# Getting fcgi to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734 "2006-04-03T13:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/1 "2006-04-03T13:39:42Z")
can some one help me with my install? i’m having a touch time getting fcgi to play right with apache. i ran “gem install fcgi” and this is the output i get: Attempting local installation of ‘fcgi’ Local gem file not found: fcgi\*.gem Attempting remote installation of ‘fcgi’ Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) Building native extensions. This could take a while… ruby extconf.rb install fcgi checking for fcgiapp.h… yes checking for FCGX\_Accept() in -lfcgi… yes creating Makefile make gcc -fPIC -g -O2 -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I. -DHAVE\_FCGIAPP\_H -c fcgi.c gcc -shared -L’/usr/local/lib’ -Wl,-R’/usr/local/lib’ -o fcgi.so fcgi.o -lfcgi -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc make install /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 fcgi.so /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/. Successfully installed fcgi-0.8.6.1 Installing RDoc documentation for fcgi-0.8.6.1… No definition for fcgi\_s\_accept No definition for fcgi\_s\_each No definition for fcgi\_s\_each No definition for fcgi\_s\_iscgi No definition for fcgi\_in No definition for fcgi\_out No definition for fcgi\_err No definition for fcgi\_env No definition for fcgi\_finish No definition for fcgi\_stream\_putc No definition for fcgi\_stream\_write No definition for fcgi\_stream\_print No definition for fcgi\_stream\_printf No definition for fcgi\_stream\_puts No definition for fcgi\_stream\_addstr No definition for fcgi\_stream\_flush No definition for fcgi\_stream\_getc No definition for fcgi\_stream\_ungetc No definition for fcgi\_stream\_gets No definition for fcgi\_stream\_read No definition for fcgi\_stream\_eof No definition for fcgi\_stream\_eof No definition for fcgi\_stream\_close No definition for fcgi\_stream\_closed No definition for fcgi\_stream\_binmode No definition for fcgi\_stream\_isatty No definition for fcgi\_stream\_isatty No definition for fcgi\_stream\_sync No definition for fcgi\_stream\_setsync am i supposed to get those no definition messages? are those errors or what? this is what i get when trying to run my rails apps with fcgi: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant RailsFCGIHandler (NameError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:120:in `const\_missing’ from /home/mymedia/public\_html/rails/dispatch.fcgi:26 [Mon Apr 3 01:16:03 2006] [warn] FastCGI: (dynamic) server “/home/mymedia/public\_html/rails/dispatch.fcgi” (pid 28269) terminated by calling exit with status ‘1’ [Mon Apr 3 01:16:06 2006] [warn] FastCGI: (dynamic) server “/home/mymedia/public\_html/rails/dispatch.fcgi” restarted (pid 28270) /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant RailsFCGIHandler (NameError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:120:in `const\_missing’ from /home/mymedia/public\_html/rails/dispatch.fcgi:26 [Mon Apr 3 01:16:08 2006] [warn] FastCGI: (dynamic) server “/home/mymedia/public\_html/rails/dispatch.fcgi” (pid 28270) terminated by calling exit with status ‘1’ i have no idea what any of this means. if anyone can help me out or point me in the right direction, that would be great! thanks, josh ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/2 "2006-04-03T17:06:45Z")
Am Montag, den 03.04.2006, 13:39 +0200 schrieb Josh K.: > checking for fcgiapp.h… yes > /usr/bin/install -c -m 0755 fcgi.so > No definition for fcgi\_s\_iscgi > > No definition for fcgi\_stream\_addstr > > No definition for fcgi\_stream\_isatty > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in > point me in the right direction, that would be great! > On what Platform are you working? Debian? Try out this HowTo: [http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge](http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge) – Norman T. [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/3 "2006-04-03T17:18:46Z")
> On what Platform are you working? Debian? Try out this HowTo: > > [http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge](http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge) > > – > Norman T. > > [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) i’m using RedHat. i have a dedicated server with [hostgator.com](http://hostgator.com) i’m running apache 1.3.4 i believe. what changes on this would i need to make for apache 1.3? ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/4 "2006-04-03T18:26:13Z")
Josh K. wrote: > can some one help me with my install? i’m having a touch time getting > fcgi to play right with apache. i ran “gem install fcgi” and this is the > output i get: > > Attempting local installation of ‘fcgi’ > … FWIW, I had _exactly_ the same problem with the fcgi constant on OsX. Even stranger, I have two macs with what I _think_ are identical setups and I DON’T have the problem on one of them! Probably why I switched to mongrel at least for the time being… 🙂 Very frustrating, to say the least. Keith ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/5 "2006-04-03T17:40:39Z")
Am Montag, den 03.04.2006, 17:18 +0200 schrieb Josh K.: > > On what Platform are you working? Debian? Try out this HowTo: > > > > [http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge](http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge) > > i’m using RedHat. i have a dedicated server with [hostgator.com](http://hostgator.com) > i’m running apache 1.3.4 i believe. what changes on this would i need to > make for apache 1.3? Sorry, i have no experience with RedHat or Apache 1.3, but the general recipe should be the same as described in the howto. – Norman T. [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/6 "2006-04-03T21:35:48Z")
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in > > point me in the right direction, that would be great! > > On what Platform are you working? Debian? Try out this HowTo: > > [http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge](http://blog.inlet-media.de/the-perfect-ruby-on-rails-with-apache2-and-fastcgi-setup-on-debian-sarge) > > – > Norman T. > > [http://blog.inlet-media.de](http://blog.inlet-media.de) i’m trying to install the mod\_fcgi. in the tutorial it says to use Makefile.AP2, but with apache 133 what make file should i use. ---
**Author:** ![jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jjkiesch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkiesch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-fcgi-to-work/56734/7 "2006-04-04T00:02:25Z")
sry bout the last post. noob mistake. i still haven’t had any luck though. on thing i did try in your tutorial was running the dispatch.fcgi script from the shell line. i get the following errors: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:112:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant RailsFCGIHandler (NameError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:120:in`const\_missing’ from …/newtest/public/dispatch.fcgi:24 based on that, can anyone tell me what i’m doing wrong? is it my configuration? installation maybe?