Re: [SLUG] apache / php4

[Geoffrey Robertson <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

sparkle:/proc/sys/kernel# cat shmmax 
16777216
sparkle:/var/www# bugger
bash: bugger: inpolite suggestion
sparkle:/proc/sys/kernel# echo "33554432" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
sparkle:/proc/sys/kernel# apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
sparkle:/var/www# 'cool bananas'
bash: 'cool bananas': your welcome :)

Thanks Mike,  I would not have found that on my own.  I get too
used to "apt-get and it just works".  And thanks Peter and Oscar
for getting me on track with the mime types.

Geoffrey



On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:58:48PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
> Geoffrey Robertson wrote:
> >New problem:
> >sparkle:~/# apachectl configtest
> >PHP Fatal error:  Unable to start session mm module in Unknown on line 0
> >mm what does this indicate?
> 
> Hi Geoff,
> I had the same problem on my Alpha running Debian. This might be the 
> same prob for you - maybe not though. This is a copy of what I wrote 
> down when I got that problem.
> 
> Problem:
> 
> A tail of the /var/log/apache-perl/error.log file showed...
> PHP Fatal error:  Unable to start session mm module in Unknown on line 0
> 
> and one can't actually start the httpd either:
>   martel:/etc/apache-perl# apache-perl-ctl start
>   /usr/sbin/apache-perl-ctl start: httpd could not be started
> 
> Solution:
> 
> Read the file /usr/share/doc/php4/README.Debian.gz
> It says:
> 
> * Problem with module and php4-cgi
> PHP Fatal error:  Unable to start session mm module in Unknown on line 0
>   1) Remove /tmp/session_mm.sem or give access permission to the
>      user running php4.
>   2) increase the limit on shared memmory
>      (echo "33554432" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax).
>      This is mainly needed on non-i386 archs. The default is 8MB, but
>          that seems too low.
> 
> In my case there was no /tmp/session_mm.sem file but shmax was < 8MB
>   martel:/etc/apache-perl# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
>   4169728
> 
> Make it bigger as the doc says above:
>   martel:/etc/apache-perl# echo "33554432" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
> 
> Now PHP4 runs fine.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Lake
> Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical.
> 
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