Configuration problem -- HTML embeded cgi script calls not working [using default MDK/Linux 8.1 (Apache 1.3)]

Hi all, I am a self-taught Linux admin, working hard on patching my knowledge potholes. One of them is Apache/cgi/perl configuration. I am using Mandrake 8.1 on an Intel machine, that comes pre-installed with Apache 1.3. Default configuration file (/etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf) looks as

Re: Configuration problem -- HTML embeded cgi script calls notworking [using default MDK/Linux 8.1 (Apache 1.3)]

Thank you very much for your help! Changing the file to .shtml did the trick! Once more thank your for your generous assistance! Sincerely, Ico