rails session hangs on hitting debugger line of code

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi - Am using ruby-debug gem. When i run my rails application, once the control reaches the ‘debugger’ line, the entire session hangs. I cannot type or execute any commands further. Can i get some help here?

My code:

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I had problems with debugger too, try using pry.

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If you are using ruby 1.9 or above then I believe ruby-debug is not compatible. I think pry, as already suggested, may be the best way to go.

Colin