On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Claus Andersen wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, George Georgalis wrote:
>
>> I think you need a custom kernel for
>> apache-ssl with mod_python, extra semaphores
>> or bigger block, don't remember exactly what

> Anyhow I was getting ready to roll a new kernel with:
> options        SEMMNI=1024       # number of semaphore identifiers
> options        SEMMNS=1024       # number of semaphores in system

This was the solution. Postgresql tweaks these on the fly which was why 
apache played along for a time.
With the above kernel options apache+mod_python runs fine without 
postgresql.

Thanks alot, George!

Kind Regards,
Claus Andersen