parent apache process dies

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x0 in ?? () #1 0x80cb442 in php_body_write (str=0x81a9cea "", str_length=0) at output.c:148 #2 0x806f432 in php_error (type=1, format=0x81a8600 "Maximum execution time of %d second%s exceeded") at main.c:454 #3 0x806f5b3 in php3_timeout (dummy=27) at main.c:501 #4 0x2abb79b8 in __restore () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c:125 #5 0x8103f85 in perform_idle_server_maintenance () #6 0x8104505 in standalone_main () #7 0x8104b93 in main () #8 0x2abb1213 in __libc_start_main (main=0x81047c0 <main>, argc=1, argv=0x7ffff7e4, init=0x804bf00 <_init>, fini=0x81a2300 <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x2aab5c30 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0x7ffff7dc) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:90 just saw this (^^) happen to a master-parent-apache process hmm, i don't think that the parent process does register any timer - could this be related to the data-inconsistent-while-in-signal-handler thingie? i do not think that the parent process should do anything like this! tc Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany