[wp-testers] 500 Server Error when posting

[Kirk M]

I just edited and updated posts on both of my sites (both running 
2.7-beta-9948) with no problems or hangs. Time from hitting the "Update 
Post" button to complete (editor page fully reloads) slightly less than 
7 secs. I couldn't duplicate what your seeing (but I tried).

Load during post editing and updating around 2.15 to 2.46 (average load 
on my 4 CPU shared server).
I'm on a Bluehost shared server. Resources set as follows:

max_execution_time = 30
max_input_time = 60
memory_limit = 32M

*Server operating system:* Linux
*Current version of PHP:* PHP 5.2.6
*Current version of MySQL:* MySQL 5.0.67-community
*Webserver software:* Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) PHP/5.2.6 mod_ssl/2.2.9
OpenSSL 0.9.8i mod_fastcgi



On 11/29/2008 1:07 PM, DJ Allyn wrote:
> This just started after the WordPress 2.7-beta3-9948 upgrade.
>
> When I go to post or edit a post, everything will hang there for about two
> minutes and then I get the eeeevil 500 server error message.
>
> When I go look at the page, the entry has actually posted or edited.
>
> I did the usual:  disabled plugins, manually deleted and reinstalled WP 2.7,
> and still I get the same 500 server error.
>
> When I went backwards to WP 2.6.5 the problem went away.
>
> I am on DreamHost Private Server, and currently run a guaranteed *304
> MB*memory (burstable to
> *608 MB)*.  I tried upping the resources to *535 MB* memory (burstable to *985
> MB)* to see if that changed anything, and it didn't.  My average memory is
> running steady at *255 MB* and the server load averages 0.08 over five
> minutes.
>
> *Server operating system:* Linux
> *Current version of PHP:* PHP 5.2.6
> *Current version of MySQL:* MySQL 5.0.45-log
> *Webserver software:* Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) PHP/5.2.6 mod_ssl/2.2.9
> OpenSSL/0.9.8c mod_fastcgi/2.4.6
>
> I have another domain on the same server with the exact same theme and
> plugins running WordPress 2.7-beta3-9909 and it is working just fine.
> Ironically, the one working fine gets 1000 times the traffic the other one
> does.
>
> I had a similar issue with an installation on a Hosting Matters server the
> other day.  I installed WP 2.7 beta3 and it worked fine for about two hours
> before the server overloaded and locked out.  That site averages about 10k
> hits a day, and is on a dedicated server running the following
> configuration:
>
> *Server operating system:* Linux
> *Current version of PHP:* PHP 4.4.7
> *Current version of MySQL:* MySQL 4.1.22-standard
> *Webserver software:* Apache
>
> When I replaced WP 2.7 for WP 2.6.5 the loads went from 233.85 back down to
> 0.88.  Yesterday I re-installed WP 2.7 to the Hosting Matters server and the
> same issue cropped up again.
>
> I hope I gave you enough information to work with...
>
>