Apache apachectl/httpd hangs

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Oracle HTTP Server (OHS), RHEL 5.3, Dell hardware

Oracle has a modified version of Apache2 for use with web-enabled components in its product suite. The apachectl start command just hangs, even configtest hangs! Not sure what it is waiting for. How does one go about troubleshooting this?

Thanks

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '10 at 21:25

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Run

strace -f apachectl start

and see what the last dozen lines or so are trying to do. The output is a little bit crazy, so you might update your question with the output, and maybe someone can help.

answered May 03 '10 at 21:25

Matt Simmons

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It was waiting on a read from /dev/random. That led me to do some googling on Linux, entropy pool and the like and the problem is now solved. Thanks for the tip, never would have guessed. – partlycloudy May 04 '10 at 14:25
Awesome, glad I could help :-) – Matt Simmons May 04 '10 at 15:25
Wow, super. You're sharper than a sack of wet mice, that's for sure. =) – Wesley Jun 01 '10 at 21:35
Thanks, had a problem starting apache and used this to find out it was network drive mounting issues – naturaljoin Apr 18 '23 at 06:08

Apache apachectl/httpd hangs

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