# Mongrel - strange start-up message

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-strange-start-up-message/135258>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 20, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-strange-start-up-message/135258 "2008-04-20T03:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-strange-start-up-message/135258/1 "2008-04-20T03:26:59Z")

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I am using pretty much the same RoR set up on Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora Core  
5, and Windows with Rails 2.0.2, Ruby 1.8.6 and NetBeans 6.1 Beta. Each  
machine is using Mongrel. Both the Linux machines start Mongrel with  
this strange message:

=\> Booting Mongrel (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick)  
=\> Rails application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
=\> Call with -d to detach  
=\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
\*\* Rails loaded.  
\*\* Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins  
\*\* Signals ready. TERM =\> stop. USR2 =\> restart. INT =\> stop (no  
restart).  
\*\* Rails signals registered. HUP =\> reload (without restart). It might  
not work well.  
\*\* Mongrel 1.1.3 available at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Use CTRL-C to stop.

And they both continue to work well? In other words, the app runs just  
fine in the development mode.  
The Windows machine does not display “It might not work well.” message  
and also works fine.

Why is Mongrel displaying this strange message?

Bharat

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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-strange-start-up-message/135258/2 "2008-04-20T12:17:42Z")

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On 20 Apr 2008, at 02:26, Bharat R. wrote:

> I am using pretty much the same RoR set up on Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora Core  
> 5, and Windows with Rails 2.0.2, Ruby 1.8.6 and NetBeans 6.1 Beta.  
> Each  
> machine is using Mongrel. Both the Linux machines start Mongrel with  
> this strange message:

It’s just saying that a somewhat experimental feature is there.  
Signals don’t really exist on windows and so I’d guess that is why you  
don’t get the message. The people on the mongrel mailing list would  
probably know for sure.

Fred