I wrote: > 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. i spoke too soon. what really happened was this. i forgot to uncomment #PerlModule MasonX::Apache2Handler so the failure simply moved to the first time i tried to look at a page being handled by mason. as soon as i uncommented this line, i couldn't start httpd anymore. i'm stil stuck with the same error condition trying to compile Apache2Handler for the first time. the only control i seem to have is whether it bombs when the daemon starts, or the first time a page is accessed. sigh, richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security