# NetBeans 6.5: RuntimeError when running tests

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-6-5-runtimeerror-when-running-tests/154139>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 25, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-6-5-runtimeerror-when-running-tests/154139 "2008-11-25T19:53:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![George](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@George](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/George)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-6-5-runtimeerror-when-running-tests/154139/1 "2008-11-25T19:53:24Z")

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Is anyone on the list having success using NetBeans 6.5?

I’ve been having difficulty running my tests on NetBeans 6.5. Whenever  
I attempt to run the tests on my project, I get numerous errors such  
as this one:

RuntimeError: appender ‘\<Logging::Appenders::File: /Users/george/  
workspace/RPM/log/test.log\>’ is closed

These errors never occur when I run the tests from the command line.  
Removing the log file or touching it to create an empty one does not  
solve the problem, either. Also, these problems do not occur when  
running NetBeans 6.1 with the old test runner.

My project is configured to use Ruby 1.8.6 – not JRuby.

Any ideas on how to solve this?

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**Author:** ![George](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@George](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/George)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/netbeans-6-5-runtimeerror-when-running-tests/154139/2 "2008-11-26T06:06:51Z")

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Hello George,

If it works from the command line but not from inside NetBeans I’d  
give the NetBeans folks a poke. They’re as helpful as this group and  
sit alot closer to the problem you’re having.

Rick