T'was Friday afternoon here too... Now it's Monday morning :-> I suggest that the original poster tries to execute the shell script with the -x switch as argument to confirm that httpd is indeed launched before crashing: sh -x apachectl start However, since Apache actually starts when removing the two lines, I think it's pretty clear that the error message is issued by the vl_module. If the problem persists, and it turns out that the module is the cause, the original poster should contact the appropriate forum, or the authors, for help... Mit freundliche Grüsse (?) -ascs -----Original Message----- From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:04 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [users@httpd] $HTTPD -k $ARGV > -----Original Message----- > From: Axel-Stéphane SMORGRAV > [mailto:Axel-Stephane.SMORGRAV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Freitag, 24. März 2006 13:09 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] $HTTPD -k $ARGV > > If that were the case, I do not think the apachectl execution would > even have gotten as far as line 99. Furthermore I hardly think > "Illegal instruction" is a shell script error. > It may however very well be an error issued by the > VlApache20_32 module. You're probably right... it's Friday afternoon here :-) It *is* a bit wierd that that module would spit out the line from the shell script that started the process that loaded it though, isn't it? (Assuming I read the OP correctly...) Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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