# DreamHost - "Rails application failed to start properly" **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/80142 "2006-12-21T18:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soner\_Eker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Soner\_Eker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Soner_Eker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/80142/1 "2006-12-21T18:28:59Z")
Hi, There’s a problem with my radiant on DreamHost. I exactly did all the things written about dispatch.\*, .htaccess, environment.rb and database.yml. Also checked twice permissions. Error log; [Thu Dec 21 08:47:06 2006] [error] [client 85.108.133.21] FastCGI: comm with (dynamic) server “/home/d3s/nullpixels.com/ror/public/dispatch.fcgi” aborted: (first read) idle timeout (60 sec) [Thu Dec 21 08:47:06 2006] [error] [client 85.108.133.21] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server “/home/d3s/nullpixels.com/ror/public/dispatch.fcgi” And my web root is; [nullpixels.com/ror/public/](http://nullpixels.com/ror/public/) Any idea about where the problem is? I do not use Capistrano, i simply unpack it using “radiant --unpack /…” Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Soner\_Eker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Soner\_Eker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Soner_Eker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/80142/2 "2006-12-21T18:43:02Z")
If you can set it, go ahead and run an instantiated FastCGI process rather than dynamically spawned. I believe you have to use the FastCgiServer directive. Chapter 22 p.460 of AWDwR, first edition, has some information that may be useful to you. 😉 Sean C. [seancribbs.com](http://seancribbs.com)