Apache::ASP - RH install tip
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
Re: Apache::ASP - RH install tip
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 --
