In a vserver, not ubuntu but Debian etch, i get similar symptoms, presumably when logrotate does it job. No load, no activity.
[Sun May 27 09:38:59 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down [Sun May 27 10:55:56 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch1 configured -- resuming normal operations [Sun Jun 03 06:28:46 2007] [warn] child process 21050 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:47 2007] [warn] child process 21051 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:47 2007] [warn] child process 21052 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:47 2007] [warn] child process 21053 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:47 2007] [warn] child process 21054 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:47 2007] [warn] child process 15292 still did not exit, sending a SIGTERM [Sun Jun 03 06:28:48 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down -- apache2 forks to death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111709 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs