Apache stops serving pages

Hello. I've just installed Mandrake 9.2 with Apache. All I want is
the web server.

After a couple of minutes I noticed Apache just stopped serving pages.
The logs still work though.

Out put from apachectl extendedstatus


Apache Server Status for *localname.domain.com
(fake)*

Server Version: Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake
Linux/6.3.92mdk) mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2

Server Built: Oct 30 2003 12:30:10
_________________________________________________________________

Current Time: Monday, 12-Apr-2004 22:17:54 PDT
Restart Time: Monday, 12-Apr-2004 20:50:41 PDT
Parent Server Generation: 0
Server uptime: 1 hour 27 minutes 12 seconds
1 requests currently being processed, 5 idle workers

__W___..........................................................
................................................................
................................................................
................................................................

Scoreboard Key:
"_" Waiting for Connection, "S" Starting up,
"R" Reading Request,
"W" Sending Reply, "K" Keepalive (read),
"D" DNS Lookup,
"C" Closing connection, "L" Logging,
"G" Gracefully finishing,
"I" Idle cleanup of worker, "." Open slot with
no current process

######################################
This makes no sense to me....

On my error_log I have this repeating over and over
OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:29 2004] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:30 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
/usr/sbin/apache2-suexec)
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:30 2004] [notice] Digest: generating secret for
digest authentication ...
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:30 2004] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:31 2004] [notice]
Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake Linux/6.3.92mdk)
mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal
operations
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:40 2004] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:41 2004] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
/usr/sbin/apache2-suexec)
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:41 2004] [notice] Digest: generating secret for
digest authentication ...
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:41 2004] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Apr 12 20:50:41 2004] [notice]
Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake Linux/6.3.92mdk)
mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal
operations

##########################################
Now I've not changed anything. These are the default settings. On
a fresh (no more then three hour install).

apachectl restart has no effect. I need to turn off the computer and
restart in order for it to work again. But after several minutes it
just stops again.

I'm at my wits end. I've reinstalled Mandrake about four times
with different settings, and apache at least six, version 1.3, 2.0,
from source. Nothing works.
Is there any thing I should read any where? At this point I'll do
any thing...



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seedsca <seedsca.RemoveThis@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
 > After a couple of minutes I noticed Apache just stopped serving pages.
 > The logs still work though.
 > OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal operations
 > [Mon Apr 12 20:50:29 2004] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
 > [Mon Apr 12 20:50:31 2004] [notice]
 > Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake Linux/6.3.92mdk)
 > mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal
 > operations
 > [Mon Apr 12 20:50:40 2004] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
 > [Mon Apr 12 20:50:41 2004] [notice]
 > Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake Linux/6.3.92mdk)
 > mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7b PHP/4.3.2 configured -- resuming normal
 > operations


So, in 10 seconds it started and stopped 3 times. It looks to me
that that installation have serious problems.
BTW on the PHP site there is a clear warning: don't use Apache
2 with PHP. Maybe is a problem with Mandrake.

Davide

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