[TriLUG] apache/mod_perl question

[Owen Berry]

Try mod_perl.so instead, and if your layout matches mine, it would be
modules/mod_perl.so. Run 'locate mod_perl.so' if you're not sure where
it is. A caveat is that I'm running apache2.

Owen

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 11:49 -0500, William Sutton wrote:
> Apparently my google-fu is failing, so here's the situation:
> 
> Apache 1.3.33 (installed by gentoo as a result of emerge -v apache):
> Server version: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)  (Gentoo/Linux)
> Server built:   Nov 21 2005 11:39:10
> Server's Module Magic Number: 19990320:16
> Server compiled with....
>  -D EAPI
>  -D EAPI_MM
>  -D EAPI_MM_CORE_PATH="/var/cache/apache-mm/mm"
>  -D HAVE_MMAP
>  -D HAVE_SHMGET
>  -D USE_SHMGET_SCOREBOARD
>  -D USE_MMAP_FILES
>  -D HAVE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT
>  -D HAVE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT
>  -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
>  -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=64
>  -D HARD_SERVER_LIMIT=512
>  -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/lib/apache"
>  -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/sbin/suexec"
>  -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache.pid"
>  -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="/var/run/apache.scoreboard"
>  -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="/var/run/apache.lock"
>  -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="/var/log/apache/error_log"
>  -D TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/mime.types"
>  -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/apache.conf"
>  -D ACCESS_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/access.conf"
>  -D RESOURCE_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache/srm.conf"
> 
> mod_perl 1.27-r4 according to emerge -vp mod_perl
> 
> both, as I say, installed by gentoo.  Following the MasonHQ FAQ 
> (eventually on my list), I added the following to my apache config file:
> 
> AddModule mod_perl.c
> <Location /mason_code>
>     SetHandler perl-script
>     PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> </Location>
> 
> When I actually try to use this, however, I get the following:
> 
> maul htdocs # /etc/init.d/apache configtest
>  * Checking Apache Configuration ...
>  * Apache has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
> Processing config directory: /etc/apache/modules.d/*.conf
>  Processing config file: /etc/apache/modules.d/10_mod_ssl.conf
> Syntax error on line 982 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
> Cannot add module via name 'mod_perl.c': not in list of loaded modules    
> [ !! ]
> 
> If anyone can offer suggestions?  I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> -- 
> William Sutton