I'd suggest using gdb to get a backtrace. It sounds like your libc is broken to me.
Oh, wait, you're running FreeBSD 5. That's broken. Use 4 or 6. --Wez. On 12/17/05, Stut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I've rebuilt Apache2 forcing the prefork MPM option. I then > rebuilt PHP4 and all the extensions. It's still doing it. What other > possible causes are there? > > I did read in the results Google gave me that if the Apache2 MPM is > the problem then anything that pipes out to a system call will fail, > but I can use system and passthru without any issues. I'm fairly > certain it's not related to Apache2. > > -Stut > > On 17/12/05, Jani Taskinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You need to use the prefork MPM within Apache2. > > Rebuilding apache like that propably wont make any difference. > > And you really need to reconfigure and recompile PHP after that. > > > > --Jani > > > > > > On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Stut wrote: > > > > > > > > I hope this gets through - the subscription confirmation email seems > > > to be taking its time to get to me but I can't afford to wait. I would > > > appreciate it if responses could be CC'd to me to ensure I get them. > > > > > > I've googled and also asked this question on the php-general list but > > > have had no responses. Hopefully the gurus on this list will be able > > > to help. > > > > > > I've just upgraded the PHP installation on my server to v4.4.1 and > > > the mail function has stopped working. I created a script that simply > > > calls the mail function to send a test email ad this is what I get when > > > I run it... > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ php test.php > > > Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' at line 1100 in > > > file /usr/src/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_kern.c (errno = 0) > > > Abort trap (core dumped) > > > > > > The email gets sent successfully on the CLI despite crashing. When the > > > mail function is called from a web page it never gets sent and the > > > script never finishes. > > > > > > I've googled for this error and all references I found that related to > > > PHP basically say that it's due to Apache and PHP being compiled in > > > different threading modes. This cannot be the case in this instance > > > since Apache is using the prefork MPM and even if it wasn't it's > > > happening on the CLI where Apache is not involved. > > > > > > I've tried rebuilding Apache WITHOUT_THREADS and then rebuilding PHP > > > but this made no difference. > > > > > > Any clues people might have as to the cause of this problem would be > > > gratefully received. > > > > > > FYI: Environment is FreeBSD 5.2, Apache 2.0 and Postfix. > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > -Stut > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Give me your money at @ <http://pecl.php.net/wishlist.php/sniper> > > Donating money may make me happier and friendlier for a limited period! > > Death to all 4 letter abbreviations starting with P! > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
