[nzlug] ermm.... help??

[Martin Bähr]

On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 11:13:32AM +1300, Nevyn wrote:
> Starting web server (apache2)...apache2: Syntax error on line 185 of
> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 1 of
> /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.load: API module structure
> `php5_module' in file /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so is garbled -
> perhaps this is not an Apache module DSO?
> failed

did you run a filesystem check?
something like that most likely indicates that your disk is messed up
somehow. either just the filesystem, or worse, the disk itself.
start with making a backup!

> Of course I can't just remove php5 and try reinstalling it due to
> dependancies. Anyone know how to get past this? I'm running Debian.

you don't need to remove something to reinstall it.
just install with the --reinstall option.

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