# Rails application failed to start properly

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 16, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921 "2006-02-16T23:13:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misiek)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921/1 "2006-02-16T23:13:51Z")

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my settings  
OS: gentoo  
net-www/apache-2.0.54-r31  
net-www/mod\_fastcgi-2.4.2-r1

NameVirtualHost 111.111.11.111:80  
  
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost  
Servername [www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com)  
ServerAlias [domain.com](http://domain.com)  
ErrorLog /home/ftp/workspace/domain.com/log/apache.log

```
     DocumentRoot /home/ftp/workspace/domain.com/public
     <Directory "/home/ftp/workspace/domain.com/public/">
       Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
       AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
       AllowOverride all
       Allow from all
     </Directory>

```

…httaccess  
RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi?$1 [QSA,L]

/etc/conf/apache2  
APACHE2\_OPTS=“-D DEFAULT\_VHOST -D FASTCGI -D SSL -D PHP4”

on localhost works good when I copy on server with real domain does not  
work the message like in subject.

in apache.log i got  
[Thu Feb 16 16:11:51 2006] [error] [client 192.168.10.101] mod\_rewrite:  
maximum number of internal redirects reached. