# Infinite Wait

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [November 29, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868 "2012-11-29T02:52:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/1 "2012-11-29T02:52:16Z")

</div>

I got visualruby today.  
Whenever I try to run it, though.  
It stares back at me for an infinite amount of time.  
Any help?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/2 "2012-11-29T07:37:06Z")

</div>

Hi Bob:

What operating system are you using?

Exactly what happened on each step of the install?

Go to [visualruby.net](http://visualruby.net) \> Download for instructions.

Eric C

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/3 "2012-11-29T22:53:09Z")

</div>

OS: Ubuntu Studio 12.10 - Quantal Queztal  
Everything was good and fast, until I got to running the actual program.  
I did everything on that page.  
That’s how I downloaded and installed visualruby.  
Thanks!

Bob Hostern

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/4 "2012-11-30T01:28:24Z")

</div>

Starting vr.  
No.

Bob Hostern

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/5 "2012-11-30T00:53:33Z")

</div>

Bob H. wrote in post #1087158:

> OS: Ubuntu Studio 12.10 - Quantal Queztal  
> Everything was good and fast, until I got to running the actual program.  
> I did everything on that page.  
> That’s how I downloaded and installed visualruby.  
> Thanks!
> 
> Bob Hostern

Do you mean starting Visualruby with vr or do you mean running your  
programm written in VisualRuby ??

Are you using rvm ?

Klaus

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/6 "2012-11-30T05:17:43Z")

</div>

What version of ruby are you running?

at the prompt enter:

ruby -v

You need version 1.9

Eric C

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/7 "2012-12-01T03:47:15Z")

</div>

From running ruby -v:  
ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [i686-linux]

Yes.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/8 "2012-12-01T07:19:04Z")

</div>

Hi Bob:

Try pressing ctrl-c when it hangs, and post the output here.

Also try this at the command prompt:

cd ~/visualruby/examples/drag\_drop  
vr

This will run vr in the above directory, skipping the step where vr  
scans your home directory for vr projects. If this hangs, press ctrl-c  
and post output here.

You may need to uninstall everything and start over. Read the output  
from the install for cles to your problem.

Yours,  
Eric

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bobh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobh)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868/9 "2012-11-30T05:20:33Z")

</div>

In your home directory, you should see a folder:

home/visualruby/examples

Is this folder on your machine?

Eric