I've been exploring mod_perl lately. I like it but.... I'm getting what seems to me to be some odd behaviour, that I can't make sense of.

If I uncomment out the die marked with #NOTE1 (and restart the server) I get the standard 500 error not the die message I would expect ('UGGGGH!', this mesg. does show up in the logs however.)
If I re-comment the die, I get the 'huh' I expect (no need to restart the server).

I don't understand this behaviour.
Question 1 What do I have to do to get CGI::Carp (fatalsToBrowser) to work under mod_perl? This code works as I expect when not under mod_perl.
If I uncomment the error_mode liine I get what I expect in the browser ('Oops and $@'), but not the Carp msg.
Question 2 Why and when do I have to restart the server?
Apache/2.0.52 (Unix) mod_perl/1.999.21 Perl/v5.8.0 

#! /usr/bin/perl -w
                                                                      
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package Comcoa;
use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use strict;
                                                                      
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sub setup {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->start_mode('start');
    #$self->error_mode('error');
    $self->run_modes(
        'start' => 'start',
        'test'  => 'test');
}
                                                                      
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sub test {
    die 'ARRRGH!';
}
                                                                      
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sub start {
    #die 'UGGGGH!'; #NOTE1
   'huh';
}
                                                                      
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sub error {
    "Oops we have an error?<p>$@";
}
                                                                      
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