# Help: \`method\_missing' called on terminated object **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 20, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-method-missing-called-on-terminated-object/174111 "2009-08-20T23:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Owens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mike\_Owens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_Owens)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-method-missing-called-on-terminated-object/174111/1 "2009-08-20T23:50:13Z")
I am getting this on Ubuntu Jaunty 64 with Ruby 1.9.1-p243. I have tried 1.9.1-p129 and 1.9.2-preview and it happens with all of them. This works with 1.9.1-243 on Hardy 32. NotImplementedError: method `method\_missing’ called on terminated object (0x000000026449f8) I’ve seen references to this as possibly being related to the version of gcc on Jaunty. It happens when I wrap an object using Data\_Wrap\_Struct and pass it into any Ruby function and then within that function try to do anything with it. The first time the object is used, it triggers this exception. Does anyone have any idea what this might be related to? That is, is it likely something in my code that was bad all along that’s now breaking, or is it something out of my control? I just need to know because this is proving to be very difficult for me to resolve. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Owens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mike\_Owens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_Owens)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-method-missing-called-on-terminated-object/174111/2 "2009-08-21T12:38:14Z")
it was a linking problem. i was linking the extension in twice: once in the unit test (statically) and then in a shared library which initialized ruby.