Thanks Ryan. Strangely when running "ulimit -n" it returns 65536 in a ssh session, but 1024 in webmin? Which one would be correct?
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 12:52 AM, R T <i.r.dshiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Daryl, > > Typically when I see a core dump when running siege, it is a resource > issue. Out of memory, and/or I've reached the ulimit on my machine and need > to set it higher. The limit is 1024 (displayed via ulimit -n), and can be > changed via ulimit -n <value>. This change isn't persistent - and the > setting can be changed permanently by editing > /etc/sysconfig/security/limits.conf. > > I typically set it to something unrealistically high, and the machine will > always run out of memory before hitting the ulimit. > > > - Ryan > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Daryl King <allnatives.onl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am running Apache 2.4.10 with mpm_event on a Debian 8 vps. When I run >> Siege on my setup it runs well, except for a Segmentaion Fault at the very >> end [child pid xxxx exit signal Segmentation fault (11)]. I have run GDB on >> a core dump of the segfault and returned this: >> [Using host libthread_db library >> "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". >> Core was generated by `/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start'. >> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. >> #0 0x00007f53a4ac8add in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 >> 81 ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: No such file or directory. >> (gdb)] >> Im at a loss as to how to proceed with this, but am willing to keep >> digging until I find the answer. Any advice appreciated.. >> > >