in reply to 500 Internal Server Error - Using ActiveState perl

There are a few possibilities I can think of, the server log might tell you more...

Possibility 1:
Your Apache config has loadfile <previous_version_of_perl.dll>.

Possibility 2:
You haven't installed mod_perl for the newly installed Perl.

Possibility 3:
Need to specify the full path to the perl executable. 
#!C:/perl58/bin/perl.exe -w

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Re: Re: 500 Internal Server Error - Using ActiveState perl
by perleager (Pilgrim) on Jan 07, 2004 at 04:33 UTC
    Hey,

    Thanks for the help -

    Where can I install the mod_perl? Will using the ActiveState Perl PPM work? Also I checked the config for the loadfile , and changed it to the updated version of perl. Which one should I use?

    C:/perl58/bin/perlis.dll or C:/perl58/bin/perl58.dll?
    Or are both the same? -I tried both and both seems to still give me a 500 error message. Also where can I check the server log? I'm not really the admin of the server but I did check under adminstration tools > event viewer > and checked for any errors with 500? :(

    Anthony
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      You should load C:/perl58/bin/perl58.dll, and you definitely should install mod_perl.

      To get mod_perl:

      Official Website: http://perl.apache.org/

      To install the binary package (the quick and easy way) - open a CMD shell and then type the following:
      ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/mod_perl.ppd

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      You also need to download the mod_perl.so module from here -> http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/. Drop this file under C:/Apache2/modules directory.

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        Okay thank you,

        Would installing this solve the 500 problem you think? What if I'm not running apache?

        Thanks,
        Anthony
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      Also where can I check the server log?

      If you're using IIS, you're out of luck. It doesn't write error logs, and the reasearch I've done has not highlighted a hidden feature/setting either that can produce error logs. The access logs are all you get.

      --
      Barbie | Birmingham Perl Mongers | http://birmingham.pm.org/

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