I know this is not the gentoo list but...

[James McDonald]

> For whatever reason, Apache puts the startup data (error or not) in
> error_log.  Look there to see if you're getting a segfault, etc., on
> startup.
>
> I can tell you FrontPage and PHP don't work together -- you can see the
> segfault right there in the error_log.

I ended up compiling PHP without using emerge with ./configure
--with-mysql=/usr --with-apxs and it installs fine.

Looks like there is a problem with the gentoo php patch.

Might have to join the gentto mailing list so I can ask about how it all
works.

James McDonald
Systems Engineer
Singleton NSW Australia