# Gem\_original\_require no such file to load -- /var/www/vhosts/gophotoswap.com/httpdocs/current/config

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-var-www-vhosts-gophotoswap-com-httpdocs-current-config/156716>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 1, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-var-www-vhosts-gophotoswap-com-httpdocs-current-config/156716 "2009-01-01T21:01:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_McF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Matt\_McF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matt_McF)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-var-www-vhosts-gophotoswap-com-httpdocs-current-config/156716/1 "2009-01-01T21:01:09Z")

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\*\* Daemonized, any open files are closed. Look at /var/www/vhosts/  
[gophotoswap.com/httpdocs/shared/pids/mongrel.8000.pid](http://gophotoswap.com/httpdocs/shared/pids/mongrel.8000.pid) and /var/www/  
vhosts/gophotoswap.com/httpdocs/shared/log/mongrel.8000.log for info.  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 127.0.0.1:8000  
\*\* Initiating groups for “mongrel”:“mongrel”.  
\*\* Changing group to “mongrel”.  
\*\* Changing user to “mongrel”.  
\*\* Starting Rails with production environment…  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- /var/www/vhosts/ gophotoswap.com/httpdocs/current/config/environment (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in `require’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/rails.rb:147:in `rails' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/ mongrel_rails:113:in `cloaker\_’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `call' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `listener’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:99:in `cloaker_' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `call’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `initialize' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/ mongrel_rails:84:in `new’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:84:in `run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:281  
from /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails:19:in `load’  
from /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails:19

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gem env

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gem env  
RubyGems Environment:

- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
- RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
  - ruby
  - x86-linux

- GEM PATHS:
  - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

- GEM CONFIGURATION:
  - :update\_sources =\> true
  - :verbose =\> true
  - :benchmark =\> false
  - :backtrace =\> false
  - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000
  - :sources =\> [“[http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)”, “http://  
[gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com)”]

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)
  - [http://gems.github.com](http://gems.github.com)

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gem -v = 1.2.0  
rails -v = 2.1.2  
ruby -v = ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]

any clue???

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**Author:** ![Matt\_McF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Matt\_McF](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matt_McF)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-var-www-vhosts-gophotoswap-com-httpdocs-current-config/156716/2 "2009-01-03T18:46:05Z")

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This has been solved.

Make sure all permissions on the symlink current, the dirs shared/pids  
shared/log, shared/tmp are all set to 755
