Run this config as-is and DEFLATE is never added. Uncomment the empty "Directory /" container and it works. Something is hosed in dir config merge or something like that.
--------cut here--------- TypesConfig conf/mime.types ServerRoot "/home/trawick/apacheinst" Timeout 300 Listen 8080 DocumentRoot "/home/trawick/apacheinst/htdocs" Alias /manual "/home/trawick/apacheinst/manual" #<Directory /> #</Directory> <Directory "/home/trawick/apacheinst/manual/"> SetOutputFilter DEFLATE </Directory> ErrorLog logs/error_log LogLevel debug LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common CustomLog logs/access_log common ---------cut here--------- -- Jeff Trawick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | PGP public key at web site: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9289/ Born in Roswell... married an alien...