Look here:
There are plenty of open slots with "." under "M" column, for over 13 hours (column "SS").... but Apache has a timeout for these slots? or will remain there forever until I restart apache?
Code:
Current Time: Sunday, 13-Dec-2009 22:07:59 CET
Restart Time: Saturday, 12-Dec-2009 21:02:20 CET
Parent Server Generation: 1
Server uptime: 1 day 1 hour 5 minutes 39 seconds
Total accesses: 166097 - Total Traffic: 1.1 GB
CPU Usage: u12.84 s3.06 cu.54 cs0 - .0182% CPU load
1.84 requests/sec - 12.6 kB/second - 6.8 kB/request
3 requests currently being processed, 7 idle workers
__W.K._...K__._........._.......................................
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Scoreboard Key:
"_" Waiting for Connection, "S" Starting up, "R" Reading Request,
"W" Sending Reply, "K" Keepalive (read), "D" DNS Lookup,
"C" Closing connection, "L" Logging, "G" Gracefully finishing,
"I" Idle cleanup of worker, "." Open slot with no current process
Srv PID A cc M CPU SS Req Conn Child Slot Client VHost Request
0-1 4658 0/6/9000 _ 0.42 19 0 0.0 0.00 65.18 93.41.37.38 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
1-1 4794 0/9/9430 _ 0.16 18 420 0.0 0.02 62.70 95.211.64.12 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/cricket-p-3429.html HTTP/1.0
2-1 4805 0/2/9104 W 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 67.01 127.0.0.1 host.xxxxxxxx..xx GET /whm-server-status/ HTTP/1.0
3-1 - 0/0/8626 . 0.17 19 0 0.0 0.00 55.93 93.34.221.227 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/infobox/banner_b.gif HTTP/1.1
4-1 4535 1/25/8752 K 0.71 5 1 0.7 0.15 67.09 66.249.71.36 xxxxxxxx..xx GET /m/catalog/category/view/s/corrimano-legno/id/117/ HTTP/1.1
5-1 - 0/0/8452 . 0.15 47 0 0.0 0.00 64.05 82.61.30.143 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
6-1 4537 0/24/8337 _ 0.48 9 0 0.0 0.04 52.74 93.34.221.227 xxxxxxxx..xx GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1
7-1 - 0/0/7650 . 0.22 46 0 0.0 0.00 50.11 82.61.30.143 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
8-1 - 0/0/7621 . 0.13 80 535 0.0 0.00 44.19 95.211.64.12 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/tabella_spese.php?from=PO&to=Q&start=40
9-1 - 0/0/7663 . 0.78 9 0 0.0 0.00 47.81 93.34.221.227 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/footer_right.gif HTTP/1.1
10-1 3608 1/68/7296 K 1.02 1 1 0.7 0.32 60.53 79.26.247.249 xxxxxxxx..xx GET /m/cancelletto-di-sicurezza-in-legno-polar.html HTTP/1.1
11-1 3609 0/48/7146 _ 1.84 19 0 0.0 0.07 64.69 93.41.37.38 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
12-1 3782 0/51/6528 _ 0.65 19 0 0.0 0.12 49.00 93.41.37.38 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
13-1 - 0/0/6605 . 0.02 154 1 0.0 0.00 51.23 87.5.201.225 xxxxxxxx..xx GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1
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58-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.00 40857 1 0.0 0.00 0.00 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
59-1 - 0/0/2 . 0.00 40864 1 0.0 0.00 0.00 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
60-1 - 0/0/2 . 0.00 40863 2 0.0 0.00 0.00 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
61-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.00 40862 1 0.0 0.00 0.12 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
62-1 - 0/0/12 . 0.01 40852 1 0.0 0.00 0.00 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
63-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.00 40856 1 0.0 0.00 0.11 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
64-1 - 0/0/11 . 0.01 40853 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/blank.html HTTP/1.1
65-1 - 0/0/4 . 0.00 40901 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/infobox/banner_tl.gif HTTP/1.1
66-1 - 0/0/7 . 0.91 40903 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 89.119.251.40 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/infobox/product_foto_bc.gif HTTP
67-1 - 0/0/13 . 0.00 40886 1 0.0 0.00 0.17 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/tri.gif HTTP/1.1
68-1 - 0/0/11 . 0.00 40896 1 0.0 0.00 0.02 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/pixel_trans.gif HTTP/1.1
69-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.00 40898 1 0.0 0.00 0.00 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/header_left.gif HTTP/1.1
70-1 - 0/0/2 . 0.00 40900 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 93.64.224.163 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/imagecache/43x40_Tavola%20in%20p
71-1 - 0/0/6 . 0.29 40868 665 0.0 0.00 0.00 95.211.64.12 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/gazebo-privee-p-1378.html HTTP/1.0
72-1 - 0/0/6 . 0.00 40884 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/tri.gif HTTP/1.1
73-1 - 0/0/4 . 0.52 40893 1 0.0 0.00 0.01 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/footer_left.gif HTTP/1.1
74-1 - 0/0/5 . 0.00 40892 1 0.0 0.00 0.00 78.15.220.119 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/footer_right.gif HTTP/1.1
75-1 - 0/0/1 . 0.00 48986 2 0.0 0.00 0.01 89.119.251.40 xxxxxxxx..xx GET xxxxxxxxxx/images/imagecache/100x75_C200-2.jpg HTT