[Answer]-Python-openid cause segmentation fault on mod_wsgi

Why mod_wsgi may crash covered in the FAQ for mod_wsgi.

• http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Apache_Process_Crashes

In particular, you likely are using a C extension module which hasn’t been written correctly to work in Python sub interpreters and so it crashes.

• http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ApplicationIssues#Python_Simplified_GIL_State_API

As explained in issues list for mod_wsgi, presuming that it is the only WSGI application running in that mod_wsgi daemon process, force it to run in the main interpreter, using:

WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}