Re: Using lighttpd, Perl, CGI::Fast and CGI::Ajax

Install the Firebug extension for Firefox.  Restart Firefox, cick on the
green icon at the bottom of the browser, then click on Options and select
"Show XMLHTTPRequests" to see Ajax calls.  It might be helpful to see where
the output from the servers differ.

Chris

On 7/4/06, Warren Toomey <wkt-G2kne9RB/[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all, I am having difficulties with a combination of tools (lighttpd web
> server, Perl, FastCGI with the CGI::Fast module, and the CGI::Ajax
> module).
> At present, I can't pinpoint the cause of the problem, so I'm looking for
> any ideas, or other people who might have tried to use the same tool
> combination.
>
> I've got lighttpd configured to do Fast CGI. It starts up a standalone
> Perl script executer, the code of which is written by Alex Shah and is
> on this page: http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/ApplicationsUsingLighttpd
> This executes my normal Perl CGI scripts fine, but fails when I try to
> use a Perl CGI script that uses the CGI::Ajax module.
>
> The CGI::Ajax module constructs some Javascript code which is sent to the
> web client, and in the Javascript code there is the URL of the CGI script
> (e.g . z.pl). However, when invoked as a Fast CGI script via Alex's
> dispatcher, the URL in the Javascript code contains the name of the
> dispatcher program (dispatch.fcgi), and not the name of the Perl CGI
> script.
>
> However, if I reconfigure lighttpd to do non-Fast CGI scripts, then the
> CGI script with CGI::Ajax works fine: the generated URL is correct.
>
> My question is: how do I determine which component could be causing
> the problem that I am seeing?
>
> More information: lighttpd 1.4.11, fcgi-devkit 2.4.0, Perl 5.8.7,
> CGI::Ajax 0.694, CGI::Fast 0.67, FreeBSD 5.x. I can provide
> configuration files and an Ethereal TCP trace on request.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions.
>         Warren
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