# Dispatch.cgi Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 30, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236 "2006-01-30T05:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236/1 "2006-01-30T05:39:24Z")
Hey all, I’ve been battling with ruby configurations for days now…trying to get either SCGI or FCGI to work on my Apache 1.3/Linux Red Hat 3 server. I’ve pretty much gave up that battle since either of them will work with me after trying dozens of configurations, but now even when I try to run apps with dispatch.cgi I get this error in my log: “Premature end of script headers: /home/mysite/mydir/rubyapp/public.dispatch.cgi” I’ve double checked my chomd on dispatch.cgi, etc… (which is 755), my shebang line is correct, my .htaccess is perfect, i dont get it. I can code a full functional ruby app in 30 minutes, but then spend about 3 days figuring out how to deploy it :-/ Any help would be much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236/2 "2006-01-30T12:13:34Z")
Eric wrote: > I’ve been battling with ruby configurations for days now…trying to get > either SCGI or FCGI to work on my Apache 1.3/Linux Red Hat 3 server. > > I’ve pretty much gave up that battle since either of them will work with > me after trying dozens of configurations, but now even when I try to run > apps with dispatch.cgi I get this error in my log: “Premature end of > script headers: /home/mysite/mydir/rubyapp/public.dispatch.cgi” When I had the same problem it was due to a different UID not being able to read the old sessions in /tmp. Try deleting them. Are you getting anything in your Rails log? – We develop, watch us RoR, in numbers too big to ignore. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236/3 "2006-01-30T14:02:09Z")
same story here, but I finally got mine up and running. What do you get when you request the file at the command line? Likely a 500 errror, but it may also tell you wha the issue is. On 1/30/06, Mark Reginald J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > When I had the same problem it was due to a different UID not being > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – [http://brantinteractive.com](http://brantinteractive.com) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 4034 skippack pike v. 267.640.2195 f. 215.689.1454 ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236/4 "2006-02-16T06:51:32Z")
My problem was that the dispatch wasn’t getting the require ‘fcgi\_handler’ so I had to hand copy this from my rails gem directory to the apps lib/ directory and it all worked. Obviously not the best solution, but this was the root of the problems. Andrew > **[High Earth Orbit](https://highearthorbit.com/)** > > Personal website of Andrew Turner. Writings on geospatial collaboration, software engineering, Washington D.C., and other individual musings. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@eric](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-cgi-problem/53236/5 "2006-01-30T17:46:09Z")
Rich B. wrote: > same story here, but I finally got mine up and running. What do you > get when you request the file at the command line? Likely a 500 > errror, but it may also tell you wha the issue is. > > On 1/30/06, Mark Reginald J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > When I had the same problem it was due to a different UID not being > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > – > [http://brantinteractive.com](http://brantinteractive.com) > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > 4034 skippack pike > v. 267.640.2195 > f. 215.689.1454 No luck, deleted my /tmp ruby files and ran dispatch from command line, got a 500 Server Error, also not getting anything in Rails log. Have no clue what it could be, after a triple check, everything seems configured properly, do I have any other options?