# Application error Rails application failed to start properly"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/126132>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/126132 "2008-01-15T18:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![slava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@slava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slava)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/126132/1 "2008-01-15T18:12:53Z")

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I’ve been strugling for days trying to resolve this issue installing  
a rails project on a hosted server. I keep getting  
Application error  
Rails application failed to start properly"  
when I go to front page of my site.  
I followed instructions on this thread  
[http://wiki.ocssolutions.com/Troubleshooting\_a\_Ruby\_on\_Rails\_Application](http://wiki.ocssolutions.com/Troubleshooting_a_Ruby_on_Rails_Application)  
and still no luck  
I checked dispatch.\* for proper ruby line, and permissions 755, I  
tried running dispatch.\* from shell with this result  
Code:

Status: 404 Not Found  
Cache-Control: no-cache  
Content-Length: 606

 Action Controller: Exception caught body { background-color: #fff; color: #333; }

```
body, p, ol, ul, td {
  font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 18px;
}

pre {
  background-color: #eee;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 11px;
}

a { color: #000; }
a:visited { color: #666; }
a:hover { color: #fff; background-color:#000; }

```

# Routing Error

```
No route matches "" with {:method=>:get}
```

I tried script/console and got a successfull connect to db, so I know  
that is not the problem. fastcgi.log says  
[07/Jan/2008:10:04:03 :: 20987] starting  
[07/Jan/2008:10:04:03 :: 20987] stopping gracefully

not sure what else to try… any ideas please  
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**Author:** ![slava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@slava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/slava)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/126132/2 "2008-01-15T18:41:45Z")

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On 1/15/08, slava [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> # Routing Error
> 
> ```
> No route matches "" with {:method=>:get}
> ```

You need to modify config/routes.rb and add a default route.

I used to host with OCS, email them, they will help you. Unlike a lot  
of other Rails hosts they actually develop Rails apps, so they know a  
lot about it.

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)