Re: Image display problem with CGI script

Not that I know exactly what is going wrong here, but can you try running the script from the command line? I have found that by the output of the script (namely the HTML code that is produced) you can decipher where it is hanging and this will get you on the road to where you need to be.

I don't know if it will work in your case, because it looks like your running windows, but it's worth a try. Unfortunately I don't have the access between my two machines, this one and the one I can run Perl on, so I can't try it for you.

I hope that maybe this idea will help you decipher your problem. Other than that, get some sleep, it always helps!!

Paulster2

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Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script by Roger (Parson) on Dec 13, 2003 at 01:54 UTC
Hi Paulster2, thanks for the comment on getting some sleep. ;-) Yes that's exactly what I did soon after I posted the node. After a good night's sleep, I have found out what's wrong with my Apache server in the morning. Well, nothing was wrong with Apache, it's the Windows XP that Apache runs on that caused the problem. I haven't rebooted the box for a week, the performance of Apache deteriorated gradually, and funny things began to appear. I never have to worry about rebooting when I had the Linux box earlier. I have only rebooted once or twice when I relocate. So when I move the server on to a Windows box, I never had the habbit of rebooting the box. Now I begin to wonder if I made the right decision at all to move from Linux to Windows. But it's a bit late now that I have over 160GB of stuff stored on NTFS partitions, so I am thinking about getting a cheap PC and install linux on it, and use that as my web server, while still keeping the XP box as it is.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script by shenme (Priest) on Dec 13, 2003 at 06:40 UTC
The separate *nix box may make sense for you if you have the H/W. I needed to be portable _and_ have both WinXP and Linux, and so have VMWare installed to run Linux hosted on WinXP. I can duplicate my target environments (yes, plural) as needed. It is a very nice setup all in all.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Image display problem with CGI script by Paulster2 (Priest) on Dec 13, 2003 at 05:00 UTC
So, what you are telling me is that not only you needed some sleep, but the box did too??;-) Believe me I understand about the Windows thing. I'm a Govie contractor who likes UNIX, but gets stuck working with PC's all the time. It got so bad after one install, I almost threw out my home PC! I am also thinking about building a Linux machine for home use. It would work great as a webhost of sorts (I think! Never used the Linux flavor, but love UNIX. I understand it's fairly transparent, within reason.) Glad you got your problem fixed! Hope to be seeing you around the PM site. Paulster2	[reply]


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