general/3964: Http server intermittantly dies with "Alarm clock" (SIGALRM?).

[Don Griffin <dg...@iwebb.com>]

>Number:         3964
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Http server intermittantly dies with "Alarm clock" (SIGALRM?).
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 24 16:00:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     dgriffin@iwebb.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.4
>Environment:
Hardware: Intel Pentium II 350 / 256 MB RAM
Operating System: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE
Compiler: GCC 2.8.1
>Description:
The http server is running from inetd and tcp_wrappers (v 7.6).  
The server will randomly, instead of sending the requested document to the 
requesting browser, send a blank page with the words "Alarm clock."
This usually happens several times in succession, and then starts working 
again.  The server error logs do not show anything when this happens, nor 
does it leave a core file.
>How-To-Repeat:
Unknown.  http://www.arcanis.com and http://www.shadowmatrix.net are example 
URLs on the server that is experiencing the problem.
>Fix:

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