oracle 8.1.7 and php 4.1.2 problems

Hi, can somebody help me with my problem? I am out of any ideas right now / after two days of trying... Compiling PHP 4.1.2 with oracle support (8.1.7.0.1) on Debian Linux (potato 2.2r5) already compiled Apache 1.3.24 with DSO support... when compiled without oci8 PHP runs fine when compiled with oci8 (it compiles without any error) it just won't run / apache won't start. It says no errors on stdout nor in apache error.log Oracle installation looks fine (works for other programs / including my own progs compiled with oracle support libraries) these are configs I use to compile apache and php: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-module=so --sysconfdir=/etc/apache ./configure --without-mysql --with-oci8 --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/php4 (i used --enable-sigchild also but with same result) it (libphp4.so) has all libs it needs to run (according to ldd) I tried it many times with slight different configs (mysql support disabled etc.) but same with result. Does anybody know the solution? Thanx for any help Mar[vt]in