Re: mod_perl failure under Vista

[Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, RA Jones wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Either nobody has attempted to install mod_perl2 under Windows Vista 
> (unlikely) or it's gone in without a hitch. I find this latter scenario 
> equally improbable, but I can't find any references to the following problem:
>
> ActivePerl 5.8.8 build 820, Apache_2.2.4 Win32 binary, mod_perl2.0.ppd from 
> theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca repository. All installed OK and Apache2 starts up OK 
> until 'LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so' added to httpd.conf, 
> causing 'httpd -k start' to generate the following error:
>
> httpd: Syntax error on line 116 of Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load 
> C:/Apache2.2/modules/mod_perl.so into server: The specified module could not 
> be found.
>
> But mod_perl.so *is* there, along with many other .so files.
>
> Vista has some file permission issues that XP didn't have, but I don't know 
> if that is the problem. Anyone encountered this before or have some 
> suggestions? Thanks.

I haven't heard of anyone having problems like this, but 
that doesn't mean there isn't one (I don't have Vista). One 
thing to check - if you're running Apache/2.2, you should 
install the mod_perl.ppd file (not mod_perl-2.0, which is 
for Apache/2.0). If you installed mod_perl-2.0, try
uninstalling it (including mod_perl.so) and installing
the mod_perl ppm package.

-- 
best regards,
Randy

Re: mod_perl failure under Vista

[Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, RA Jones wrote:

> Randy Kobes wrote:
>> I haven't heard of anyone having problems like this, but that doesn't mean 
>> there isn't one (I don't have Vista). One thing to check - if you're 
>> running Apache/2.2, you should install the mod_perl.ppd file (not 
>> mod_perl-2.0, which is for Apache/2.0). If you installed mod_perl-2.0, try
>> uninstalling it (including mod_perl.so) and installing
>> the mod_perl ppm package.
> Yes that did it thanks. Against my expectations as requesting mod_perl.ppd 
> instead of mod_perl2.0.ppd started downloading the mod_perl 2.0.3 ppd, which 
> seems a bit odd. Presumably the numbering of the ppd's is different to the 
> CPAN modules, where mod_perl2 is for Apache2.x (presumably including v2.2), 
> and mod_perl is for Apache 1.x. Not so?

In making up the ppm packages, I use the same convention
as ActiveState, where the package name is derived from the
CPAN distribution name. mod_perl-2.03:
    http://search.cpan.org/~pgollucci/mod_perl-2.0.3/
is in the "mod_perl" CPAN distribution, and so I just
called it "mod_perl". It's not a perfect system, as
because of binary incompatibilities, mod_perl-1 and
mod_perl-2 for Apache/2.0 have to be named something
different, but I thought mod_perl, for Apache/2.2, was
the most common configuration by now.

-- 
best regards,
Randy

Re: mod_perl failure under Vista

[RA Jones <ra...@dpw.clara.co.uk>]

Randy Kobes wrote:
> I haven't heard of anyone having problems like this, but that doesn't 
> mean there isn't one (I don't have Vista). One thing to check - if 
> you're running Apache/2.2, you should install the mod_perl.ppd file (not 
> mod_perl-2.0, which is for Apache/2.0). If you installed mod_perl-2.0, try
> uninstalling it (including mod_perl.so) and installing
> the mod_perl ppm package.
Yes that did it thanks. Against my expectations as requesting 
mod_perl.ppd instead of mod_perl2.0.ppd started downloading the mod_perl 
2.0.3 ppd, which seems a bit odd. Presumably the numbering of the ppd's 
is different to the CPAN modules, where mod_perl2 is for Apache2.x 
(presumably including v2.2), and mod_perl is for Apache 1.x. Not so?
-- 
Richard Jones
Leeds, UK