What MPM are you using ? Do you have the server-status module loaded ? What does it report ? ( /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -l ??) -ascs -----Original Message----- From: Edward David [mailto:edavid@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:55 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Apache 2 child spawn issue Sorry I am running Linux AS 4 Enterprise server. Apache 2.0.54. Edward David wrote: > I am getting this message when I run a perl program. > *Resource temporarily unavailable: couldn't create child process:* > > I am including my config file parameters:- > > ## > ## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific) ## > > <IfModule prefork.c> > StartServers 5 > MinSpareServers 5 > MaxSpareServers 10 > MaxClients 256 > MaxRequestsPerChild 10000 > </IfModule> > > # worker MPM > <IfModule worker.c> > ServerLimit 16 > StartServers 3 > MaxClients 256 > MinSpareThreads 75 > MaxSpareThreads 250 > ThreadsPerChild 25 > MaxRequestsPerChild 10000 > </IfModule> > > # perchild MPM > <IfModule perchild.c> > NumServers 5 > StartThreads 5 > MinSpareThreads 5 > MaxSpareThreads 10 > MaxThreadsPerChild 64 > MaxRequestsPerChild 0 > </IfModule> > > If anyone can see what I am doing wrong please let me know. > My workaround for now is to restart the Apache server. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward David > Sr. Systems Analyst > University of Calgary > Information Resources > Information Technology Service > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Edward David Sr. Systems Analyst University of Calgary Information Resources Information Technology Service --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx