#26038 [Opn]: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module

[pedro at dehumanizer dot com]

ID: 26038
User updated by: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Reported By: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Apache2 related
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.9
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-10-30 (stable)
New Comment:

By the way, if I use Apache 1.3.28 instead, configuring the same
version of PHP with exactly the same options (except replacing
--with-apxs2 with --with-apxs), the problem disappears.


Previous Comments:
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[2003-10-30 07:30:51] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

Description:
------------
I believe this bug had already been reported by someone else (#25876),
but it was marked as "bogus".

I'm using FreeBSD 4.9 (and 4.8-STABLE before), Apache 2.0.48 from ports
(and 2.0.47 before), and tried several PHP versions from 4.3.2 to
4CVS-20031030 (today's). All of them exhibit this problem, with
SquirrelMail 1.4.2.

I don't think it's a SquirrelMail problem, however, as the line in
question is a simple

session_start();

The problem is intermitent - when navigating through the webmail, from
time to time, when I click on a link, a blank page appears *very
quickly*, just in the frame which was supposed to be changed. In the
logs, I get this error:

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in /var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

If I reload the page, or go back from the blank page and click on the
same link again, it usually works then. The error rate is hard to
calculate, but it should be less than 1 in 10 times.

I've tried changing the sessions handler between files and mm, but it
doesn't solve the problem. Neither does activating register_globals,
which SquirrelMail doesn't need, anyway.

PHP configure options:

../configure --disable-cgi --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs
--with-openssl --with-zlib --with-gdbm --with-imap --with-iconv
--enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --disable-debug
--enable-exif --enable-sockets --disable-ipv6 --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir
--with-png-dir --enable-dio --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-bz2
--enable-mbstring --enable-mbregex --enable-zend-multibyte
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-mm=/usr/local




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[pedro at dehumanizer dot com]

ID: 26038
User updated by: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Reported By: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Apache2 related
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.9
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-10-30 (stable)
New Comment:

Just a little bit from "make test" (from today's CVS, 2003-10-31):

================================================== ===================
FAILED TEST SUMMARY
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Bug #25547 (error_handler and array index with function call)
[tests/lang/bug25547.phpt]
Gettext basic test [ext/gettext/tests/gettext_basic.phpt]
Bug #16069 [ext/iconv/tests/bug16069.phpt]
Check for mktime with out-of-range parameters
[ext/standard/tests/time/003.phpt]
mktime() [ext/standard/tests/time/mktime.phpt]
================================================== ===================

I don't know if this is relevant...


Previous Comments:
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[2003-10-31 05:50:30] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

I can basically rip, with a few alterations, the "expected/actual"
results from bug 25876:

Expected result:
----------------
not to see this message in logs, see the page expected

Actual result:
--------------

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in
/var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

and we get just a blank page instead of seeing of what actually
expected. Refreshing, or going back then clicking again, usually
works.

I can copy my php.ini and the results of "make test" and phpinfo() and
post them here, but it may be too big. Is it OK?

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[2003-10-30 21:08:26] [email]sniper@php.net[/email]

Not enough information was provided for us to be able
to handle this bug. Please re-read the instructions at
[url]http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php[/url]

If you can provide more information, feel free to add it
to this bug and change the status back to "Open".

Thank you for your interest in PHP.


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[2003-10-30 07:34:12] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

By the way, if I use Apache 1.3.28 instead, configuring the same
version of PHP with exactly the same options (except replacing
--with-apxs2 with --with-apxs), the problem disappears.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:30:51] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

Description:
------------
I believe this bug had already been reported by someone else (#25876),
but it was marked as "bogus".

I'm using FreeBSD 4.9 (and 4.8-STABLE before), Apache 2.0.48 from ports
(and 2.0.47 before), and tried several PHP versions from 4.3.2 to
4CVS-20031030 (today's). All of them exhibit this problem, with
SquirrelMail 1.4.2.

