At a friend's urging, I backed out mod_perl and moved to 1.25_01... problem vanished immediately.
Don't know what changed from 1.25_01 to 1.26, but looks like a bug got introduced somewhere. :-/ D -- +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+