# Mongrel\_service folder has different name

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [February 9, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154 "2010-02-09T03:03:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/macsig)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154/1 "2010-02-09T03:03:04Z")

</div>

Hello guys,  
I’m trying to run a Rails up using Mongrel on a Windows machine.  
In the same machine I have already installed (successfully) an other  
Rails app that uses Mongrel as well. I din that almost 2 years ago so I  
don’t remember exactly what I did but I guess I have followed the same  
steps.

Now when I try to start Mongrel

C:\rails\_apps\freshmintapp\>mongrel\_rails start -e production -p 5001

I get the error below:  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel_service-0.3.4-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel_service/init.rb (LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gem\_plugin-0.2.3/lib/gem\_plugin.rb:134:in  
`load' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:235:in`each’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source\_index.rb:235:in `each' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gem_plugin-0.2.3/lib/gem_plugin.rb:112:in`load’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin32-60/bin/mongrel\_rails:278  
from c:/ruby/bin/mongrel\_rails:16:in `load’  
from c:/ruby/bin/mongrel\_rails:16

The first thing I did was to check out the presence of init.rb and I  
discovered that the folder mongrel\_service-0.3.4-x86-mswin32 doesn’t  
exist or better it has a different name:  
mongrel\_service-0.3.4-i386-mswin32.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening? How can I solve it?

Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/macsig)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154/2 "2010-02-09T03:06:35Z")

</div>

I forgot to mention the running app uses Rails 2.0.2 and the one I’m  
trying to run Rails 2.3.4

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/macsig)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154/3 "2010-02-09T11:43:12Z")

</div>

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Sig Dx [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> `load’  
> from c:/ruby/bin/mongrel\_rails:16

Could be a bug from mongrel\_service and one of its dependencies.

Please remove the gem and try install it again.

Also, verify you have latest gem\_plugin gem installed.

## – Luis L. AREA 17

Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,  
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.  
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@macsig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/macsig)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-service-folder-has-different-name/183154/4 "2010-02-09T22:58:02Z")

</div>

Thanks but I don’t want to mess up with the working application so I  
have simple duplicate the folder and renamed it and both apps work. It’s  
not the best solution but works.

Have a good 1!