I'm getting a "SetConsoleMode failed" error message when I try to use the Perl debugger. I am running ActivePerl 5.8.9 Build 827 on Windows Vista Home Premium. I get the same error on my XP machine (same Perl setup). Is this a known problem with Perl on Windows?

Versions of modules mentioned in the error message. 

C:\>ppm query term-r*
+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------------
+-+------+
| name               | version   | abstract                           
+ | area |
+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------------
+-+------+
| Term-ReadKey       | 2.30      | Change terminal modes and perfor...
+ | perl |
| Term-ReadLine      | 1.03      |                                    
+ | perl |
| Term-ReadLine-Perl | 1.0302-r1 | Readline implementation in Perl    
+ | perl |
| Term-ReadLine-Perl | 1.0303    |                                    
+ | site |
+--------------------+-----------+------------------------------------
+-+------+

C:\>perl -d sample.pl

Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.31
Editor support available.

Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'perldoc perldebug' for more help.

main::(sample.pl:9):    my $x = 1;

SetConsoleMode failed, LastError=|6| at C:/Perl/lib/Term/ReadKey.pm li
+ne 265.
 at C:/Perl/site/lib/Term/ReadLine/readline.pm line 1581
        readline::readline('  DB<1> ') called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Term
+/ReadLine/Perl.pm line 11
        Term::ReadLine::Perl::readline('Term::ReadLine::Perl=ARRAY(0x3
+62d3f0)', '  DB<1> ') called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line 6422
        DB::readline('  DB<1> ') called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line
+ 2235
        DB::DB called at sample.pl line 9
  DB<1> x $x

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