Internal Server Errors, Seem to be increasing in frequency Options

[WannabeGT4]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, ccoomer@6gc.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.6gc.net Port 80

This seems to be happening more and more frequently. It usually occurs randomly just after clicking on a topic or forum.

Win XP SP2 FF and IE6
Win 2000 SP4 FF and IE6

[celicarus]

yep - noticed that too - on and off -

[doGGy]

same here, or i get a Forbiden error......

[Supersprynt]

yup

[97lestyousay]

The last week or so more often than usual.

[creis]

there was another post about this a wile ago, its an internal server err. which means just that, does not really matter what your computer is running, its just a code errer on the server. something did not go though correctly so it canceled the process.

kinda why i dont like red hat, all the configs are code, miles of hand written code, one little typo and you got to go though the whole thing till you find it, (when it does work its cool, but a guie interface is a million times better (in my oppinion))

[WannabeGT4]

there was another post about this a wile ago, its an internal server err. which means just that, does not really matter what your computer is running, its just a code errer on the server. something did not go though correctly so it canceled the process.

kinda why i dont like red hat, all the configs are code, miles of hand written code, one little typo and you got to go though the whole thing till you find it, (when it does work its cool, but a guie interface is a million times better (in my oppinion))

Huh? I don't think you have a clue what you're saying. When there is a technical problem you give your system information to rule out the possibility that only a single OS or browser is having the problem. Red Hat is a linux distro it can have several different GUIs like KDE or gnome. All operating systems are hand written code. Most operating systems have some sort of shell like interface similar to a DOS prompt in order to suplement the GUI.

[Coomer]

The last week or so more often than usual.

The Last week or so? Or last two days(Since Wednesday?) Because Wednesday I changed some settings in Apache control files trying to get the three-letter searching to work and it could've caused this to start happening.

[Coomer]

OK,
I just changed the Apache settings back to normal(I think...I overwrote the old copy of the file,) so please let me know if you guys get any more internal server errors.

Thanks,
Christian Coomer

[WannabeGT4]

Looks like that fixed it.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

It hasnt been doing it, but i keep getting them today.

[dustin15brown]

in the past 10 mins i have got the error 6 times

[WannabeGT4]

I've seen it a couple times today as well.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

maybe its cause Coomer was still updating? idk its starting to bother me now

[Coomer]

Problem fixed.

Warning: Technical Explanation Below

Basically, PHP runs in safe_mode on my server. To prevent safe_mode from being on, so that I can make PHP exec() calls, I have to run PHP as a CGI, using a .htaccess file. However, with PHP running as a CGI, only a small number of connections are allowed. When this number is exceeded, 500 Internal Server Errors occur. To prevent this connection limit, PHP needs to not run as a CGI. This can be done by using the RemoveHandler directive in a .htaccess file in the forums/ directory.

When I ran the upgrade, I password protected the forums/ directory using my web host's control panel temporarily. This overwrote the .htaccess file, removing the RemoveHandler directive, causing the forums' PHP scripts to run in CGI mode, causing internal server errors. I replaced the .htaccess file with the proper one a few minutes ago and now the problem should be solved.

[jgreening]

Problem fixed.

Warning: Technical Explanation Below

Basically, PHP runs in safe_mode on my server. To prevent safe_mode from being on, so that I can make PHP exec() calls, I have to run PHP as a CGI, using a .htaccess file. However, with PHP running as a CGI, only a small number of connections are allowed. When this number is exceeded, 500 Internal Server Errors occur. To prevent this connection limit, PHP needs to not run as a CGI. This can be done by using the RemoveHandler directive in a .htaccess file in the forums/ directory.

When I ran the upgrade, I password protected the forums/ directory using my web host's control panel temporarily. This overwrote the .htaccess file, removing the RemoveHandler directive, causing the forums' PHP scripts to run in CGI mode, causing internal server errors. I replaced the .htaccess file with the proper one a few minutes ago and now the problem should be solved.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[ILuvMyCelica95]

Problem fixed.

good enough for me lol

[creis]

hmm I did not know there was a limit accessing CGI crap. (is that a server setting, or a software limitation?)