Upgrading to 1.7 gm.cgi not working

[mel0]

I'm trying to upgrade to 1.7.1 but every time I got to my gm.cgi I get a 500 Internal Server Error:

"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [e-mail] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.melodyjustine.com Port 80"

But then if I re-upload my OLD gm.cgi, version 1.3.1 it will work right away again.
Is there something I need to update in the 1.7 file..or can I not upgrade from 1.3.1 to 1.7.1...??
Thanks.

[jesper]

What does your Apache log say?

[mel0]

My Error log? I don't know.. I just switched hosts and I don't think I had it enabled yet.. let me enable and try again I guess..

[coldstone]

I don't want to miss anything, so bear with these questions.

• Did you upload gm.cgi as text?
  
• Did you install the 'lib' directory? That had some new stuff for 1.7.1.
  
• Did you change the perl path in the new gm.cgi to point to your perl install?
  

Write back with anything in your error logs. Sometimes they are more useful about where an error is coming from.

[nicole]

I get that when I click on my comments link. I've re-installed GM about three times now and it still won't work no matter what I do! =[

[coldstone]

Have you chmod'ed your files correctly? What happens when you goto gm-comments.cgi on your site directly?