Hi Jeff, after 5 Days the next Apache restart it contains a new Error: [Tue Aug 05 01:36:30.138535 2014] [mpm_winnt:error] [pid 31884:tid 444] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00360: Child: Failure releasing the start mutex Logfile: [Tue Aug 05 01:36:29.137575 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 31884:tid 444] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00356: Child: WAIT_FAILED -- shutting down server [Tue Aug 05 01:36:29.137575 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 31884:tid 444] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH02644: Child: Event handle #0 (8) is invalid [Tue Aug 05 01:36:29.925336 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 31884:tid 536] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. [Tue Aug 05 01:36:30.138535 2014] [mpm_winnt:error] [pid 31884:tid 444] (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00360: Child: Failure releasing the start mutex [Tue Aug 05 01:36:45.466468 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 31884:tid 5696] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:01.077535 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31884:tid 444] AH00362: Child: Waiting 30 more seconds for 9 worker threads to finish. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:31.113122 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31884:tid 444] AH00362: Child: Waiting 0 more seconds for 6 worker threads to finish. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:31.213217 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31884:tid 444] AH00363: Child: Terminating 6 threads that failed to exit. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:31.213217 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31884:tid 444] AH00364: Child: All worker threads have exited. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:31.370367 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] AH00428: Parent: child process 31884 exited with status 0 -- Restarting. [Tue Aug 05 01:37:32.213174 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] AH00455: Apache/2.4.10 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.0.1h configured -- resuming normal operations [Tue Aug 05 01:37:32.213174 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Jul 17 2014 12:58:29 [Tue Aug 05 01:37:32.213174 2014] [core:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\Apache24\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/Apache24' [Tue Aug 05 01:37:32.214178 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 31668 [Tue Aug 05 01:37:33.568475 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31668:tid 396] AH00354: Child: Starting 300 worker threads. Did you have time to investigate any further? Can I help in any way ? thx and kind regards Mar Imp 2014-07-31 15:44 GMT+02:00 Mar Imp <marimpimp@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > -> the Apache server restarted itself again: > > [Wed Jul 30 22:15:21.604987 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 34808:tid 464] > (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH00356: Child: WAIT_FAILED -- > shutting down server > [Wed Jul 30 22:15:21.604987 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 34808:tid 464] > (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH02644: Child: Event handle #0 (8) is > invalid > [Wed Jul 30 22:15:23.026349 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 34808:tid > 4624] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a > socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. > [Wed Jul 30 22:15:39.956951 2014] [mpm_winnt:warn] [pid 34808:tid > 3092] (OS 10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a > socket. : AH00344: accept() failed. > [Wed Jul 30 22:15:53.544739 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 34808:tid > 464] AH00362: Child: Waiting 30 more seconds for 3 worker threads to > finish. > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:16.571534 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 34808:tid > 464] AH00364: Child: All worker threads have exited. > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:16.687244 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid > 536] AH00428: Parent: child process 34808 exited with status 0 -- > Restarting. > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:17.454981 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid > 536] AH00455: Apache/2.4.10 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.0.1h configured -- > resuming normal operations > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:17.454981 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid > 536] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Jul 17 2014 12:58:29 > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:17.454981 2014] [core:notice] [pid 13424:tid 536] > AH00094: Command line: 'C:\\Apache24\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/Apache24' > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:17.455982 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 13424:tid > 536] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 31884 > [Wed Jul 30 22:16:18.727198 2014] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31884:tid > 444] AH00354: Child: Starting 300 worker threads. > > -> There are no suspicious entries in other apache logfiles or in the > windows event log. > > -> you asked about loaded modules: > > C:\Apache24\bin>httpd.exe -t -D DUMP_MODULES > Loaded Modules: > core_module (static) > win32_module (static) > mpm_winnt_module (static) > http_module (static) > so_module (static) > access_compat_module (shared) > actions_module (shared) > alias_module (shared) > allowmethods_module (shared) > asis_module (shared) > auth_basic_module (shared) > authn_core_module (shared) > authn_file_module (shared) > authz_core_module (shared) > authz_groupfile_module (shared) > authz_host_module (shared) > authz_user_module (shared) > autoindex_module (shared) > cache_module (shared) > cache_disk_module (shared) > cgi_module (shared) > deflate_module (shared) > dir_module (shared) > env_module (shared) > expires_module (shared) > filter_module (shared) > headers_module (shared) > include_module (shared) > isapi_module (shared) > log_config_module (shared) > mime_module (shared) > negotiation_module (shared) > proxy_module (shared) > proxy_connect_module (shared) > proxy_http_module (shared) > rewrite_module (shared) > setenvif_module (shared) > socache_shmcb_module (shared) > ssl_module (shared) > > -> apache works as a caching reverse proxy > > hope you can find out something that solves this issue ... > > thank you for your help! > > 2014-07-31 13:02 GMT+02:00 Jeff Trawick <trawick@xxxxxxxxx>: >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Jeff Trawick <trawick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Mar Imp <marimpimp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Jeff, >>>> >>>> After the first restart, apache restarted itself 2 more times >>>> yesterday. Good news: the additional information IS part of the logs: >>>> [Mon Jul 28 16:48:10.070355 2014] [mpm_winnt:crit] [pid 38752:tid 388] >>>> (OS 6)The handle is invalid. : AH02644: Child: Event handle #0 (8) is >>>> invalid >>>> does it help you to identify the issue? >>> >>> >>> Unfortunately it does not immediately pinpoint the problem, but it can't >>> hurt :) 8 is the value for the handle that suddenly went bad. >> >> >> I'll try to spend some real time on this over the weekend. This is a very >> interesting issue. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx