Quoth S.Theyagarajan:
my host has enabled mod_rewrite . am i missing somethin ?
Does your .htaccess file exist and does it contain the following? RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
If not, try creating the .htaccess file and placing this inside (it's not complete; you'll have to download Drupal for the full version).
If that doesn't work, try placing this (and only this) at the top of your .htaccess file: RewriteENGIIINE On (the typo is intentional; you might want to copy & paste) If your .htaccess file is being correctly read, you should see an 'internal server error' message. If you don't see an error at this stage, it means that your webserver isn't reading the .htaccess file; you'll need to ask your webhost to enable this.
Cheers,
Rob -- Rob Wilmshurst drupal@fifteenoclock.com