# Apache (vhost) + ruby on rails = problems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-vhost-ruby-on-rails-problems/51700>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-vhost-ruby-on-rails-problems/51700 "2006-01-06T02:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fahq)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-vhost-ruby-on-rails-problems/51700/1 "2006-01-06T02:14:25Z")

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Web error:  
Application error  
Rails application failed to start properly"

Log File:  
[Wed Jan 4 16:38:52 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI: comm  
with server “/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”  
aborted: idle timeout (60 sec)  
[Wed Jan 4 16:38:52 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI:  
incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server  
“/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”  
[Wed Jan 4 16:39:06 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI: comm  
with server “/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”  
aborted: idle timeout (60 sec)  
[Wed Jan 4 16:39:06 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI:  
incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server  
“/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”  
[Wed Jan 4 16:42:00 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI: comm  
with server “/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”  
aborted: idle timeout (60 sec)  
[Wed Jan 4 16:42:00 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] FastCGI:  
incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server  
“/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-1.0.2/public/dispatch.fcgi”

If anyone has a fix for this error please help. If you need more  
information please ask.

thanks

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**Author:** ![fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fahq)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-vhost-ruby-on-rails-problems/51700/2 "2006-01-06T02:56:44Z")

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update:

I upgraded to hieraki-2.0.1.

now it seems that there is a header problem:

[Thu Jan 5 19:37:12 2006] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of  
/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi failed  
[Thu Jan 5 19:37:12 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] Premature end  
of script headers: /usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi  
[Thu Jan 5 19:38:00 2006] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of  
/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi failed  
[Thu Jan 5 19:38:00 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] Premature end  
of script headers: /usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi  
[Thu Jan 5 19:41:57 2006] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of  
/usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi failed  
[Thu Jan 5 19:41:57 2006] [error] [client 192.168.20.81] Premature end  
of script headers: /usr/home/mhale/hieraki-2.0.1/public/dispatch.cgi

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**Author:** ![fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@fahq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fahq)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-vhost-ruby-on-rails-problems/51700/3 "2006-04-05T17:44:14Z")

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check the interpreter decleration on the first line, if you were  
developing on windows it may be set to #!c:\ruby\bin\rails or likewise

its should be something like  
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

check where it is on yor system by running  
$\> whereis ruby

from a command line