[mapserver-users] 500 Internal server error

[P Kishor]

On 4/2/08, Ignacio J. Moratiel <imoratiel at tecnosylva.com> wrote:
>
>  I've compiled and installed mapserver on Suse 10.0 and mapserv file is on
> cgi-bin directory. When I try to run the scripts I get a 500 internal error
> message.
>
>  I can read on this page
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/compiling_on_unix
>
>  500 Internal server error: This is a fairly generic error message. All it
> basically tells you is that the web server was unsuccessful in running the
> program. You will have to consult the web server's error log to find out
> more, and may need to enlist the help of your webmaster/system administrator

well, what does your Apache error_log say? Did you check the logfile?


>
>  Mapserver creates a 0 bytes image in temp directory, and returns 500 error,
> so I think Apache is running program but mapserver fails.
>
>  mapserv -v returns:
>  MapServer version 4.8.4 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP
> OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER
> SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
>
>  Is there any way to check mapserv script is compiled ok? Should I check
> other things?
>
>  Thanks for your help
>
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