Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script

Hi Paulster2, thanks for the comment on getting some sleep. ;-)

Yes that's exactly what I did soon after I posted the node. After a good night's sleep, I have found out what's wrong with my Apache server in the morning.

Well, *nothing* was wrong with Apache, it's the Windows XP that Apache runs on that caused the problem. I haven't rebooted the box for a week, the performance of Apache deteriorated gradually, and funny things began to appear.

I never have to worry about rebooting when I had the Linux box earlier. I have only rebooted once or twice when I relocate. So when I move the server on to a Windows box, I never had the habbit of rebooting the box. Now I begin to wonder if I made the right decision at all to move from Linux to Windows. But it's a bit late now that I have over 160GB of stuff stored on NTFS partitions, so I am thinking about getting a cheap PC and install linux on it, and use that as my web server, while still keeping the XP box as it is.

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Re: Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script by shenme (Priest) on Dec 13, 2003 at 06:40 UTC
The separate *nix box may make sense for you if you have the H/W. I needed to be portable _and_ have both WinXP and Linux, and so have VMWare installed to run Linux hosted on WinXP. I can duplicate my target environments (yes, plural) as needed. It is a very nice setup all in all.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script by Paulster2 (Priest) on Dec 13, 2003 at 05:00 UTC
So, what you are telling me is that not only you needed some sleep, but the box did too??;-) Believe me I understand about the Windows thing. I'm a Govie contractor who likes UNIX, but gets stuck working with PC's all the time. It got so bad after one install, I almost threw out my home PC! I am also thinking about building a Linux machine for home use. It would work great as a webhost of sorts (I think! Never used the Linux flavor, but love UNIX. I understand it's fairly transparent, within reason.) Glad you got your problem fixed! Hope to be seeing you around the PM site. Paulster2	[reply]