Cron not able to run on Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

Hi! hanks for the ideas, I'm using PHP/5.2.6, I'm not sure what it is, I just took over this server a few days ago but I think its included in the generic mac os x server build.

Im not running with cgi, though I am running SSI. I don't believe I'm running Suexec.. but that brings up an interesting question if mac server is restricting my permissions to run cron somewhere else..

First Cron Run

I'm wondering what common.inc does? I looked at line 21 and it calls to something

/**
 * Return status for saving which involved an update to an existing item.
 */
define('SAVED_UPDATED', 2);

[Mon Oct 05 11:02:32 2009] [error] [client 144.92.163.77] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getAll() on a non-object in /Users/petra/Sites/includes/common.inc(1655) : eval()'d code on line 21
[Mon Oct 05 11:02:32 2009] [error] [client 144.92.163.77] PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './modules/panels/includes/plugins.inc' (include_path='.:/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib/php:/Users/petra/Sites/sites/all/modules/activitystream/activitystream_flickr/PEAR') in /Users/petra/Sites/modules/panels/panels.module on line 278

Second Cron Run

[Mon Oct 05 11:14:50 2009] [error] [client 144.92.163.77] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getAll() on a non-object in /Users/petra/Sites/includes/common.inc(1655) : eval()'d code on line 21
[Mon Oct 05 11:14:50 2009] [error] [client 144.92.163.77] PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './modules/panels/includes/plugins.inc' (include_path='.:/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib/php:/Users/petra/Sites/sites/all/modules/activitystream/activitystream_flickr/PEAR') in /Users/petra/Sites/modules/panels/panels.module on line 278

The annoying thing is that the php ini file is located in that directory arghh! I have no clue what is wrong here, the php file is readable, ive increased the max execution time and other vars for php but obviously it dosen't matter if the php file isn't being read. I've taken off allowoverrides and going directly by the server http.conf and so forth but I am still getting the same errors, the include path seems to be correct but its not getting it but other php scripts work just fine, just not cron.

I'm also getting this as well..

Cron run exceeded the time limit and was aborted.

Cron has been running for more than an hour and is most likely stuck.

I have no clue as to where to start to fix this. I'm going to create the php log to look at the errors but I think server admin had already done that.. I'll just make sure but anwyays.

Anyone have a good direction to start in?

this is what php outputs on cron run

Fatal error: Call to a member function getAll() on a non-object in /Users/petra/Sites/includes/common.inc(1655) : eval()'d code on line 21

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './modules/panels/includes/plugins.inc' (include_path='.:/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib/php:/Users/petra/Sites/sites/all/modules/activitystream/activitystream_flickr/PEAR') in /Users/petra/Sites/modules/panels/panels.module on line 278

As i understand it drupal_cron_run() is all the cron good stuff
the cron_semaphore and etc is done here

  else {
    // Register shutdown callback
    register_shutdown_function('drupal_cron_cleanup');

    // Lock cron semaphore
    variable_set('cron_semaphore', time());

    // Iterate through the modules calling their cron handlers (if any):
    module_invoke_all('cron');

    // Record cron time
    variable_set('cron_last', time());
    watchdog('cron', 'Cron run completed.', array(), WATCHDOG_NOTICE);

    // Release cron semaphore
    variable_del('cron_semaphore');

    // Return TRUE so other functions can check if it did run successfully
    return TRUE;
  }
}
?>

now cron times out because it is stuck on something and cant include the php.ini file or something with common.inc i have no clue, but after it timeouts it sets semaphore, then iterates through the modules, where a huge amount of errors are caused, all the same in nature that they cant include php. The problem is I can't find out what is causing line 21 of common.inc to return a fatal error, this has to do with

<?php
// $Id: common.inc,v 1.756.2.57 2009/07/01 20:51:55 goba Exp $

/**
 * @file
 * Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.
 *
 * The functions that are critical and need to be available even when serving
 * a cached page are instead located in bootstrap.inc.
 */

/**
 * Return status for saving which involved creating a new item.
 */
define('SAVED_NEW', 1);

/**
 * Return status for saving which involved an update to an existing item.
 */
define('SAVED_UPDATED', 2);

It is hanging up on saved updated?

"Return status for saving which involved an update to an existing item." is the definition of this function, did something go wrong with an update? very confused.. could someone give me a direction to go in..?

I commented out all three lines and line 21 in common.inc and still received the same error...

Found out that someone had inserted a rogue php script trying to access some nonexistent database. Great deal of work for a piece of code not belonging in a node in the first place.