Thank for the quick reply --- but
If there is a section for APC in your phpinfo page, APC has been loaded. If not, you need to check your php.ini to make sure to load apc.so properly.
There is no section in my phpinfo.
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = /lsphp5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/
that directory contains apc.so and suhosin.so
I also have another three lines later on in the php.ini
[APC]
apc.shm_size = 32
include_path = "/home/web/php/lsphp5"
Yet I still can not see what is going on and why APC won't fireup.