Apache childs segfault when using phplib with php with mysql with apache with redhat 6...

Hello everyone.. I hope anyone can help me out of this one; I have to add, I am not on any of the php mailing lists, so I'll need some pointers as to how I can read anybody's reply to this - of course a CC might do it but I don't know how happy people are about having to actually add the CC field =] Anyway. On to the problem. Human description: We have a machine running Redhat 6, kernel 2.2.9 with the security patch. We installed apache 1.3.6 with php3.0.9 and mod_ssl 2.3.1-1.3.6 with openssl 0.9.3a. We also installed phplib 6.1. PHP3 is configured as a module in apache. PHP3 itself works fine - phpinfo() outputs the right stuff, and the neccesary directives are set correctly (in httpd.conf as php3_... here they are: # PHP 3 directives php3_include_path .:/usr/local/apache/php php3_auto_prepend_file /usr/local/apache/php/prepend.php3 php3_log_errors On php3_error_log /usr/local/apache/log/php3.log php3_error_reporting 15 php3_display_errors On ok - description. Oh btw, this 'error' is entirely reproducible. The mysql database is perfectly setup, and I'll even go ahead and clear the active_sessions table (for phplib). fire up browser. connect to server (not via the SSL port so we dont introduce one more variable interfering) we are firing up the demo index.php3 included with phplib - ok great we see a page. it shows that the Per Session Data is '1'. it invites us to reload. .. just before, some more info. a peek at mysql shows a correct entry in active_sessions. mysql logs show good stuff. apache logs are all good. reload.... BAM. The errors: browsers <-- they receive no data (netscape says no data, ie says invalid response) mysql <-- no errors in the logs. the queries are passed; last query is a select. php <-- "PHP 3 Warning: Uninitialized variable or array index or property (auto_free) in db_mysql.inc on line 65" ... these show up a lot - I'm also enabling debug big time so... I'm ignoring this. apache <-- [Wed Jun 9 14:35:46 1999] [notice] child pid 821 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) phplib <-- well.. this is what I can say: I can test when the error happens. any page_open's, and attempt to show results from queries (using Tables, show_result for example)... ok... now the part we all want to look at... the gdb backtrace! [root@eddie log]# gdb /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd GNU gdb 4.17.0.11 with Linux support Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"... (no debugging symbols found)... (gdb) run -X -f /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf Starting program: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -X -f /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd .conf (no debugging symbols found)... Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40205580, nb=88) at malloc.c:2787 malloc.c:2787: No such file or directory. (gdb)bt #0 chunk_alloc (ar_ptr=0x40205580, nb=88) at malloc.c:2787 #1 0x40174b8a in __libc_malloc (bytes=78) at malloc.c:2616 #2 0x8063759 in strcpy () #3 0x8063a36 in strcpy () #4 0x8094e11 in strcpy () #5 0x8062276 in strcpy () #6 0x805c467 in strcpy () #7 0x80898e3 in strcpy () #8 0x805d9e5 in strcpy () #9 0x805dbc0 in strcpy () #10 0x805b279 in strcpy () #11 0x805b2da in strcpy () #12 0x80ceca3 in strcpy () #13 0x80e1ec9 in strcpy () #14 0x80e22f0 in strcpy () #15 0x80aaa8f in strcpy () #16 0x80ceca3 in strcpy () #17 0x80e1ec9 in strcpy () #18 0x80e1f2c in strcpy () #19 0x80d9c2e in strcpy () #20 0x80d9ddc in strcpy () #21 0x80d9f39 in strcpy () #22 0x80da556 in strcpy () #23 0x80dacc3 in strcpy () #24 0x40134cb3 in __libc_start_main (main=0x80da99c <strcpy+581528>, argc=4, argv=0xbffffd24, init=0x804b844 <_init>, fini=0x815310c <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000a350 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffd1c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:78 Now I have to say something... this error at malloc.c... in function chunk_alloc... i've seen that before... it better not be related to the famous glibc malloc 'bug' that occurs under certain circumstances.. see http://www.undergrad.brandeis.edu/~eddie/cs11/Hw8.html and you'll see what I mean... (there are many other places too to read about this 'issue') *BUT!* I'm hoping this IS a php related problem... Any suggestions? Replies - even for me to know where to read replies to eddie@brandeis.edu (preferred) or alumniweb@brandeis.edu (less preferred but ok) Thank you all for your time. Eddie Galvez Webmaster Alumni Relations http://www.brandeis.edu/alumni