One more thing to check perhaps is to create a fresh new user which also uses perlbrew and see if that makes a difference, i.e. if it's something in your current user settings / leftover libraries. Linux tip: if you manage to find a place to deposit large files with the output, then you can use the command script outfile.txt to capture all output including what you type at the ecommand line. When you are done, type exit and publish "outfile.txt" to say googledocs