Perl / Apache on RH9.0 not working.

Mon Apr 26 17:44:37 UTC 2004

After a complete re-install of RH to v9.0 I can't get even the simplest
of perl scripts to work in Apache. If I set the bang to -w the script
will work but if it is not set then then I get this:
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Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your
request. 
Error message: 
Premature end of script headers: hello.cgi 
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster 
Error 500
[site url]
Mon 26 Apr 2004 12:36:41 PM CDT 
Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux)
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The script in question is this:
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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
print <<EOP;
Content-type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
	<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello World!</p>
</body>
</html>
EOP
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Can't get any simpler than that. So anyone know what's wrong? This is
the first time I"ve used Apache 2.0 so I'm not sure if this is an Apache
or a Perl issue.

Here is the mod_perl info from the server:
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Module Name: mod_perl.c 
Content handlers: yes
Configuration Phase Participation: Create Directory Config, Merge
Directory Configs, Create Server Config, Merge Server Configs
Request Phase Participation: Post-Read Request, Header Parse, Translate
Path, Check Access, Verify User ID, Verify User Access, Check Type,
Fixups, Logging 
Module Directives:
PerlSwitches - Perl Switches 
PerlModule - PerlModule 
PerlRequire - PerlRequire 
PerlOptions - Perl Options 
PerlInitHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlSetVar - PerlSetVar 
PerlAddVar - PerlAddVar 
PerlSetEnv - PerlSetEnv 
PerlPassEnv - PerlPassEnv 
<Perl - NOT YET IMPLEMENTED 
=pod - Start of POD 
=back - End of =over 
=cut - End of POD 
__END__ - Stop reading config 
PerlLoadModule - A Perl module 
PerlInterpStart - Number of Perl interpreters to start 
PerlInterpMax - Max number of running Perl interpreters 
PerlInterpMaxSpare - Max number of spare Perl interpreters 
PerlInterpMinSpare - Min number of spare Perl interpreters 
PerlInterpMaxRequests - Max number of requests per Perl interpreters 
PerlInterpScope - Scope of a Perl interpreter 
PerlSendHeader - Tell mod_perl to scan output for HTTP headers 
PerlSetupEnv - Turn setup of %ENV On or Off 
PerlHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlTaintCheck - Turn on -T switch 
PerlWarn - Turn on -w switch 
PerlProcessConnectionHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlChildInitHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlPreConnectionHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlHeaderParserHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlAccessHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlAuthenHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlAuthzHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlTypeHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlFixupHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlResponseHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlLogHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlInputFilterHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlOutputFilterHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlPostReadRequestHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlTransHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlOpenLogsHandler - Subroutine name 
PerlPostConfigHandler - Subroutine name 
Current Configuration: 
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Any help would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Paul Pettit
IT Manager / Webmaster
Consistent Computer Bargains, Inc.
http://www.ccbnpts.com