Enabling suphp disables php.ini

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Hi all,
I have installed suphp, now when I enable it by making the following changes to /etc/httpd/conf.d/suphp.conf PHP seems to run only with default values, not respecting my php.ini in any way:

LoadModule suphp_module modules/mod_suphp.so

# To use suPHP to parse PHP-Files
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php
#AddHandler x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml

# This option tells mod_suphp if a PHP-script requested on this server (or
# VirtualHost) should be run with the PHP-interpreter or returned to the
# browser "as it is".
suPHP_Engine on


# This option tells mod_suphp which path to pass on to the PHP-interpreter
# (by setting the PHPRC environment variable).
# Do *NOT* refer to a file but to the directory the file resists in.
#
# E.g.: If you want to use "/path/to/server/config/php.ini", use "suPHP_Config
# /path/to/server/config".
#
# If you don't use this option, PHP will use its compiled in default path.
suPHP_ConfigPath /etc


# If you compiled suphp with setid-mode "force" or "paranoid", you can
# specify the user- and groupname to run PHP-scripts with.
# Example: suPHP_UserGroup foouser bargroup
# suPHP_UserGroup apache apache~
~
"suphp.conf" 32L, 1253C

Aside from not finding my php.ini, suphp seems to work with this configuration. Does anybody know what I am missing? Any and all hints appreciated-
-John