# Mongrel\_rails: fatal: relocation error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-fatal-relocation-error/147395>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [September 1, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-fatal-relocation-error/147395 "2008-09-01T11:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![deepakbattu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c5a1d2/32.png) [@deepakbattu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deepakbattu)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-fatal-relocation-error/147395/1 "2008-09-01T11:46:03Z")

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Just installed mongrel from source and when try to start mongrel… the  
following error is coming.

$\>mongrel\_rails start  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/initializer.rb:225:in  
`require_frameworks': ld.so.1: mongrel_rails: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/sparc-solaris2.8/digest/md5.so: symbol rb_Digest_MD5_Finish: referenced symbol not found - /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/sparc-solaris2.8/digest/md5.so (RuntimeError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/initializer.rb:113:in`process’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/initializer.rb:93:in  
`send' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/initializer.rb:93:in`run’  
from /opt/www/config/environment.rb:14  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/mongrel/rails.rb:147:in  
`rails' from /usr/local/bin/mongrel_rails:114:in`cloaker\_’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `call' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in`listener’  
from /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails:100:in `cloaker_' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in`call’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in  
`initialize' from /usr/local/bin/mongrel_rails:85:in`new’  
from /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails:85:in `run' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/mongrel/command.rb:212:in`run’  
from /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails:282

can any one help me solve this problem.  
thank u  
deepak

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**Author:** ![deepakbattu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c5a1d2/32.png) [@deepakbattu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/deepakbattu)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-fatal-relocation-error/147395/2 "2008-09-01T13:00:10Z")

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Sorry for all that was an error with the improper installation of ruby  
with ssl support.re installation of the ruby solved the problem.