GD mason mod_perl and segmentation fault

jeteve has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all I got a mason component in wich i'd like to use the GD library. Putting that single line in my component leads to a server segmentation fault:

% use GD ;

The error line (apache):
[Tue Jun 28 11:57:57 2005] [notice] child pid 18777 exit signal Segmen
+tation fault (11)

My apache line:
Apache/2.0.50 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_perl/1.999.20 Perl/v5.8.0 Server at myH
+ost Port 9000
mason : 1.27
libgd : 2.0.28
GD :    2.19
gcc: gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
kernel : 2.4.20-8smp
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GD is working fine within a simple perl script, so I guess this have to do with a mod_perl incompatibility or thing like that. Does anybody has such a problem ? Thanks !!

Nice photos of naked perl sources here !

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Re: GD mason mod_perl and segmentation fault by fmerges (Chaplain) on Jun 28, 2005 at 13:28 UTC
Hi, Run Mason as a command line script, using the GD, without Apache+mod_perl. So you can know exactly which part is the one that fails. My experience with Mason is with Apache 1.X, without problems. I can recommend you to use Apache 1.X since mod_perl and Mason on Apache 2.X is not totally complete, so far as I know. Just as references: http://www.masonbook.com/book/chapter-11.mhtml#TOC-ANCHOR-19 http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/Devel.html#using_the_perl_debugger Regards, :-)	[reply]
Re^2: GD mason mod_perl and segmentation fault by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Jun 28, 2005 at 15:22 UTC
After spending a lot of time on the subject, I found it's a known apache bug: `https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112742` [download] Nice photos of naked perl sources here !	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: GD mason mod_perl and segmentation fault by fmerges (Chaplain) on Jun 28, 2005 at 21:11 UTC
Hi again, A TIP, don't use the precompiled apache + mod_perl packages that comes with RedHat. On this linux distribution is better to take and compile from the sources, that's what the O'Reilly book about mod_perl says. I'm a Debian user (don't want to do marketing) but I never had problems with the precompiled packages that comes with. Regards, :)	[reply]
Re^4: GD mason mod_perl and segmentation fault by jeteve (Pilgrim) on Jun 29, 2005 at 12:41 UTC