# Question re: "can\_has\_chat" plugin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-re-can-has-chat-plugin/138159>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-re-can-has-chat-plugin/138159 "2008-05-20T17:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tharrisx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tharrisx)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-re-can-has-chat-plugin/138159/1 "2008-05-20T17:45:48Z")

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Hi there,

I’ve installed the “can\_has\_chat” plugin  
([http://code.google.com/p/canhaschat/](http://code.google.com/p/canhaschat/)) with all its required  
dependencies (and following the instructions in the README file).

But I get the following error message when I try to launch the chat  
server:

./…/vendor/plugins/canhaschat/lib/can\_has\_chat/remote/boot\_server.rb:33:in  
`dirname': can't convert nil into String (TypeError) from ./../vendor/plugins/canhaschat/lib/can_has_chat/remote/boot_server.rb:33 from chat_server:3:in `require’  
from chat\_server:3

Has anybody already used that plugin and could help me out here? I’m  
really stuck - I really don’t have a clue about what to do with this…

Thank you very much for any help!  
Tom