Internal server error mod fcgi

[ASTRAPI]

Hello

When i try to emppty a forum with 30.000 topics inside i got internal server error :(

Apache log:

[Thu Dec 09 05:13:52 2010] [warn] [client 123.456.789.999] mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 40 seconds, referer: http://www.forum.com/admin/index.php?adsess=2230448c&section=content&act=forum&code=empty&f=42

[Thu Dec 09 05:13:52 2010] [error] [client 123.456.789.999] Premature end of script headers: index.php, referer: http://www.forum.com/admin/index.php?adsess=2230448c&section=content&act=forum&code=empty&f=42

[Thu Dec 09 05:13:52 2010] [error] [client 123.456.789.999] File does not exist: /home/user/public_html/500.shtml, referer: http://www.forum.com/admin/index.php?adsess=2230448c&section=content&act=forum&code=empty&f=42

[Thu Dec 09 05:14:01 2010] [warn] mod_fcgid: process 24014 graceful kill fail, sending SIGKILL


Any ideas how to fix this?

Thank you

[Martin A.]

A while ago I made a command line tool for pruning forums. Can't remember if it was for 2.3 or 3.0.

One of the two links in my signature should locate it

[ASTRAPI]

But why i get this error maybe i can do something for better performance in my server related to this error?

[Martin A.]

Pruning forums with lots of topics is a time consuming and resource hungry task, that can lead to PHP timing out.
PHP in shell mode do not have the same restrictions as running it in fCGI or Apache mode.

[Gary.]

Whats the status of your /tmp folder when you run this ? Maybe its filling up and unable to create new files causing the spawns to stall.

What do you use to clean your tmp directory up, Or what script should I say.