what is this error means? "Internal Server Error"

[caddlykid]

some times i see this error when i visit my site.
i think the admin did not post any updates status of the free hosting services so im asking if there's something wrong with my account or its just the free hosting server having doing some maintenance and the admin has no time to post.
can somebody clear me with this error im having.

thanks..

500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, support@x10hosting.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_mono/2.6 Server at www.dammy.exofire.net Port 80

 

[The Real Rebel]

It is the server, Its happening to many people at the moment, The issue will be resolved shortly with the server migration.

Regards,
Jamie

 

[Gouri]

some times i see this error when i visit my site.
i think the admin did not post any updates status of the free hosting services so im asking if there's something wrong with my account or its just the free hosting server having doing some maintenance and the admin has no time to post.
can somebody clear me with this error im having.

thanks..

This could be the problem with .htaccess, So rename the .htacces file with some thing else and try to access your page , If still problem exists, post back here.

 

[caddlykid]

this weird before i change the htacces file from htacces.txt to .htacces now it is missing i only see "robots.txt" what should i do with this?

 

[lemon-tree]

The file is still there, it is just hidden. On a Unix system files beginning with a . a hidden by default. In your FTP client try to find an option for show hidden files.

 

[markhere]

If your server is Stoli its the probems are nothing to do with the .htaccess its a problem with the server

 

[lemon-tree]

It's not just Stoli, Lotus is experiencing similar problems. Basically, any page that requires PHP will result in a "500 Internal Server Error". Any straight HTML page will be fine, leading me to believe that there is something seriously wrong with the PHP configuration as I have been seeing this symptom for a few days now.

Also, custom error pages are also not being called on the 500 error. I have a custom error page setup and functioning normally, but it is not being found with this error.

 

[AngusThermopyle]

If it happens "sometimes", it most probably not your .htaccess that is at fault. If you have a syntax or other error in that file, it shows up on ever page access.

Most likely a server problem.

 

[caddlykid]

i just change the .htaccess to htaccess.txt still not working. using filezilla not the webui

 

[markhere]

People are being asked in these forums to change file names clear cache and flush dns when clearly there is a server issue. Not good advice.

 

[lemon-tree]

As said above, this is nothing to do with any faulty .htaccess files, at least not on the individual user level. This is a higher level problem that is affecting all users on the servers.