Reading the logs is an obvious suggestion. CGI::Carp misses some 500 stuff. Try adding this which is pretty robust:

#!/usr/bin/perl

BEGIN {
    $|++;
    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    # this may also help as it will capture STDERR in the browser
    open STDERR, ">&STDOUT";
    use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
}

print STDERR "<p>Foo</p>";
print STDOUT "<p>Bar</p>";

# catches almost all errors one way or another
# if ( $syntax_error ) {

END { print STDERR "Exiting!" }
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tachyon

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Error logs don't have a detailed message. No line number. Just some generic script warning. Yes warning switch is on. Tried your code above and something similar already but just get a blank screen when there is an error. Nothing in the error log. Thanks, anyway.

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Then sprinkle warns throughout the code (yours and/or Movable Type) to see how far execution does get, so that you can gradually zero in on the culprit. Once you know where it happens, you have a much better chance of finding out what goes wrong.

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