mod-wsgi in apache

[metulburr]

i have to filter it from the flood of other crap

If you switch to LogLevel error you wont have a lot in there.

the traceback does not always show up in the apache error log. that and it's not always a traceback.

Anything resulting in an internal server error will show up in the error logs which is any python related error. Anything else would be an apache issue and not a python issue. That and you need to make sure that the files are executable, correct permissions, and in the directory that apache is assigned as wsgi executable.

there is a "system error".

Whatever is causing your system error should also be in the error logs giving you an indication of the problem.