<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin john@laptop.dj.edm
    DocumentRoot /usr/share/drupal
    ServerName laptop.dj.edm
    ErrorLog logs/laptop.dj.edm-error_log
    CustomLog logs/laptop.dj.edm-access_log common
   RewriteEngine on
#   RewriteBase /
#   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 #  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
  # Rewrite current-style URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'.
#  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 # RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
# RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/$
 # RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^/(files|misc|uploads)(/.*)?
  RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(php|ico|png|jpg|gif|css|js|html?)(\W.*)?
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
  RewriteLog /var/log/httpd/laptop.dj.edm-rewrite.log
  RewriteLogLevel 3
</VirtualHost>

/var/log/httpd/laptop.dj.edm-rewrite.log:
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 --0600] [laptop.dj.edm/sid#7f0295c073f8][rid#7f0295f229e8/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /admin
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 --0600] [laptop.dj.edm/sid#7f0295c073f8][rid#7f0295f229e8/initial] (3) applying pattern '^(.*)$' to uri '/admin'
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 --0600] [laptop.dj.edm/sid#7f0295c073f8][rid#7f0295f229e8/initial] (2) rewrite '/admin' -> 'index.php?q=/admin'
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 --0600] [laptop.dj.edm/sid#7f0295c073f8][rid#7f0295f229e8/initial] (3) split uri=index.php?q=/admin -> uri=index.php, args=q=/admin
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 --0600] [laptop.dj.edm/sid#7f0295c073f8][rid#7f0295f229e8/initial] (2) local path result: index.php

logs/laptop.dj.edm-error_log
192.168.77.135 - - [15/Oct/2010:11:31:03 -0600] "GET /admin HTTP/1.1" 400 305