<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>2.5 Troubleshooting</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="2.5 Troubleshooting"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <link rel="first" href="modpython.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="previous" href="inst-testing.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="installation.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="tutorial.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="inst-testing.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="installation.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="tutorial.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-testing.html">2.4 Testing</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="installation.html">2. Installation</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="tutorial.html">3. Tutorial</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION004500000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 2.5 Troubleshooting </H1> <P> There are a few things you can try to identify the problem: <P> <UL> <LI>Carefully study the error output, if any. <P> </LI> <LI>Check the server error log file, it may contain useful clues. <P> </LI> <LI>Try running Apache from the command line in single process mode: <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> ./httpd -X </pre></dl> This prevents it from backgrounding itself and may provide some useful information. <P> </LI> <LI>Ask on the mod_python list. Make sure to provide specifics such as: <P> <UL> <LI>Mod_python version. </LI> <LI>Your operating system type, name and version. </LI> <LI>Your Python version, and any unusual compilation options. </LI> <LI>Your Apache version. </LI> <LI>Relevant parts of the Apache config, .htaccess. </LI> <LI>Relevant parts of the Python code. <P> </LI> </UL> <P> </LI> </UL> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="inst-testing.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="installation.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="tutorial.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="inst-testing.html">2.4 Testing</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="installation.html">2. Installation</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="tutorial.html">3. Tutorial</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>