# Error in fastcgi.crash.log

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-fastcgi-crash-log/103359>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 4, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-fastcgi-crash-log/103359 "2007-05-04T17:50:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-fastcgi-crash-log/103359/1 "2007-05-04T17:50:23Z")

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hello friends,

when i start my application i get:

Rails application failed to start properly

when i see the astcgi.crash.log file i get this:

[04/May/2007:10:27:56 :: 4809] Dispatcher failed to catch: You have a  
nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
You might have expected an instance of Array.  
The error occurred while evaluating nil.split (NoMethodError)  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi.rb:897:in `parse' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/raw_post_data_fix.rb:45:in`initialize\_query’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi.rb:2273:in `initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.7/lib/fcgi.rb:606:in`new’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.7/lib/fcgi.rb:606:in `each_cgi' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:141:in`process\_each\_request!’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:55:in  
`process!' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:25:in`process!’  
/var/www/html/test/dispatch.fcgi:24  
killed by this error

any ideas???

thanks