general/1937: apache stops creating new childs

["Amarendran R.Subramanian" <am...@neckar-alb.de>]

>Number:         1937
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       apache stops creating new childs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 12 00:50:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     amar@neckar-alb.de
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2.4
>Environment:
SunOS <machine-name> 5.4 generic sun4m sparc with solaris 2.4
>Description:
Without any predicition apache stops creating new child processes 
but the main process and the existing processes remain. Apache is also
acception no connection. After waitng a while (between a fewn minutes until 2 hours)
all things work as nothing had ever been. 
>How-To-Repeat:
no way found to repeat this problem
>Fix:
no idea, very desperate
>Audit-Trail:
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