[wp-testers] wp-admin/index.php gives a segmentation fault.

[Chris Moody]

Michael E. Hancock wrote:
> From: "Adrian Hayter" <adrianhayter at gmail.com>
>>>>>
> I've tried looking on the forums for this question, and nobody has 
> responded to my query (all other forum topics on the subject have 
> solutions that do not work). I am running the latest stable version 
> (2.7) and my wp-admin/index.php occasionally fails to load, and apache 
> reports a segmentation fault. I say "occasionally" because it decides 
> to do this at seemingly random moments, but these moments last several 
> minutes. It happened again about 10 minutes ago, and now the page is 
> loading perfectly.
>
> Has anyone had this problem before, is it a wordpress problem or one 
> with apache, because all my other websites appear to be running fine! 
> If this isn't the correct way to ask I do apologise, but the forums 
> don't seem to be very helpful (probably a popularity problem), and I 
> can't find any other method of help.
> <<<<
>
> Adrian,
>
> A search [1] for 'segmentation fault' in the forums found Otto's 
> recent response [2], "No PHP script should ever be able to cause a 
> segmentation fault in the process. PHP is not executable code, it 
> cannot 'crash'." Advice from both Austin and Otto is invaluable, so, a 
> call to your host, or system administrator, should be considered.
>
> Adrian, if possible, please provide the link to your Forum question.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MichaelH
>
> [1] http://wordpress.org/search/segmentation+fault?forums=1
> [2] http://wordpress.org/support/topic/226016?replies=2
>
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Curious if this could also be a result of other users on the same 
servers over using the server? This would explain why its random in 
occurrence.