So...
I have a Fedora 10 server that hosts a webserver who's content is managed by Drupal. Suddenly this week-end I began experiencing the dreaded WhiteScreenOfDeath
First I thought, it's something with the Drupal 6 code, but then I got the same behavior from a Bugzilla installation that co-resides there.
browsing the logs I found:
.../httpd/error_log
[Tue Sep 08 10:00:18 2009] [notice] child pid 10182 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 10:00:32 2009] [notice] child pid 10481 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 11:00:17 2009] [notice] child pid 10542 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 11:00:31 2009] [notice] child pid 10536 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 11:02:59 2009] [notice] child pid 10301 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 11:36:30 2009] [notice] child pid 10730 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Sep 08 12:00:19 2009] [notice] child pid 10728 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
corresponding to my browsing attempts...
I'm running
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
fedora | 2.8 kB 00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00
Installed Packages
Name : httpd
Arch : i386
Version : 2.2.11
Release : 2.fc10
Size : 2.7 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : Apache HTTP Server
URL :
http://httpd.apache.org/
License : ASL 2.0
Description: The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible
: web server.
I'm hoping that you fellow netizens can help me get to the bottom of this
First question: what can I turn on to find out what is killing my httpd children.