Chris Grau wrote: > I don't think it matters if you use PerlHandler or PerlResponseHandler, in this case, it looks like it does. i changed it to PerlResponseHandler, and httpd now starts. mason still isn't getting the page to handle, <% 2+2 %> still looks like <% 2+2 %>, but at least i can see the page which is 100% better than when httpd wouldn't even start. thanks, richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security