after going into admin panel and checking for updates it looks like there was one for AWSTATS. I loaded the RPM, then awstats was disabeled so I had to reenable it.. no problem.. then I go to check it and it says..
Error: Plugin load for plugin 'hostinfo' failed with return code: Error: Can't locate Net/XWhois.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl . /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/.awstats/lib /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/.awstats/plugins /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/.awstats/plugins) at (eval 1) line 1.
Setup ('/etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/cgi-bin/.awstats/awstats.www.yoursite.com.conf' file, web server or permissions) may be wrong.
Check config file, permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' directory).
wtf? i didnt do anything except run the RPM from the Update System section of the Panel.