Any ideas on what I can do to troubleshoot?
Check the error logs for your site? What shows up there after a crash?
And, for that matter, can you elaborate a bit on what happens in this crash?
Here’s everything from today, just before I forced a crash
[Wed May 13 08:37:05 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/
[Wed May 13 08:37:05 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/
[Wed May 13 08:37:05 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/
[Wed May 13 08:45:38 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.200] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/shifter-1.8rc6.1/images/pipe.png, referer: http://192.168.100.106/wordpress/
[Wed May 13 08:50:47 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:50:47 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:50:47 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:50:47 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:50:47 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:51:55 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:51:55 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:51:55 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:51:55 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:51:55 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.23] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.108/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:56:10 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.50] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/shifter-1.8rc6.1/images/pipe.png, referer: http://192.168.100.106/wordpress/
[Wed May 13 08:57:34 2009] [error] [client 192.168.100.50] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/shifter-1.8rc6.1/images/pipe.png, referer: http://192.168.100.106/wordpress/
[Wed May 13 08:57:54 2009] [error] [client 153.90.84.182] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.106/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:57:55 2009] [error] [client 153.90.84.182] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.106/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:57:55 2009] [error] [client 153.90.84.182] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.106/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:57:55 2009] [error] [client 153.90.84.182] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.106/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:57:55 2009] [error] [client 153.90.84.182] File does not exist: E:/xampplite/xampp/htdocs/static, referer: http://192.168.100.106/dots/projects/2285
[Wed May 13 08:58:22 2009] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Wed May 13 08:58:37 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.0 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8a mod_autoindex_color DAV/2 PHP/5.1.1 mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed May 13 08:58:37 2009] [notice] Server built: Dec 1 2005 18:36:53
[Wed May 13 08:58:37 2009] [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Parent: Failed to create the child process.
[Wed May 13 08:58:37 2009] [crit] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting.
[Wed May 13 08:58:37 2009] [notice] Parent: Forcing termination of child process 36
[Wed May 13 08:59:27 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.0 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8a mod_autoindex_color DAV/2 PHP/5.1.1 mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed May 13 08:59:27 2009] [notice] Server built: Dec 1 2005 18:36:53
[Wed May 13 08:59:27 2009] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2460
[Wed May 13 08:59:42 2009] [notice] Child 2460: Child process is running
[Wed May 13 08:59:42 2009] [notice] Child 2460: Acquired the start mutex.
[Wed May 13 08:59:42 2009] [notice] Child 2460: Starting 250 worker threads.
[Wed May 13 08:59:42 2009] [notice] Child 2460: Starting thread to listen on port 443.
[Wed May 13 08:59:42 2009] [notice] Child 2460: Starting thread to listen on port 80.
Wondering if someone could suggest another forum or group that is more willing/able to help out with this issue…?
I have the same issue with just RSS feeds on the dashboard and the RSS widget. Whenever any of our users accesses the dashboard or tries to add an RSS widget, Apache crashes. We worked fine up until I updated to the latest WPMU. I have been unable to find an answer.
I just fixed the issue I was having by disabling the php_operator module in my php.ini and then restart Apache. Good luck.