I don't think it's a SquirrelMail problem, however, as the line in
question is a simple

session_start();

The problem is intermitent - when navigating through the webmail, from
time to time, when I click on a link, a blank page appears *very
quickly*, just in the frame which was supposed to be changed. In the
logs, I get this error:

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in /var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

If I reload the page, or go back from the blank page and click on the
same link again, it usually works then. The error rate is hard to
calculate, but it should be less than 1 in 10 times.

I've tried changing the sessions handler between files and mm, but it
doesn't solve the problem. Neither does activating register_globals,
which SquirrelMail doesn't need, anyway.

PHP configure options:

../configure --disable-cgi --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs
--with-openssl --with-zlib --with-gdbm --with-imap --with-iconv
--enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --disable-debug
--enable-exif --enable-sockets --disable-ipv6 --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir
--with-png-dir --enable-dio --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-bz2
--enable-mbstring --enable-mbregex --enable-zend-multibyte
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-mm=/usr/local




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[pedro at dehumanizer dot com]

ID: 26038
User updated by: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Reported By: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Apache2 related
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.9
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-10-30 (stable)
New Comment:

I can basically rip, with a few alterations, the "expected/actual"
results from bug 25876:

Expected result:
----------------
not to see this message in logs, see the page expected

Actual result:
--------------

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in
/var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

and we get just a blank page instead of seeing of what actually
expected. Refreshing, or going back then clicking again, usually
works.

I can copy my php.ini and the results of "make test" and phpinfo() and
post them here, but it may be too big. Is it OK?


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:34:12] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

By the way, if I use Apache 1.3.28 instead, configuring the same
version of PHP with exactly the same options (except replacing
--with-apxs2 with --with-apxs), the problem disappears.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:30:51] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

Description:
------------
I believe this bug had already been reported by someone else (#25876),
but it was marked as "bogus".

I'm using FreeBSD 4.9 (and 4.8-STABLE before), Apache 2.0.48 from ports
(and 2.0.47 before), and tried several PHP versions from 4.3.2 to
4CVS-20031030 (today's). All of them exhibit this problem, with
SquirrelMail 1.4.2.

I don't think it's a SquirrelMail problem, however, as the line in
question is a simple

session_start();

The problem is intermitent - when navigating through the webmail, from
time to time, when I click on a link, a blank page appears *very
quickly*, just in the frame which was supposed to be changed. In the
logs, I get this error:

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in /var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

If I reload the page, or go back from the blank page and click on the
same link again, it usually works then. The error rate is hard to
calculate, but it should be less than 1 in 10 times.

I've tried changing the sessions handler between files and mm, but it
doesn't solve the problem. Neither does activating register_globals,
which SquirrelMail doesn't need, anyway.

PHP configure options:

../configure --disable-cgi --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs
--with-openssl --with-zlib --with-gdbm --with-imap --with-iconv
--enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --disable-debug
--enable-exif --enable-sockets --disable-ipv6 --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir
--with-png-dir --enable-dio --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-bz2
--enable-mbstring --enable-mbregex --enable-zend-multibyte
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-mm=/usr/local




------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Edit this bug report at [url]http://bugs.php.net/?id=26038&edit=1[/url]

[pedro at dehumanizer dot com]

ID: 26038
User updated by: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Reported By: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Apache2 related
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.9
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-10-30 (stable)
New Comment:

Just a little bit from "make test" (from today's CVS, 2003-10-31):

================================================== ===================
FAILED TEST SUMMARY
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Bug #25547 (error_handler and array index with function call)
[tests/lang/bug25547.phpt]
Gettext basic test [ext/gettext/tests/gettext_basic.phpt]
Bug #16069 [ext/iconv/tests/bug16069.phpt]
Check for mktime with out-of-range parameters
[ext/standard/tests/time/003.phpt]
mktime() [ext/standard/tests/time/mktime.phpt]
================================================== ===================

I don't know if this is relevant... The problem remains with this
compiled PHP.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-31 08:01:40] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

I can basically rip, with a few alterations, the "expected/actual"
results from bug 25876:

Expected result:
----------------
not to see this message in logs, see the page expected

Actual result:
--------------

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in
/var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

and we get just a blank page instead of seeing of what actually
expected. Refreshing, or going back then clicking again, usually
works.

