Arg! Fedora, Plesk, Rails?

I am having the hardest time in the world trying to get a clients production server to run Rails. Not only does he want this one application to run though, he wants any client of his to be able to run a rails app. I'm going crazy trying to get this to work because I can't even get one app to properly run.

I get a Rails Failed to Start error, so I've resorted trying to debug what is going on. I am trying to debug dispatch.fcgi but obviously some crazy ***** is happening. Can anyone help figure this out?

Thanks.

ruby -d public/dispatch.fcgi Exception `NameError' at ./public/../config/boot.rb:14 - uninitialized constant Rails Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- utf8proc_native Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- utf8proc_native Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- utf8proc_native /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ validations.rb:334: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ validations.rb:363: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ migration.rb:226: warning: instance variable @ignore_new_methods not initialized /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ migration.rb:226: warning: instance variable @ignore_new_methods not initialized /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ attribute_methods.rb:7: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:41: warning: method redefined; discarding old allow_concurrency= /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:390: warning: `&' interpreted as argument prefix Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- db2/db2cli Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- db2/db2cli Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- db2/db2cli Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires.rb:19 - no such file to load -- oci8 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- sybsql Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- sybsql Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- sybsql /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/ request.rb:179: warning: method redefined; discarding old relative_url_root Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- Win32API Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- Win32API Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- Win32API /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/ cgi_ext/raw_post_data_fix.rb:7: warning: method redefined; discarding old initialize_query /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/ cgi_ext/session_performance_fix.rb:18: warning: method redefined; discarding old create_new_id Exception `DRb::DRbServerNotFound' at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb: 1650 - DRb::DRbServerNotFound Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- memcache Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- memcache Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- memcache /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/ session/active_record_store.rb:131: warning: private attribute? /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/ session/active_record_store.rb:181: warning: method redefined; discarding old connection /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_view/base.rb: 160: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix (eval):1: warning: method redefined; discarding old headers (eval):1: warning: method redefined; discarding old response /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_view/helpers/ prototype_helper.rb:847: warning: `*' interpreted as argument prefix Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires.rb:19 - no such file to load -- redcloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/requires.rb:19 - no such file to load -- bluecloth Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- html/tokenizer Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- html/tokenizer Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- html/tokenizer /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-1.3.3/lib/action_mailer/ vendor/tmail/facade.rb:486: warning: method redefined; discarding old create_reply Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- tmail/base64.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- tmail/base64.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- tmail/base64.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- tmail/scanner_c.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- tmail/scanner_c.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- tmail/scanner_c.so Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- xml/parser Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- xml/parser Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- xml/parser Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- xml/parser Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- xml/parser Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- xmlscan/scanner Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- xmlscan/scanner Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- xmlscan/scanner Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- xmlscan/scanner Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- xmlscan/scanner Set XSD::XMLParser::REXMLParser as XML processor. Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- http-access2 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- http-access2 Exception `MissingSourceFile' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:498 - no such file to load -- http-access2 Loading http-access2 failed. Net/http is used. /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.2.3/lib/ action_web_service/protocol/xmlrpc_protocol.rb:6: warning: discarding old message Exception `Errno::EEXIST' at /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243 - File exists - public/../config/../tmp/attachment_fu /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:35: warning: instance variable @observers not initialized /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/initializer.rb:547: warning: instance variable @after_initialize_block not initialized /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/dispatcher.rb:93: warning: private attribute? /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/dispatcher.rb:93: warning: private attribute? Exception `NoMethodError' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:35 - You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating nil.split (eval):3: warning: redefine remove_params (eval):13: warning: method redefined; discarding old initialize (eval):19: warning: method redefined; discarding old args (eval):22: warning: method redefined; discarding old env_table (eval):25: warning: method redefined; discarding old stdinput (eval):28: warning: method redefined; discarding old stdoutput Exception `NoMethodError' at /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-1.4.2/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:35 - You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! You might have expected an instance of Array. The error occurred while evaluating nil.split

DanielFischer.com wrote:

I am having the hardest time in the world trying to get a clients production server to run Rails. Not only does he want this one application to run though, he wants any client of his to be able to run a rails app. I'm going crazy trying to get this to work because I can't even get one app to properly run.

I get a Rails Failed to Start error, so I've resorted trying to debug what is going on. I am trying to debug dispatch.fcgi but obviously some crazy ***** is happening. Can anyone help figure this out?

Thanks.

You are missing a whole bunch of gems. On the machine that is working type:

gem list --local

and then compare that list with the results of the above command on the production machine that's not working.

That's what I figured. But when I try something like gem install utf8proc_native - it doesn't exist.

DanielFischer.com wrote:

That's what I figured. But when I try something like gem install utf8proc_native - it doesn't exist.

That's cause the gem is called "utf8proc".

Haha well thanks - weird that all these gems are missing. I never had to install them on any of my machines.

Okay, so I installed the gems but it seems like the application still can't find the gems. This is pretty weird now. The one that scares me the most is this one:

Exception `NameError' at ./../config/boot.rb:14 - uninitialized constant Rails

So, any idea on why it can't find anything?

Make sure that CGI support is on for the domain in the Domain Setup found in the Plesk control panel.

It is enabled...