gdb) where
#0  0x402ea774 in ?? ()
#1  0x4016bdd8 in __getservbyname_r (name=0x402046d6 "mysql", proto=0x40204970 "tcp", resbuf=0x401970dc, buffer=0x810ce28 "linuxconf", buflen=1024, 
    result=0xbfffd8c4) at ../nss/getXXbyYY_r.c:182
#2  0x4016bc54 in getservbyname (name=0x402046d6 "mysql", proto=0x40204970 "tcp") at ../nss/getXXbyYY.c:123
#3  0x401d3dea in php3_minit_mysql (type=1, module_number=9) at functions/mysql.c:258
#4  0x401b8047 in module_startup_modules () at internal_functions.c:533
#5  0x401b17ea in php3_module_startup () at main.c:1244
#6  0x401af050 in php3_create_dir () from /[root@badger conf]# strace -eopen -f ../bin/httpd 
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY)  = 4
...
...
...
open("./php3.ini", O_RDONLY)            = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/php3.ini", O_RDONLY)             = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/local/lib/php3.ini", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
[root@badger conf]# 




#7  0x808ed03 in ap_single_module_configure ()
#8  0x807b0b0 in load_module ()
#9  0x808d5de in invoke_cmd ()
#10 0x808dec3 in ap_handle_command ()
#11 0x808df57 in ap_srm_command_loop ()
#12 0x808e360 in ap_process_resource_config ()
#13 0x808ec22 in ap_read_config ()
#14 0x8098481 in standalone_main ()
#15 0x8098cf3 in main ()
#16 0x400bc9cb in __libc_start_main (main=0x80989ac <main>, argc=1, argv=0xbffffb64, init=0x804f7ac <_init>, fini=0x80ccccc <_fini>, 
    rtld_fini=0x4000ae60 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffb5c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:92
(gdb) 

If I comment php out of /usr/local/apache/config/httpd.conf - then all is fine.

I have removed all the redhat rpm's for apache and php...