Bug 500143

Summary: httpd dead but subsys locked - httpd will not start on fedora 11 beta.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: the.hw.group
Component: httpdAssignee: Joe Orton <jorton>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: low    
Version: rawhideCC: jorton, pahan, paul, quentin, the.hw.group
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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sos report (fedora 11 i386 beta)
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here is the strace of httpd (I named it "file") bzipped none

Description the.hw.group 2009-05-11 12:00:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
httpd service will not start. (httpd dead but subsys locked)

[root@fail ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd:                                            [  OK  ]
[root@fail ~]# service httpd status
httpd dead but subsys locked

[root@fail ~]# rpm -q httpd
httpd-2.2.11-8.i586



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

[root@fail ~]# rpm -q httpd
httpd-2.2.11-8.i586

How reproducible:

install fedora 11 beta, update the system to current patches in rawhide. then run "service httpd start" and "service httpd status"

  
Actual results:


Expected results:

expected result is for the service to start

Additional info:
Comment 1 the.hw.group 2009-05-11 12:34:14 UTC 
Created attachment 343439 [details]
sos report (fedora 11 i386 beta)

attaching sosreport of my system. (fedora 11 i386 beta) Please let me know what you all need to resolve this.
Comment 2 the.hw.group 2009-05-11 15:14:04 UTC 
I have disabled selinux (just as a precaution) and have deleted the pidfile / lockfile for httpd, still the same result. This is very strange, and I di not know how to troubleshoot.

Also, I have removed a few modules / conf files that are optional for httpd as a 2nd precaution. Same result.
Comment 3 the.hw.group 2009-05-11 16:24:10 UTC 
Created attachment 343478 [details]
here is the strace of httpd (I named it "file") bzipped

here is the strace of httpd (I named it "file") bzipped, perhaps this can help with the troubleshooting process.
Comment 4 Joe Orton 2009-05-11 19:42:07 UTC 
Try 

"yum erase mod_*"

and see if httpd itself works.  ISTR one of the random third-party modules was breaking like this.
Comment 5 Quentin Armitage 2009-05-16 16:58:39 UTC 
The directory /etc/httpd/run/mod_fcgid is missing.

As root, mkdir /etc/httpd/run/mod_fcgid and then try service httpd start. This solved the problem for me.
Comment 6 Quentin Armitage 2009-05-16 17:32:41 UTC 
Reported as bug #501123 for mod_fcgid
Comment 7 Paul Howarth 2009-05-16 20:08:06 UTC 
What's the output of "rpm -V httpd"?

I suspect you've lost the symlink /etc/httpd/run -> ../../var/run
Comment 8 Quentin Armitage 2009-05-16 20:42:51 UTC 
[root@samson httpd]# rpm -V httpd
S.5....T.  c /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

As comment #2 in #501123, I have the symlink /etc/httpd/run -> ../../var/run/http
Comment 9 Quentin Armitage 2009-05-16 20:45:12 UTC 
Correction to comment #8, symlink should have stated:
/etc/httpd/run -> ../../var/run/httpd
Comment 10 Joe Orton 2009-05-16 22:19:59 UTC 
Right - that directory moved.  Closing as dupe.  (Sorry Paul, didn't expect this would hit any third-party modules, otherwise I'd have given a wider heads-up)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 501123 ***