# Mod\_fcgid problems w/ IE?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-fcgid-problems-w-ie/131945>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-fcgid-problems-w-ie/131945 "2008-03-14T17:05:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-fcgid-problems-w-ie/131945/1 "2008-03-14T17:05:07Z")

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I have a RoR application running under Apache2 w/ mod\_fcgid

Whenever I submit a large number of database updates asynchronously  
from IE, I notice that 10-12 fcgi processes (dispatch.fcgi) are  
spawned.  
Eventually the server issues a “Rails application failed to start  
properly”  
error and sends it back to the browser (which is expecting XML).  
I’m guessing that it’s wanting to spawn another fcgi process and  
cannot.

When I run exactly the same operation in firefox (from a unix box or  
PC)  
only 2 or 3 fcgi processes are spawned and the operation completes  
without error.

Does anyone know what’s going on?

Thanks,  
Peter