At 12:32 30.03.2002, John Kolvereid wrote: >Hi Perrin, > When I get rid of the LoadModule line I can't load >Apache - it complains of <Perl>. Also the hello.pl >does work w/ plain CGI-Perl I tried that right away. >It just doesn't work w/ mod_perl. I am stumped and am >probably going to give up shortly - thank anyways.
That's because you haven't compiled it statically. Try starting with a clean build: only mod_perl, build it statically, add only minimal extra configuration, and test that. >--- Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry you're having so much trouble with the > > install. It goes pretty > > smoothly for most people, but you are complicating > > things a bit by > > putting PHP and SSL in the mix on your first try. > > > > > Perrin, I have no idea if DSO is still involved > > > > Apache will not build DSO unless you tell it to. > > > > Your build routine looks fine to me. I do the same > > except I don't > > usually build in mod_ssl, and it works. > > > > > After I install the apache server I check the > > > httpd.conf. In it are 2 key lines: > > > > > > LoadModule perl_module libexec/libperl.so > > > AddModule mod_perl.c > > > > Get rid of your old conf file. You don't want any > > of that > > LoadModule/AddModule junk at all in a static server. > > That's DSO-only. > > (Anyone know if mod_ssl somehow forces you to use > > DSO?) > > > > > However, when I try to browse my hello.pl > > > file (from Apache Modules w/ Perl & C, pp 42-4) it > > > displays it as text rather than an html page. > > It's as > > > if the Options ExecCGI were not applied. > > > > That script should work under CGI as well. Does it? > > Did you remember > > to make it executable? > > > > I'm afraid I'm not that much help with install > > problems because I just > > haven't had any of my own to deal with. You can try > > using Apache > > Toolbox to do the build. It's supposed to make this > > stuff easier. If > > it seems hopeless, you could always check out > > SpeedyCGI, which gives a > > similar speedup for perl CGI scripts bu does not > > require apache to be > > recompiled. It doesn't give you access to the full > > range of mod_perl > > tools, but it may be all you need in this case. > > > > - Perrin > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover >http://greetings.yahoo.com/ -- Per Einar Ellefsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