I can copy my php.ini and the results of "make test" and phpinfo() and
post them here, but it may be too big. Is it OK?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:34:12] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

By the way, if I use Apache 1.3.28 instead, configuring the same
version of PHP with exactly the same options (except replacing
--with-apxs2 with --with-apxs), the problem disappears.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:30:51] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

Description:
------------
I believe this bug had already been reported by someone else (#25876),
but it was marked as "bogus".

I'm using FreeBSD 4.9 (and 4.8-STABLE before), Apache 2.0.48 from ports
(and 2.0.47 before), and tried several PHP versions from 4.3.2 to
4CVS-20031030 (today's). All of them exhibit this problem, with
SquirrelMail 1.4.2.

I don't think it's a SquirrelMail problem, however, as the line in
question is a simple

session_start();

The problem is intermitent - when navigating through the webmail, from
time to time, when I click on a link, a blank page appears *very
quickly*, just in the frame which was supposed to be changed. In the
logs, I get this error:

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in /var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

If I reload the page, or go back from the blank page and click on the
same link again, it usually works then. The error rate is hard to
calculate, but it should be less than 1 in 10 times.

I've tried changing the sessions handler between files and mm, but it
doesn't solve the problem. Neither does activating register_globals,
which SquirrelMail doesn't need, anyway.

PHP configure options:

../configure --disable-cgi --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs
--with-openssl --with-zlib --with-gdbm --with-imap --with-iconv
--enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --disable-debug
--enable-exif --enable-sockets --disable-ipv6 --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir
--with-png-dir --enable-dio --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-bz2
--enable-mbstring --enable-mbregex --enable-zend-multibyte
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-mm=/usr/local




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[sniper@php.net]

ID: 26038
Updated by: [email]sniper@php.net[/email]
Reported By: pedro at dehumanizer dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Apache2 related
Operating System: FreeBSD 4.9
PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-10-30 (stable)
New Comment:

Don't re-add those irrelevant notes anymore.



Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:34:12] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

By the way, if I use Apache 1.3.28 instead, configuring the same
version of PHP with exactly the same options (except replacing
--with-apxs2 with --with-apxs), the problem disappears.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2003-10-30 07:30:51] pedro at dehumanizer dot com

Description:
------------
I believe this bug had already been reported by someone else (#25876),
but it was marked as "bogus".

I'm using FreeBSD 4.9 (and 4.8-STABLE before), Apache 2.0.48 from ports
(and 2.0.47 before), and tried several PHP versions from 4.3.2 to
4CVS-20031030 (today's). All of them exhibit this problem, with
SquirrelMail 1.4.2.

I don't think it's a SquirrelMail problem, however, as the line in
question is a simple

session_start();

The problem is intermitent - when navigating through the webmail, from
time to time, when I click on a link, a blank page appears *very
quickly*, just in the frame which was supposed to be changed. In the
logs, I get this error:

[client 62.169.69.5] PHP Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to
initialize storage module. in /var/www/htdocs/mail/functions/global.php
on line 295, referer: [url]https://www.dehumanizer.com/mail/src/webmail.php[/url]

If I reload the page, or go back from the blank page and click on the
same link again, it usually works then. The error rate is hard to
calculate, but it should be less than 1 in 10 times.

I've tried changing the sessions handler between files and mm, but it
doesn't solve the problem. Neither does activating register_globals,
which SquirrelMail doesn't need, anyway.

PHP configure options:

../configure --disable-cgi --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs
--with-openssl --with-zlib --with-gdbm --with-imap --with-iconv
--enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --disable-debug
--enable-exif --enable-sockets --disable-ipv6 --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir
--with-png-dir --enable-dio --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-bz2
--enable-mbstring --enable-mbregex --enable-zend-multibyte
--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-mm=/usr/local




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