# No freeride

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334 "2006-10-16T15:34:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334/1 "2006-10-16T15:34:50Z")

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I know this is a newbie question, but I’ve just installed InstantRails  
and  
am trying to invoke the Freeride editor from the command line (using the  
same command as in the run.bat provided with freeride, so that I can see  
the  
stack trace) and it is unable to start up. I’m on Win XP SP2, and  
wondering  
if anyone can point me in the right direction here. Stack trace below.  
Thanks, Ike

C:\InstantRails\ruby\freeride\>ruby freeride.rb  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:80:in  
`attach _editpane': undefined method`[]’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:  
97:in `reopen_files' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project.rb: 95:in`reopen\_files’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:  
54:in `initialize' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project_man ager.rb:82:in`open\_project’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project\_man  
ager.rb:152:in `open_default_project' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project_man ager.rb:47:in`initialize’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:612:  
in `notify' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:609: in`notify’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:385:  
in `data=' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:66:in`  
initialize’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:35:in `startup' from freeride.rb:77:in`startup’  
from freeride.rb:116

C:\InstantRails\ruby\freeride\>

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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334/2 "2006-10-16T20:15:39Z")

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On 10/16/06, Ike [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I know this is a newbie question, but I’ve just installed InstantRails and  
> am trying to invoke the Freeride editor from the command line (using the  
> same command as in the run.bat provided with freeride, so that I can see the  
> stack trace) and it is unable to start up. I’m on Win XP SP2, and wondering  
> if anyone can point me in the right direction here. Stack trace below.  
> Thanks, Ike

You need to put the …\ruby\bin directory that’s in your Instant Rails  
directory tree on you system path. Once you’ve done that it should  
work.

Curt

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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334/3 "2006-10-16T21:11:57Z")

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When I went and killed everythging for freeride under “Documents and  
Settings” it starts up fine now.

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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-freeride/72334/4 "2006-10-16T20:55:55Z")

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“Curt H.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote in message  
news:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid…

> You need to put the …\ruby\bin directory that’s in your Instant Rails  
> directory tree on you system path. Once you’ve done that it should  
> work.
> 
> Curt

Yes, I’ve done that Curt (other .rb files invoke fine)-- but the stack  
trace  
seems to indicate something in the rb files which is ruby-specific,  
because  
it crashes out still with the following stack trace (I think it is  
unable to  
open a window of a project I since deleted?):

C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:80:in  
`attach _editpane': undefined method `[]’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:  
97:in `reopen_files' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project.rb: 95:in `reopen\_files’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project.rb:  
54:in `initialize' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project_man ager.rb:82:in `open\_project’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide\_project/project\_man  
ager.rb:152:in `open_default_project' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/./plugins/rubyide_project/project_man ager.rb:47:in `initialize’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:612:  
in `notify' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:609: in `notify’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:385:  
in `data=' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:66:in `  
initialize’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/freeride/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:35:in `startup' from freeride.rb:77:in`startup’  
from freeride.rb:116