Ruby on Rails -- WEBrick OK, Apache isn't

I’m trying to get a Ruby on Rails application to work under Apache. It
works fine when run under WEBrick (via “ruby script/server”). I copied
the “public” directory (as well as “lib”, “app”, and “config”) to my
preferred Apache directory (see below for details). As told in
instructions on a web page, I tried executing “dispatch.fcgi”. It gets
a “Internal Server Error”. Far below is the output of “ruby --debug
…/dispatch.fcgi”.

I’m running

fedora-release 3-9_2.rhfc3.at
ruby 1.8.4-1.fc3
rails 1.0.0
httpd 2.0.53
mod_fastcgi 2.4.2
actionmailer 1.1.5
actionpack 1.11.2
actionwebservice 1.0.0
activerecord 1.13.2
activesupport 1.2.5
fcgi 0.8.6.1
mysql 2.7
rake 0.7.0
sources 0.0.1


Exception `MissingSourceFile’ at
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.0.0/lib/action_web_service/container/action_controller_container.rb:68

  • Missing API definition file in apis/application_api.rb
    Exception `ActionController::RoutingError’ at
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:469
  • Recognition failed for “”
    Exception `NoMethodError’ at
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:35
  • You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
    The error occured while evaluating nil.downcase
    Set XSD::XMLParser::REXMLParser as XML processor.
    Status: 500 Internal Server Error
    Exception `NameError’ at
    /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/core_ext/object_and_class.rb:4
  • constant Object::ApplicationController not defined