# Application error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [December 21, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847 "2007-12-21T08:10:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847/1 "2007-12-21T08:10:53Z")

</div>

Hi Guys,

I’ve hosted with dreamhost and deployed my app in sub directory

[mydomain.com/project](http://mydomain.com/project) is the default executable directory

under project i created rails “railsapp”

i created symlink ln ln -s ~/mydomain.com/project/railsapp/public ~/  
[mydomain.com/project/railsapp\_project](http://mydomain.com/project/railsapp_project)

when i call [mydomain.com/railsapp\_project](http://mydomain.com/railsapp_project) its works and calls the  
default index.html page under public directory

but whereas i created home controller if i try to call home controller  
it says application error, but my real problem is log files not  
generating. and moreover i given 755 permission to public and public/  
dispatch.\* and even to log and log/\*.log but still log files not  
generating and it says application error.

any suggestions?

regards,  
Bala

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847/2 "2007-12-21T13:33:09Z")

</div>

Hello Bala,

When you receive the application error, the error is usually coming  
before rails  
has a chance to log.

I would check out the apache logs and try running rails from the  
console.

-ht

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847/3 "2007-12-22T07:33:36Z")

</div>

Hi Hugh,

Thanks for the reply, i forget to mention that when i run mongrel server  
it runs but the next minute it shuts down.

and i’ve ruby version 1.8.5 and rails 2.0.2

any suggestions?

regards,  
Bala

Hugh T. wrote:

> Hello Bala,
> 
> When you receive the application error, the error is usually coming  
> before rails  
> has a chance to log.
> 
> I would check out the apache logs and try running rails from the  
> console.
> 
> -ht

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847/4 "2007-12-24T05:12:33Z")

</div>

Hi Experts,

is there any remedy?

regards,  
Bala

On Dec 22, 11:33 am, Muthaiah Balasubramaniam \<ruby-forum-

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@Bala](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bala)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/123847/5 "2007-12-24T15:47:41Z")

</div>

you need to post your log files or mongrel and then for apache.  
otherwise we can’t be sure as to what is wrong.