512
> > >


Why not just run httpd under gdb, and see WHY it is crashing?

gdb httpd httpd.core

run -X

once cored, just back trace, step, and it should tell you exactly why it is
crashing...