# Mongrel won't start(Snow leopard)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-wont-start-snow-leopard/202014>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [January 20, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-wont-start-snow-leopard/202014 "2011-01-20T02:06:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-wont-start-snow-leopard/202014/1 "2011-01-20T02:06:31Z")

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I am trying to start the mongrel server on mac OS X 10.6.  
This is the error I get. I am running rails 3.0.3

ruby$ mongrel\_rails start  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
/Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:239:in  
`require': no such file to load -- dispatcher (LoadError) from /Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in`require’  
from  
/Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:225:in  
`load_dependency' from /Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:596:in`new\_constants\_in’  
from  
/Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:225:in  
`load_dependency' from /Users/ruby/Desktop/BOH/mail-2.2.12/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in`require’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:148:in  
`rails' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:113:in`cloaker\_’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in  
`call' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in`listener’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel\_rails:99:in  
`cloaker_' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in`call’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in  
`initialize' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:84:in`new’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel\_rails:84:in  
`run' from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in`run’  
from  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel\_rails:281  
from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19:in `load’  
from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19