# Irb and script/console problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518 "2007-09-25T23:26:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bjhess)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518/1 "2007-09-25T23:26:17Z")

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I’ve had a problem with irb and script/console since about mid-summer  
and it’s absolutely killing me. In either environment, I’m unable to  
use the spacebar. It simply doesn’t register.

I’ve tried using Terminal.app and iTerm and I see the same behavior.

Anyone ever had this problem before? Solutions?

~Barry Hess

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**Author:** ![bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bjhess)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518/2 "2007-09-26T04:54:13Z")

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they all work for me…

OSX 10.4.10  
ruby 1.8.5 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 35) [i686-darwin8.9.1]  
Rails 1.2.3

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**Author:** ![bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bjhess)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518/3 "2007-10-03T16:18:53Z")

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They used to work for me as well…

OSX 10.4.10  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.10.1]  
Rails 1.2.3

I just reinstalled my Ruby-MySQL driver and now MySQL console won’t  
accept the space bar, either. I really wish I knew what the hell is  
going on.

~Barry

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**Author:** ![bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bjhess)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518/4 "2007-10-22T20:43:36Z")

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Responding to my own message. If anyone wants to read about my path  
to resolving this problem (in excruciating detail), check the below  
link. It’s an embarrassing statement of how little I know about  
compiling things and \*nix in general. Expect lots of statements about  
irb, Ruby versions, and readline.

[http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/](http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/)

So far I’ve only resolved my Ruby problem. My MySQL issue still  
exists…

~Barry

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**Author:** ![bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@bjhess](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bjhess)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-and-script-console-problem/115518/5 "2007-10-22T20:43:37Z")

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Responding to my own message. If anyone wants to read about my path  
to resolving this problem (in excruciating detail), check the below  
link. It’s an embarrassing statement of how little I know about  
compiling things and \*nix in general. Expect lots of statements about  
irb, Ruby versions, and readline.

[http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/](http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/)

So far I’ve only resolved my Ruby problem. My MySQL issue still  
exists…

~Barry