Apache will not start after update

  • 7015750
  • 08-Oct-2014
  • 10-Oct-2014

Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 (SLES 10 SP3)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 (SLES 10 SP4)
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 2
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 3

Situation

Apache service fails to start.

SLES 10 SP4
Installed apache2 packages are:

apache2-2.2.3-16.50.1
apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.50.1

SLES 10 SP3
Installed apache2 packages are:

apache2-2.2.3-16.32.51.2
apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.32.51.2


/var/log/apache2/rcapache2.out contains

httpd2-worker: Syntax error on line 113 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 18 of /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib64/apache2-worker/mod_cgid.so into server: /usr/lib64/apache2-worker/mod_cgid.so: undefined symbol: ap_timeout_parameter_parse

Resolution

A maintenance update resolving this issue will be forthcoming.

In the meantime, please contact Novell Technical Services.