In my apache error log im getting lines such as
[Wed Sep 21 16:51:14 2011] [notice] child pid 5414 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:04:15 2011] [notice] child pid 5558 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:04:16 2011] [notice] child pid 5508 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:50:47 2011] [notice] child pid 5892 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:50:48 2011] [notice] child pid 5880 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:51:31 2011] [notice] child pid 5965 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/ [Wed Sep 21 17:51:32 2011] [notice] child pid 5955 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /tmp/apache-cores/
I've set CoreDumpDirectory and got this as a result using gdb, but I'm not sure what it means or where I can go from here .
Core was generated by `/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [New process 5955] #0 0x000000000043f7e6 in ap_add_common_vars (r=0xa805a8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/ util_script.c:242 242 /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server /util_script.c: No such file or directory. in /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/ser ver/util_script.c (gdb) bt #0 0x000000000043f7e6 in ap_add_common_vars (r=0xa805a8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/util_script.c:242 #1 0x00007faac8643459 in php_handler (r=0xa99ae0) at /tmp/buildd/php5-5.2.6.dfsg.1/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c:586 #2 0x0000000000438f73 in ap_run_handler (r=0xa805a8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/config.c:159 #3 0x000000000043c53f in ap_invoke_handler (r=0xa805a8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/config.c:373 #4 0x0000000000449590 in ap_internal_redirect (new_uri=, r=) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/modules/http/http_request.c:477 #5 0x00007faac7b6eb95 in handler_redirect (r=0xa9b2d8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c:4829 #6 0x0000000000438f73 in ap_run_handler (r=0xa9b2d8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/config.c:159 #7 0x000000000043c53f in ap_invoke_handler (r=0xa9b2d8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/---Type to continue, or q to quit--- config.c:373 #8 0x000000000044972e in ap_process_request (r=0xa9b2d8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/modules/http/http_request.c:258 #9 0x0000000000446858 in ap_process_http_connection (c=0xa795c8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/modules/http/http_core.c:190 #10 0x0000000000440493 in ap_run_process_connection (c=0xa795c8) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/connection.c:43 #11 0x000000000044e3d0 in child_main (child_num_arg=) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c:680 #12 0x000000000044e724 in make_child (s=0x676968, slot=11) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c:777 #13 0x000000000044f366 in ap_mpm_run (_pconf=, plog=, s=) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/mpm/prefork/prefork.c:912 #14 0x0000000000425be5 in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fff79e8fd68) at /build/buildd-apache2_2.2.9-10+lenny11-amd64-vHbrzW/apache2-2.2.9/server/main.c:732
