Re: LoadModule is a syntax error???

You did not compile "mod_so.c" into apache. {path}httpd -l should confirm this if you do not get a line "mod_so.c" it has not been compiled in. Mine looks like Compiled-in modules: http_core.c mod_so.c Patrick Lanphier The Artemis Group http://www.artemisgroup.com On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, David Andrew Michael Noelle wrote: > > I posted this problem a few days ago, but I haven't gotten any replies. > At the time, I still hadn't narrowed down the cause of that pesky > "Something may be screwed up" configure message. Apparently it wanted > /usr/local/lib instead of just /usr/local for --with-iodbc. I fixed > that, just in case, but it didn't change anything. > > Compilation still completes with no errors, but as soon as I make > install, apachectl configtest fails with: > Syntax error on line 238 of /var/lib/apache/conf/httpd.conf: > Cannot load /var/lib/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: shared object not open > > Line 238 is the first one make install added: > LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so > > I have to comment out this line and the matching AddModule to get rid of > this so-called "syntax error". I've deleted the offending line and the > lines immediately preceeding and following it, and retyped them, just in > case some invisible glitch snuck in. This had no effect. > > Can someone at least give me a hint here? What does "shared object not > open" mean? Is it referring to libphp4.so? Why wouldn't Apache be able > to open it if it's in the right place, owned by the Apache user, and set > to mode 755? Or does "open" have some other meaning for shared > libraries that I'm not aware of? Do I have to do something to "open" > it, and if so, what? Or maybe it's some other shared object that isn't > open? If that's the case, how do I find out which one? I tried > configuring with just apxs and mysql, and got the same "syntax error". > > > Dist: Slackware 7.1 > OS: Linux 2.2.16 > Arch: i586-pc-linux-gnu > PHP: 4.0.3pl1 > Apache: 1.3.12 > MySQL: 3.23.28-gamma > PERL: 5.6.0 > > configuration: --with-mysql=/usr/local > --with-dbase > --with-iodbc=/usr/local/lib > --with-apxs=/var/lib/apache/sbin/apxs > --with-msql=/usr/local/msql > --with-pgsql > --enable-sysvsem > --enable-sysvshm > --with-xml > --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc > --enable-debugger > --enable-discard-path > --enable-force-cgi-redirect > > >