[mod_python] wrong version?

Graham Dumpleton graham.dumpleton at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 20:28:04 EDT 2008


2008/4/9 Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com>:
> Any other ideas on this topic?

As I said before, the problem is that you are managing to either
install mod_python.so into the wrong installation or you have compiled
it against the header files for the wrong version of Apache.

The proof of this is that the magic number your mod_python.so has equates to:

  #define MODULE_MAGIC_COOKIE 0x41503230UL /* "AP20" */

whereas Apache is expecting:

  #define MODULE_MAGIC_COOKIE 0x41503232UL /* "AP22" */

Do you have header files installed in the following directory?

  /usr/local/apache28/include

Are those header files readable to the user that you are compiling mod_python?

Look in the header file 'ap_mmn.h' in that directory, what is the
value of MODULE_MAGIC_COOKIE?

Now go find where the header files for your other Apache installation
are located and find what its value of MODULE_MAGIC_COOKIE is? What
directory are those header files in?

To work out why it is picking up wrong header files, as I suggested
before, look at the -I flags used when compiler is run on mod_python
source code. For example on my system I get:

/usr/local/apache-2.2.4/bin/apxs
-I/Users/grahamd/Projects/mod_python-trunk/src/include
-I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3
-DNDEBUG -Wc,'-arch ppc' -c mod_python.c _apachemodule.c
requestobject.c tableobject.c util.c serverobject.c connobject.c
filterobject.c hlist.c hlistobject.c finfoobject.c -arch ppc
-Wl,-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Python -u __dummy -u
_PyMac_Error -framework System  -framework CoreServices -framework
Foundation -ldl

What do you get?

Graham

> httpd: Syntax error on line 55 of /usr/local/apache28/conf/httpd.conf: API
> module structure 'python_module' in file
> /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so is garbled - expected signature
> 41503232 but saw 41503230 - perhaps this is not an Apache module DSO, or was
> compiled for a different Apache version?
>
> running on 2.6.9-023stab044.11-smp
>
> apache 2.2.8 (second install, which was in /usr/local/apache28
>
> python 2.5.2
>
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2 versions of apache
> >
> > just ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache28/bin/apxs
> >
> > I did make install
> >
> > And no, I don't understand the shared library issue.  Unfortunately I'm
> pretty much a noob, since any previous apache haven't required any modules.
> >
> > Thanks for all the help.  Let me know if you have any other ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:49 AM, Graham Dumpleton
> <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What about my other questions:
> > >
> > >
> > > How many different versions of Apache do you have installed?
> > >
> > > What options did you use to 'configure' when building mod_python?
> > >
> > > Did you use the 'install' target to 'make' or copy it by hand?
> > >
> > > Do you also understand what I am talking about with the shared library
> > > issue, not that it in itself should cause this problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Graham
> > >
> > > 2008/4/8 Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com>:
> > > > After doing that, new error:
> > > >
> > > > httpd: Syntax error on line 55 of /usr/local/apache28/conf/httpd.conf:
> API
> > > > module structure 'python_module' in file /usr/loc?
> > > >
> > > > line 55 is:
> > > > 55 LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so
> > > >
> > > > I did reconfigure/compile to see if that helped, but here's the ls -la
> > > >
> > > > 2857 -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2911798 Apr  8 01:35
> mod_python.so
> > > >
> > > > file
> > > >
> > > > /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared
> object,
> > > > Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
> > > >
> > > > ldd
> > > > libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00111000)
> > > >         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00826000)
> > > >         libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00162000)
> > > >         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00ee8000)
> > > >          libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00832000)
> > > >         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00411000)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:52 AM, Graham Dumpleton
> > > > <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Did you do a full stop and start of Apache, not just a
> restart/reload?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2008/4/8 Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com>:
> > > > >
> > > > > > 2857 -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2911798 Apr  7 23:14
> > > > > > /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared
> object,
> > > > > > Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7e54000)
> > > > > >         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7e50000)
> > > > > >         libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0xb7e4d000)
> > > > > >         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7e2c000)
> > > > > >          libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7d09000)
> > > > > >         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fee000)
> > > > >
> > > > > This all indicates that your Python has not been installed with a
> > > > > shared library and that Python is being linked statically into
> > > > > mod_python.so. This is generally not a good as it bloats your Apache
> > > > > processes by a couple of MB in size. It can also cause issues,
> > > > > especially when upgrading from older to newer mod_python and/or
> > > > > different version of Python. Thus why it is important to do a full
> > > > > stop of Apache when replacing mod_python.so in this case.
> > > > >
> > > > > For details of Python shared library issues, see:
> > > > >
> > > > >  http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues
> > > > >
> > > > > This is from mod_wsgi documentation, but same issues apply.
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, one more possibility is if you have multiple versions of Apache
> > > > > installed when mod_python was compiled it used the wrong header
> files.
> > > > > How did you install mod_python.so.
> > > > >
> > > > > How many different versions of Apache do you have installed?
> > > > >
> > > > > What options did you use to 'configure' when building mod_python?
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you use the 'install' target to 'make' or copy it by hand?
> > > > >
> > > > > If copied by hand, maybe it was compiled against wrong version of
> > > > > Apache for which you copied it into. You may want tp pay very
> careful
> > > > > attention to the -I flags to compiler when mod_python was compiled.
> > > > >
> > > > > Graham
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Graham Dumpleton
> > > > > > <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > What do you get when you run:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  ls -las /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > and:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  file /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > and:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  ldd /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Graham
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2008/4/8 Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com>:
> > > > > > > > Hi Graham,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks for the quick reply.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I compiled all 3: python,apache,mod python.  Did not use
> binaries
> > > > for
> > > > > > any of
> > > > > > > > them.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Graham Dumpleton
> > > > > > > > <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > 2008/4/8 Kyle Simpson <kyle.simpson at gmail.com>:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Not sure what to make of this error.  I have apache 2.2.8,
> > > > python
> > > > > > 2.5.2
> > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > mod python 3.3.1.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > httpd: Syntax error on line 54 of
> > > > > > /usr/local/apache28/conf/httpd.conf:
> > > > > > > > API
> > > > > > > > > > module structure 'python_module' in file
> > > > > > > > > > /usr/local/apache28/modules/mod_python.so is garbled -
> expected
> > > > > > > > signature
> > > > > > > > > > 41503232 but saw 41503230 - perhaps this is not an Apache
> module
> > > > > > DSO, or
> > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > compiled for a different Apache version?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Exactly what it means.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Did you compile mod_python yourself for that version of
> Apache or
> > > > did
> > > > > > > > > you just install a binary package from somewhere for both?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I am assuming Apache has a concept of an internal ABI
> number. This
> > > > is
> > > > > > > > > changed whenever the ABI is changed. You may not be able to
> use a
> > > > > > > > > precompiled module from an older version of Apache even if
> same
> > > > > > > > > major/minor version, if this ABI has changed.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Graham
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


More information about the Mod_python mailing list