hi,
I get the same problem on linux/prefork mpm.
fwiw, i'm seeing no such issues on osx 10.4/worker mpm. no errors, no suspect log entries, etc.
Embedded Perl version v5.8.6 for Apache/2.1.5-dev process 21420
Server Version: Apache/2.1.5-dev (Unix) DAV/2 SVN/1.2.0-rc2 mod_perl/1.999.23-dev Perl/v5.8.6
although i'm relatively new to its use, /perl-status seems to behave w/ no obvious errors (so far).
if there's any info i can provide that may be helpful, pls let me know.
cheers,
richard