mod_rewrite, index.php etc

[eluser]andychurchill[/eluser]
So I now have an empty .htaccess file, my config file now contains:

$config['index_page'] = "index.php";
$config['url_suffix'] = ".htm";

Meaning now all controllers have to be http://mysite.localhost/index.php/controller, or in my case, http://mysite.localhost/index.php/about, which works no trouble, but no surprise, http://mysite.localhost/index.php/about.htm doesn't work. It renders correctly as it always has, but still takes noticeably longer, and shows 404 responses in the http debugging.

I really don't know what is causing this. I've just upgraded the CI system code to 1.7.2. The only other thing I can guess it might be is either my web root structure, or something in my httpd file for apache that is causing it.

* El Forum bangs head against wall.

I think I need to download a sample project containing a working sample of the url suffix in action, to see if it works on my setup, and if not, establish why it isn't.