--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2005/11/10 21:28:21	1.387
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2005/11/10 21:38:27	1.388
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.387 2005/11/10 21:28:21 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.388 2005/11/10 21:38:27 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1456,7 +1456,12 @@ sub debug {
     if ($Apache::lonxml::debug eq "1") {
 	$|=1;
 	my $request=$Apache::lonxml::request;
-	if (!$request) { $request=Apache->request; }
+	if (!$request) {
+	    eval { $request=Apache->request; };
+	}
+	if (!$request) {
+	    eval { $request=Apache2::RequestUtil->request; };
+	}
 	$request->print('<font size="-2"><pre>DEBUG:'.&HTML::Entities::encode($_[0],'<>&"')."</pre></font>\n");
 	#&Apache::lonnet::logthis($_[0]);
     }