Apache wont start with -D PHP4

[brad182]

Hi, I am having trouble getting Apache up and running on my gentoo box with php support.
When i execute '/etc/init.d/apache start' it seems to start fine however a 'ps -ax' reveals that its not runnning at all or not listening on port 80, However if I remove -D PHP4 from the '/etc/conf.d/apache' conf file, then it starts fine and i can see it from the browser.
Im running apache-1.3.29 with php4.3.4.
I have been emergeing and ebuilding all weekend to no avail. Im thinking it might be a php module problem but im not sure. Any ideas???

 

[siberian]

Did you check the error log? It will usually show startup errors.

 

[brad182]

Yep, checked the Error logs and nothing suggests that there is any problem.

 

[siberian]

What if you try to invoke apache directly?

Your init scripts are masking the errors. If you use apachectl you'll get them.

 

[brad182]

[Mon Jan 12 20:58:45 2004] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)
[Mon Jan 12 21:04:36 2004] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down

I think this gets written to /etc/apache/logs/error.log