if you build with PERL_TRACE=1 and start the server like so:
% setenv MOD_PERL_TRACE=1
% httpd -X
you should get some helpful diagnotics.
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Bill Marrs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using mod_perl successfully albeit minimally for a couple months
> now.
> I'm trying to tune performance and memory usage by consolidating some
> common Perl "use" directives in a PerlRequire statement. However, when I
> add this line to my Apache config file (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf), the
> server fails to come up - and also give no indication that I can find of a
> problem. So, I don't know what's going wrong.
>
> Here's what I'm adding to my httpd.conf file:
>
> PerlRequire /home/ugtz/startup.pl
>
>
> I have the usual stuff in my /home/ugtz/startup.pl file, actually I tried
> commenting everything but the #!/usr/local/bin/perl and the "1;" at the
> end, and it still failed. So, I don't think the contents of the file are
> at fault.
>
> My httpd error log doesn't say anything is wrong, it actually doesn't log
> anything - like it never got that far...
>
> I do:
> % /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
> Starting httpd: [ OK ]
> % ps -ef |grep httpd
> [no httpd processes]
> % tail /etc/httpd/logs/error_log
> [ nothing new in log ]
>
>
> Does anyone have any clues for me to track down on this, I'm stumped.
>
> -bill
>
>
