I'm trying to get Mason working under mod_perl, but having a bit of trouble with Apache::Request. I do a simple script like the following. 
<html><body>
%my $planet = "World";
Hello <% planet %>!
</body></html>

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and I get a 500 error, with the following log: 
[Tue Sep 16 06:08:39 2003] [error] [client 10.0.1.159] Can't locate ob
+ject method "new" via package "Apache::Request" at /usr/lib/perl5/sit
+e_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/Apache/Request.pm line 22.

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Mason seems ok when i run it standalone 
use strict;
use  HTML::Mason;
my $interp = HTML::Mason::Interp->new();
my $comp = $interp->make_component(comp_source => <<'END');
% my $planet = "World";
        Hello <% $planet %>
END
$interp->exec($comp);

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Apparently the problem is only with Apache Request which seems to have installed fine according to cpan. Except that the test phase did return an error.. 
!!! no test server configured, please specify an httpd or an apxs othe
+r than /usr/sbin/apxs or put either in your PATH. For example:
t/TEST -httpd /path/to/bin/httpd
make: *** [run_tests] Error 1
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK

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Has anyone ever encountered anything similar with Apache::Request? I googled and found a few similar messages, but no clear cut solution to the problem. My PC runs Mandrake 9.1, which runs a seperate apache process for mod_perl, if that matters.

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