.htaccess issue, brand new CI install, mediatemple hosting

[eluser]georges[/eluser]
Hey there,

I've a brand new install of CI and I've only added one function to the welcome controller, test.

I am using the following in my .htaccess:

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

However, whenever I have a .htaccess on my server with the above I am redirected to my dedicated server's default Apache page. I find this totally weird. I remove it and my base url of www.domain.com/ sends me to the CI default view. I upload the .htaccess and I get a CentOS default apache installation page.

So weird.

Anyone else ever seen this kind of behaviour?

(I realize this is probably not a CI problem, but perhaps someone has the answers!)

Thanks,

Georges