I'll add this fix to the error messaging for Apache::ASP.
Thanks for figuring out an alternative solution.
-- Joshua
Tyler Vallillee wrote:
>
> A tip that may fix somebody else's problems. My system is RH 6.2 and I
> installed Apache and mod_perl from RPM's (please no flames :)
>
> Upon installing Apache::ASP I got the dreaded SCALAR error in my error log
> when testing the site/eg directory:
> -----
> no valid request object (Apache=SCALAR(0x831a48c)) passed to ASP handler;
> if you are getting
> this error message, you likely have a broken DSO version of mod_perl
> which often occurs when using RedHat RPMs. The fix here is to compile
> statically the apache + mod_perl build. Please check FAQ or mod_perl
> archives for more information.
> ----
>
> Looking at the default httpd.conf entries, the /perl directory handler is
> missing a VERY important line: PerlSendHeader On
>
> When I added this line, the examples worked perfectly!
>
> Here is my mod_perl Location entry from httpd.conf:
> Alias /perl/ /home/httpd/perl/
> <Location /perl>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler Apache::Registry
> PerlSendHeader On
> Options +ExecCGI
> </Location>
>
> I am not sure how the FAQ gets updated, but this may be a worthwhile
> update.
>
> Tyler
>
>
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