# Application error (Rails) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Forum\ **Created:** [December 3, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405 "2005-12-03T20:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/1 "2005-12-03T20:51:27Z")
Hi, when I try to post a message in the Rails Forum I keep getting the error Application error (Rails) after I submit my question. Any help is greatly appreciated. BTW I can post in the test forum. ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/2 "2005-12-03T21:22:41Z")
nicksnels wrote: > Hi, > > when I try to post a message in the Rails Forum I keep getting the error > Application error (Rails) after I submit my question. Any help is > greatly appreciated. BTW I can post in the test forum. Thanks, it was a file permission problem. It should work now. ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/3 "2005-12-03T23:09:41Z")
andreas wrote: > nicksnels wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > when I try to post a message in the Rails Forum I keep getting the error > > Application error (Rails) after I submit my question. Any help is > > greatly appreciated. BTW I can post in the test forum. > > Thanks, it was a file permission problem. It should work now. Thanks Andreas for fixing the problem. I can post again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/4 "2006-02-20T23:13:45Z")
Nick S. wrote: > andreas wrote: > > > nicksnels wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > when I try to post a message in the Rails Forum I keep getting the error > > > Application error (Rails) after I submit my question. Any help is > > > greatly appreciated. BTW I can post in the test forum. > > > > Thanks, it was a file permission problem. It should work now. > > Thanks Andreas for fixing the problem. I can post again 🙂 SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… i have the sam problem too…☹ ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/5 "2006-06-08T14:05:19Z")
> SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… > i have the sam problem too…☹ Only change permision on aplication files. chmod -Rcv 777 /your\_rails\_app\_directory ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/6 "2006-08-31T21:45:21Z")
Ding wrote: > Alejandro Solano wrote: > > > > SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… > > > i have the sam problem too…☹ > > > > Only change permision on aplication files. chmod -Rcv 777 > > /your\_rails\_app\_directory > > I had changed the permision. > But got the same error. ☹ If you do: cd scripts ./server instead of: scripts/server you will get the same error. That was the cause of the problem in my case. ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/7 "2006-08-24T22:23:06Z")
Alejandro Solano wrote: > > SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… > > i have the sam problem too…☹ > > Only change permision on aplication files. chmod -Rcv 777 > /your\_rails\_app\_directory I had changed the permision. But got the same error. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/8 "2006-10-25T23:42:13Z")
Hi This error was making me crazy but thanks god I’m in the same case as scotty and now it worked for me when I started the web server using script/server Extremely bizarre but it was what happened. scotty wrote: > Ding wrote: > > > Alejandro Solano wrote: > > > > > > SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… > > > > i have the sam problem too…☹ > > > > > > Only change permision on aplication files. chmod -Rcv 777 > > > /your\_rails\_app\_directory > > > > I had changed the permision. > > But got the same error. ☹ > > If you do: > > cd scripts > ./server > > instead of: > > scripts/server > > you will get the same error. > > That was the cause of the problem in my case. ---
**Author:** ![nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/aca169/32.png) [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error-rails/49405/9 "2007-04-23T10:16:06Z")
Alejandro Solano wrote: > > SO could you please, tell us also how to fix it… > > i have the sam problem too…☹ > > Only change permision on aplication files. chmod -Rcv 777 > /your\_rails\_app\_directory Thank you so much. I’ve been going mad for some time now trying to get it to work, and your one simple line did it. - t3hSLR