Re: mod_perl Not Working W/ Apache2 on Sid

[Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com>]

On Monday 03 April 2006 19:47, James Westby wrote:
> Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > I'm just trying to run a simple test set up, so I don't have to
> > keep uploading every little change to my web server.  I've had
> > Apache2 working for a while, and today I added mod_perl (aptitude
> > install libapache2-mod-perl2).  My
> > /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/perl.load looks like this:
> >
> > LoadModule perl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so
> >
> > <Directory /perl >
> >    SetHandler  perl-script
> >    PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
> >    Options +ExecCGI
> > </Directory>
> >
> > (I saw a sample with another line in it, after the first line
> > (PerlModule Apache2) but Apache2 would not load with that line
> > included.)
> >
> > The root server directory is /var/www and I have a perl script
> > in /var/www/perl.  When I try to access it with Firefox, it tries
> > to download it instead of the script being executed.  I've tried
> > changing the directory do /var/www/perl in the config, but that
> > doesn't help.
> >
> > (I use /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload between each test.)
> >
> > All I want to do is test a few simple scripts on my local system
> > and make sure they're working before I put them on a server.  I
> > don't need anything fancy, I'm not worried about speed.  I just
> > need them to run.
> >
> > What is wrong or mis-configured?  Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Hal
>
> I got Apache 2 to work with
>
>  PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
>
> rather than
>
> PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry

Still the same thing: it tries to download the program instead.

Hal