[nzlug] ermm.... help??

[Nevyn]

On 2/18/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> Nevyn wrote:
> > On 2/18/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> >> Nevyn wrote:
> >>> For some strange reason apache has stopped working for me (this
> >>> is an over night thing). Suddenly it appears I have a corrupted
> >>> file. When trying to restart apache I get the following error:
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >> Get someone to send you libphp5.so and cross fingers that they are
> >> the same level?
> >>
> >> If you post your distro details and the module details here, then
> >> someone may be able to help.
> >>
> >> However, you may have bigger problems ie, why did it go bad in the
> >> first place? You might need to take a closer look at your hard
> >> disk.
> >
> > Since then I figure I could just reinstall the package - which
> > resulted in it still being corrupt so perhaps it's a problem with the
> >  repository. Then noticed that it was an unsigned package so
> > commented out the dotdeb sources in apt and did and update and tried
> > re-installing again.
> >
> I think that it is extremely unlikely that a corrupt module found its
> way to the repository, even the dotdeb ones.
> >
> > Needless to say it didn't work. Fine thinks I. I uninstall it
> > removing anything that had has dependancies to it (so long as I
> > remember what I removed) - short list - mediawiki and torrentflux.
> > Removed it, and then went to install torrentflux. Whoops. I'm running
> > apache 2 yet it put apache 1 style configuration files around the
> > place. Just plain messy. Think I might have gotten this all under
> > control now (should know after an hours worth of downloading).
> >
> That sounds strange. It's possible that the dotdeb repositories have
> apache2 and the standard Sarge ones have apache1. I don't like backports
> and run mixed systems, so I don't know for sure.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff

After a bit of thinking I figured that the problem was more likely a
file being corrupted when downloading. So did an apt-get clean to
force everything to download again (moan and grumble and moan again).
Installing mediawiki which should get all of it's dependancies sorted
out. After that installing torrentflux will with any luck sort itself
out.