# Mongrel is Terminating Automatically

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-is-terminating-automatically/190006>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 11, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-is-terminating-automatically/190006 "2010-06-11T09:35:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![sumantacaptain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@sumantacaptain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sumantacaptain)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-is-terminating-automatically/190006/1 "2010-06-11T09:35:01Z")

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Dear All,

I am facing a problem - when I am hitting [http://localhost:3000/login\_c](http://localhost:3000/login_c)  
to enter to our system, webrick/mongrel quiting from command prompt.

I am getting this error-  
“”  
C:\Obs\>mongrel\_rails start  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
\*\* Rails loaded.  
\*\* Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins  
\*\* Signals ready. INT =\> stop (no restart).  
\*\* Mongrel 1.1.5 available at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Use CTRL-C to stop.  
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/pathname.rb:266: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11) [i386-mswin32]

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an  
unusual  
way.  
Please contact the application’s support team for more information.  
“”  
I am using windows xp service pack2, rails 2.3.5 .  
I already did uninstall and reinstall but no result.  
Please help.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![sumantacaptain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@sumantacaptain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sumantacaptain)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-is-terminating-automatically/190006/2 "2010-06-30T00:03:03Z")

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I face the same problem with my webrick server. I am new to ROR, so  
any thought on why this occurs would be very helpful.

-Laz

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**Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-is-terminating-automatically/190006/3 "2010-06-30T11:02:02Z")

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If you google for ‘segmentation fault’ you’ll get many hits on the  
topic. I have read a couple of them and they seem to be related to  
memory problems with the garbage collection mechanism or with hardware  
that is not able to perform the requested operations.

I don’t know if this is the case but maybe you have something in your  
code that is causing the GC to fail? Have you tried creating an  
‘emtpy’ application and start Mongrel/Webrick to see if the problem  
persists?