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From: Sam Hadzajlic <samh@bluep.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Apache 1.1.1 Dumping Core
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 11:06:41 +1000
Organization: Blue Planet Net
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References: <dlt-2309960726280001@news.csun.edu> <57zq2e7jvu.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> <52up1f$9v8@nadine.teleport.com>
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Alan Olsen wrote:
> 
> In article <57zq2e7jvu.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk>, Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>
>         <fred-2509960127580001@calcium.shocking.com> wrote:
> >fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) writes:
> >
> >> In article <dlt-2309960726280001@news.csun.edu>, dlt@csun.edu (David
> >> Thompson) wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'm seeing a LOT of these messages in my error_log.  Should I be concerned?
> >> >
> >> >[Mon Sep 23 07:19:24 1996] httpd: caught SIGSEGV, dumping core
> >> >[Mon Sep 23 07:19:31 1996] httpd: caught SIGSEGV, dumping core
> >> >[Mon Sep 23 07:19:31 1996] httpd: caught SIGSEGV, dumping core
> >>
> >> Yes! This problem occurs when you have "too many" Virtual Hosts. "Too
> >> many" seems to depend on random variables: one FreeBSD machine I know
> >> cannot run even a single Virtual Host without dropping SIGSEGV on every
> >> hit. Another machine I know can run 7 Virtual Hosts without problems, but
> >> adding an 8th causes some, but not all, of the Virtual Hosts to drop a
> >> SIGSEGV.
> >>
> >> This is a critical problem, and I am disheartened that my previous posts
> >> about it have been ignored. I think the FreeBSD and Apache people need to
> >> talk with each other.
> >
> >You need to tell the Apache developers not the FreeBSD developers. I
> >haven't seen this reported to the Apache developers list and I don't
> >always read this newsgroup (get too much mail to read newsgroups).
> 
> This problem is not just FreeBSD.  I am running Linux 2.0.17 and I am getting
> the same problem.
> 
> here are the parameters of what i am using...
> 
> Linux 2.0.17 and Apache 1.1.1.  I can run one host and everything works fine.
> If I define any IP address as a virtual, the first one in the httpd.conf
> works, but all others (including the default non-virtual address) fails with
> the above behaviour.  And it is only killing the processes, not the server
> itself.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, send them to me.  I have a client
> who is rather upset at this development and i need it working as soon as
> possible.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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I don't now what you talking against virtual host and FreeBSD but 
I'v got 12 virtual hosts and I am runing on FreeBSD 2.1.5 with Apache
and I don't have that problem .
If you are interesting in good setings send me e-amil.
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