# After Migration dispatch.fcgi not doing its job? Keep gettti **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 19, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/after-migration-dispatch-fcgi-not-doing-its-job-keep-gettti/83810 "2006-03-19T07:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/after-migration-dispatch-fcgi-not-doing-its-job-keep-gettti/83810/1 "2006-03-19T07:29:48Z")
I recently migrated a Rails application. After migration no matter what URL I access within the application, I keep getting the home page. so [http://domain.com](http://domain.com) shows the home page. and so does [Domain Blog | Domain, Website, and Ecommerce Tips for Small Businesses](http://domain.com/blog) and also [http://domain.com/some/other/url](http://domain.com/some/other/url) I have routes.rb properly set up (it was working on the old server). I am using RHEL 4 ES with Apache 2 and Fast CGI. Any ideas why dispatch.fcgi is accepting all calls but nor properly routing? Thanks in advance Frank Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: [http://frankmash.blogspot.com](http://frankmash.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/after-migration-dispatch-fcgi-not-doing-its-job-keep-gettti/83810/2 "2006-03-19T07:29:52Z")
I have found some more details in the hope that someone can help: I have created a dummy application. When I go to [http://domain.com/](http://domain.com/) I get the home page When I go to [http://domain.com/something/url](http://domain.com/something/url) I get "recognition failed error for partial URL, i.e: “thing/url” (note: missing “some” in “thing”) Then the most bizarre thing happens. I restart Apache and [http://domain.com/something/url](http://domain.com/something/url) starts going to Home page. I am using all the same Apache settings from my RHEL 3 on RHEL 4. Any ideas are apperciated. Frank Frank [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:I recently migrated a Rails application. After migration no matter what URL I access within the application, I keep getting the home page. so [http://domain.com](http://domain.com) shows the home page. and so does [Domain Blog | Domain, Website, and Ecommerce Tips for Small Businesses](http://domain.com/blog) and also [http://domain.com/some/other/url](http://domain.com/some/other/url) I have routes.rb properly set up (it was working on the old server). I am using RHEL 4 ES with Apache 2 and Fast CGI. Any ideas why dispatch.fcgi is accepting all calls but nor properly routing? Thanks in advance Frank Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: http://frankmash.blogspot.com\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: [http://frankmash.blogspot.com](http://frankmash.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/after-migration-dispatch-fcgi-not-doing-its-job-keep-gettti/83810/3 "2006-03-20T02:04:48Z")
I was using RHEL 4 + Apache 2 with dynamically configured virtual hosting using mod rewrite. As it turns out there seems to be a bug with this combination. It works fine on RHEL 3 with the same configuration but on RHEL4, it stops working. It almost seems like dispatch.cgi / dispatch.fcgi is expecting some variable to be set which is then interpreted for routing. In my case the value of this variable was not being set for some reason and therefore I was experiencing weird results. After spending about 4 hours on trying to fix this, I converted my system to use an alternate method of virtual hosting. (the dynamically configured hosting was’nt needed anymore anyways). Hope this experience of mine helps someone in the future. Frank Frank [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I have found some more details in the hope that someone can help: I have created a dummy application. When I go to [http://domain.com/](http://domain.com/) I get the home page When I go to [http://domain.com/something/url](http://domain.com/something/url) I get "recognition failed error for partial URL, i.e: “thing/url” (note: missing “some” in “thing”) Then the most bizarre thing happens. I restart Apache and [http://domain.com/something/url](http://domain.com/something/url) starts going to Home page. I am using all the same Apache settings from my RHEL 3 on RHEL 4. Any ideas are apperciated. Frank Frank [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:I recently migrated a Rails application. After migration no matter what URL I access within the application, I keep getting the home page. so [http://domain.com](http://domain.com) shows the home page. and so does [Domain Blog | Domain, Website, and Ecommerce Tips for Small Businesses](http://domain.com/blog) and also [http://domain.com/some/other/url](http://domain.com/some/other/url) I have routes.rb properly set up (it was working on the old server). I am using RHEL 4 ES with Apache 2 and Fast CGI. Any ideas why dispatch.fcgi is accepting all calls but nor properly routing? Thanks in advance Frank Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: http://frankmash.blogspot.com\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: http://frankmash.blogspot.com\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Rails Blog: [http://railsruby.blogspot.com](http://railsruby.blogspot.com) MySQL Blog: [http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com](http://mysqldatabaseadministration.blogspot.com) Linux / Security Blog: [http://frankmash.blogspot.com](http://frankmash.blogspot.com)