[Tfug] Apache 2.0 on Linux 2.2

John Gruenenfelder tfug@tfug.org
Wed Jul 3 15:32:02 2002


No, I backed up my old conf file and nuked the old apache.  Then I put the new
one on.  Perhaps this file was not removed... where might it be?


--John Gruenenfelder


On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:50:57AM -0700, Jon wrote:
>John,
>
>Curiously, were you trying to fire up Apache2 while or old version was
>running? It might freak out if you have the same scoreboard file
>designated for both apaches and they are both trying to access it.
>Just a guess.
>
>
>Jon
>
>On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, John Gruenenfelder wrote:
>
>> I decided to play around with Apache 2.0 (from Debian unstable) on my firewall
>> box.  I had previosly had Apache 1.3 working fine on this machine.
>>
>> I have apache2 configured now, there not being much extra to be done.  When I
>> try to start it, I get this error:
>>
>> [Wed Jul 03 00:25:02 2002] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Unable to create
>> scoreboard (anonymous shared memory failure)
>>
>> I am running kernel 2.2.19.  Somewhere I saw mention that I should have SYSV
>> IPC compiled into the kernel, and I do have that.  There also exist shmall and
>> shmmax in /proc/sys/kernel/.
>>
>> Can apache2 work with this kernel?  I didn't see it mentioned anywhere that I
>> need 2.4 with its tmpfs on /dev/shm... is there something similar for 2.2?
>>
>> None of this is really critical... I am just confused...
>>
>>
>> --
>> --John Gruenenfelder    Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, U of Arizona
>> johng@as.arizona.edu
>> "This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood
>> of my enemies!"
>>         --Sam of Sam & Max