# Gem install rails hangs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 4, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433 "2005-12-04T14:07:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433/1 "2005-12-04T14:07:39Z")

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Doesnt looks rails-specific, any gem will hang after I get the followin  
message: “Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)”.  
The problem is identical to the one described here:  
[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/eaa8028a9593aade/ed0a99da8c495724](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/eaa8028a9593aade/ed0a99da8c495724)  
(after he had fixed his initial error).

Also, Tim’s test script (from the url above) fails in a similar  
fashion:

require ‘socket’

hostname = ARGV[0]  
puts “Making socket to #{hostname}”  
sock = TCPSocket.new(hostname, 80)  
mesg = “GET /yaml.Z HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: #{hostname}\r\n\r\n”  
puts "writing to socket #{hostname}: " + mesg  
sock.write mesg  
puts “Wow, no hang!”

It doesnt make it past sock.write. I’m using Ruby 1.8.2 (from the  
one-click installer) and RubyGems 0.8.11 on Win Xp Pro x64. I’ve also  
tried 1.8.4 and had the same problems. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,  
Scott

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**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433/2 "2005-12-04T21:20:59Z")

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Thanks for the ideas. Everything you listed works as it should. I’ve  
tried disable the firewall, I’m not behind a proxy, I’ve rebooted,  
havent touched anything in ‘Local Security Policy’, event viewer doesnt  
show anything that looks related to the problem (some kind of cd rom  
driver issues though). I am logged in as Administrator as well. I  
dont have too many concurrent tcp/ip sessions either. What should I  
look for when using netstat -a to determine if anyting’s screwy? Here  
the output I get:

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State  
TCP fizzy:epmap fizzy:0 LISTENING  
TCP fizzy:microsoft-ds fizzy:0 LISTENING  
TCP fizzy:1026 fizzy:0 LISTENING  
TCP fizzy:1030 fizzy:0 LISTENING  
TCP fizzy:1037 fizzy:1038 ESTABLISHED  
TCP fizzy:1038 fizzy:1037 ESTABLISHED  
TCP fizzy:netbios-ssn fizzy:0 LISTENING  
TCP fizzy:1426 [virtual-www.mozilla.org](http://virtual-www.mozilla.org):http CLOSING  
TCP fizzy:1431 [66-195-250-153.gen.twtelecom.net](http://66-195-250-153.gen.twtelecom.net):http  
ESTABLISHED  
TCP fizzy:1432 [66-195-250-153.gen.twtelecom.net](http://66-195-250-153.gen.twtelecom.net):http  
ESTABLISHED  
TCP fizzy:1435 216.129.107.21:http ESTABLISHED  
UDP fizzy:microsoft-ds _:_  
UDP fizzy:isakmp _:_  
UDP fizzy:1025 _:_  
UDP fizzy:1220 _:_  
UDP fizzy:ipsec-msft _:_  
UDP fizzy:ntp _:_  
UDP fizzy:ssdp _:_  
UDP fizzy:ntp _:_  
UDP fizzy:netbios-ns _:_  
UDP fizzy:netbios-dgm _:_  
UDP fizzy:ssdp _:_

This is a fresh install of Windows x64 on my new Athlon 64 x2 3800+  
system, I’m dyin to get ruby running properly here!

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**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433/3 "2005-12-04T14:28:04Z")

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just talking out loud here, trying to rule out the obvious.

first, can you ping [gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)?

at a command line, what happens when you type

telnet [gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) 80

then type Control-D ENTER?  
You should see HTML.  
If not, can you

```
telnet www.yahoo.com 80
Control-D ENTER ENTER

```

Again, you should see a bunch of HTML.

Can you (perhaps temporarily) turn off the Windows firewall (it’s on by  
default).  
Control Panel → Network Connections  
right click on ‘Local Area Connection’ and select ‘Properties’  
Choose ‘Advanced’ tab, and select ‘Windows Firewall’ settings,  
and then turn it off.

Do you have any other firewall software installed?

Does your computer sit behind a proxy server?  
If so, does the proxy server filter out some sites/ports?

Have you tried rebooting your computer, and, if you have a firewall,  
rebooting the firewall?

do you see anything unusual when you do,  
netstat -a

If you are running a bunch of concurrent tcp/ip sessions, have you tried  
changing the maximum number of allowed connections with  
EvID4226Patch.exe  
[Windows XP SP2 and Event ID 4226 - The Story of David Kaspar](http://blog.davidkaspar.com/archives/2005/04/windows-xp-sp2-and-event-id-4226.php)  
[www.LvlLord.de - Tipps, Tricks & Utilities - Downloads](http://lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads)

Are you logged on as an administrator?

Have you recently changed settings in ‘Administrative Tools’ → ‘Local  
Security Settings’?

Does ‘Administrative Tools’ → ‘Event Viewer’ show any errors  
that could be causing this?

If none of those helped, I’m at a loss.

Windows XP ProSP2 (32 bit)  
Cygwin Ruby 1.8.3

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433/4 "2005-12-05T13:10:49Z")

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your network connection appears to be functioning normally,  
which means your problem appears to be with Ruby, or the 32-bit  
image of Ruby on your 64-bit system.

I would try installing Cygwin ([http://www.cygwin.com/](http://www.cygwin.com/)) and the Ruby  
version that comes precompiled for it. Cygwin says they are 64-bit  
compatible, thus should run on Windows x64.

If that doesn’t work, I would look at compiling Ruby 1.8.2 natively  
on your system.

Sorry, I can’t think of an easier solution. Installing Cygwin is easy  
and only takes a few minutes. Hopefully that will work (it works well  
for me).

-lv

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-install-rails-hangs/49433/5 "2005-12-05T17:25:17Z")

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Sounds like a plan, I’ll try it this evening. Thanks for the help!