# Backgroundrb Problem in linux

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-problem-in-linux/140588>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 16, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-problem-in-linux/140588 "2008-06-16T15:35:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varunkumargoel)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-problem-in-linux/140588/1 "2008-06-16T15:35:39Z")

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Hi All,  
I wanna implement backgroundrb in my project but what happened  
it’s not working fine on linux machine i did same thing on window  
machine it’s working fine but on linux machine not working fine.  
Please help me out i follow the link for plugin installation is—

script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org//var/svn/backgroundrb

and follows the instruction also but first thing is that when i am  
running server like rake backgroundrb:start  
server not running

But when i am running like windows command ruby  
script/backgroundrb/start then server is running but it’s not going in  
do\_work(args) method.

Please help me out or send me some link with some instructions.

Thanks & Regards,  
Varun K.

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**Author:** ![varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@varunkumargoel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/varunkumargoel)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backgroundrb-problem-in-linux/140588/2 "2008-06-16T17:07:01Z")

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On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Varun G.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> server not running
> 
> But when i am running like windows command ruby  
> script/backgroundrb/start then server is running but it’s not going in  
> do\_work(args) method.
> 
> Please help me out or send me some link with some instructions.  
> I thought:

[http://backgroundrb.rubyforge.org](http://backgroundrb.rubyforge.org)

has enough information.

If you want to run git version of the plugin, you can use:

[http://gnufied.org/2008/05/21/bleeding-edge-version-of-backgroundrb-for-better-memory-usage/](http://gnufied.org/2008/05/21/bleeding-edge-version-of-backgroundrb-for-better-memory-usage/)

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