Re: Can't locate object method "session" via package "HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler"

[Fred Moyer <suppressed>]

Darragh Gammell wrote:
> Hi
>
> My apologies if this is the second instance this query. I sent the same 
> mail 3 days ago but have not seen it appear on the mailing list....so 
> here goes again.
>
> Ive recently tried moving a website from an old server which is having 
> hardware issues to a recently purchased server.
>
> Old Server ran:
> Linux 2.6.11-1-686-smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 20 20:18:45 MDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> Mason 1.21
> mod_perl
> and apache 1.3
>
>
> I'm now trying to get the same website running on:
>
> Ubuntu gutsy Linux 2.6.22-14-server
> Mason 1.37
> Apache2
> mod_perl2

You should also ask the mason list 
(http://www.masonhq.com/?MailingLists), I don't think there was a big 
api change from 1.21 to 1.37 like there was at 1.05, but my guess is 
that you need a session handling module that isn't installed.


> Highlights for the apache2 hhtpd.conf :
>
> PerlModule HTML::Mason
> PerlModule HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
> PerlModule Apache2::Request
> PerlModule Apache::DBI
>
> and the vhost:
>
> PerlRequire /etc/apache2/handler.pl
>
>         <Directory "/home/mac/public_html">
>                 #Options -Indexes
>                 #HTML::Mason handles any .html files
>                 <FilesMatch "\.html">
>                         SetHandler perl-script
>                         PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
>                 </FilesMatch>
>                 # Deny .comp files from being accessed directly
>         </Directory>
>
>         <FilesMatch "\.mc|autohandler|dhandler">
>                 SetHandler perl-script
>                 PerlInitHandler Apache2::Const::NOT_FOUND
>         </FilesMatch>
>
>
>
>
> Im getting this error in the browser however:
>
> *error:*  	Can't locate object method "session" via package 
> "HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler" at 
> /home/mac/public_html/autohandler line 402.
> *context:*  	
> *...*  	
> *398:*  	% }
> *399:*  	
> *400:*  	<%filter>
> *401:*  	
> *402:*  	if ($m->session->{textonly} eq "on") {
> *403:*  	s/<img src=.+?>//g;
> *404:*  	unless ($m->session->{inside_file_management} eq "yes") {
> *405:*  	s/\<script.+\/SCRIPT>//g;
> *406:*  	s/\<script.+\/script>//g;
> *...*  	
>
> *code stack:*  	/home/mc2/public_html/autohandler:402
>
>
>
> Can't locate object method "session" via package "HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler" at /home/mac/public_html/autohandler line 402.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Trace begun at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/Exceptions.pm line 129
> HTML::Mason::Exceptions::rethrow_exception('Can\'t locate object method "session" via package "HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler" at /home/mac/public_html/autohandler line 402.^J') called at /home/mac/public_html/autohandler line 402
>
>
>
>
> HTML::Mason::Commands::__ANON__('<!-- AUTOHANDLER START NOW-->') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1277
> HTML::Mason::Request::comp(undef, undef, undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 466
>
>
>
>
> eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 466
> eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 418
> HTML::Mason::Request::exec('HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x39f6200)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 168
>
>
>
>
> HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler::exec('HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x39f6200)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 826
> HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler::handle_request('HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x341fbf0)', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x25b42e0)') called at (eval 32) line 8
>
>
>
>
> HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler::handler('HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x25b42e0)') called at -e line 0
>
>
> eval {...} at -e line 0
>
>
>
> Any help/indications regarding whats going on here would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> Just reply with what info is better to give too if this isnt enough.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Darragh
>
>
> For reference heres whats installed along with the OS:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
>
>
>
>
> apt-get install build_essential
> apt-get install ssh
> apt-get install apache2
> apt-get install postgresql-8.2
> apt-get install apt-show-versions
> apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2-dev
> apt-get install libhtml-mason-perl
>
>
>
>
> apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev
> apt-get install apache2-src
> apt-get install sendmail
> apt-get install libapache2-mod-apreq2
> apt-get install libapache2-request-perl (and use 'a2enmod apreq' to load the module into Apache2.)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HTML::Mason (HTML-Mason-1.37)
> Data::Dumper(Data-Dumper-2.121)
> DBI(DBI-1.601)
> DBD(DBD-Pg-1.49)
> CGI(CGI.pm-3.31)
> Date::Parse(TimeDate-1.16)
> Date::Calc(Date-Calc-5.4)
> mod_perl2 (mod_perl-
>
>
> 2.0.3
> ) need to cd /usr/lib;ln -s /usr/lib/libperl.so.5.8 libperl.so
> ExtUtils::XSBuilder(ExtUtils-XSBuilder-0.28)
> version(version-0.74)
> Parse::RecDescent(Parse-RecDescent-v1.95.1)
> Apache::Cookie (libapreq2-2.08
>
>
>
> )
>
> Apache::DBI(Apache-DBI-1.06)
> Sub::Uplevel(Sub-Uplevel-0.18)
> Test::Simple(Test-Simple-0.74)
> Test::Tester(Test-Tester-0.106)
> Test::NoWarnings(Test-NoWarnings-0.084)
> Test::Exception(Test-Exception-0.25
>
>
>
> )
> Test::Deep(
> Test-Deep-0.099)
> Apache::Session(Apache-Session-1.81)
> Apache::Session::Wrapper(Apache-Session-Wrapper-0.33)
> MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession(MasonX-Request-WithApacheSession-0.30)
>
>
> Text::Reform(
>
> Text-Reform-v1.12.2
> )
> Text::Autoformat(Text-Autoformat-v1.14.0)
> MIME::Base64(MIME-Base64-3.07)
> Pod::Escapes(Pod-Escapes-1.04)
> Pod::Simple(Pod-Simple-3.05)
> Test::Pod(Test-Pod-1.26)
>
>
> MIME::Types(MIME-Types-1.22
>
> )
> Mail::Address(
> MailTools-2.02)
> Email::Date::Format(Email-Date-Format-1.000)
> Email::Abstract(Email-Abstract-2.134)
> Time::Piece(Time-Piece-1.12)
> Email::Date(Email-Date-1.103
>
> )
> MIME::Lite(MIME-Lite-3.020
>
> )