Apache: Could not initialize random number generator

Question

I\'m really frustrated, my apache server doesn\'t start, my error.log is this:

[Fri Jul 26 16:26:20.211050 2013] [core:notice] [pid 32240:tid 268] AH00094: Comma         


        

Answer 1

I had similar problem and troubleshooted for days before I finally stumbled upon the solution:

Ensure that your system's PATH environment variable does not contain illegal characters such as "b?????Ä/????????".

Removing such entries resolved the problem for me.

Answer 2

Check your environment settings. There may be an invalid character in it. See http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=5535

Besides that: it looks like you are missing the logs directory.

Answer 3

I had a similar problem:

[:crit] [pid 7368] (-2146173818)Unknown error: AH00141: Could not initialize random number generator

I checked the system's PATH environment variable and found Chinese signs in it. Since I deleted them, Apache works fine.