i can't seem to get mod_perl working right (using the pre-compiled mod_perl/apache in osx 10.3)

any perl script i hit, comes up blank -- no errors or anything -- it just doesn't print anything to the request (not even hello world!), and the browser gets a 'no data / empty document'

no errors in apachelog or errorlog
if i run a script that opens a file/writes to it -- that action is done.
apache seems to have multiple requests at the same moment -- as if every child process is trying to process the script. this only happens when mod_perl is enabled for that directory though. i have this in httpd.conf:
<Directory /webserver/documents/>
    Options All Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Apache::PerlRun
    PerlSendHeader On
</Directory>

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any suggestions?

In reply to need help getting apache/mod_perl right by nmerriweather

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