[PHP-DEV] Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' when using mail function

2005-12-17 Thread Stut
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

Re: [PHP-DEV] Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' when using mail function

2005-12-17 Thread Jani Taskinen
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

Re: [PHP-DEV] Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' when using mail function

2005-12-17 Thread Stut
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,

Re: [PHP-DEV] Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' when using mail function

2005-12-17 Thread Wez Furlong
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

Re: [PHP-DEV] Fatal error 'Unable to read from thread kernel pipe' when using mail function

2005-12-17 Thread Stut
As far as I can tell it is using the prefork MPM since I believe this is the default option for building it with the FreeBSD port. How can I tell for sure? Thanks. -Stut On 17/12/05, Jani Taskinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to use the prefork MPM within Apache2. Rebuilding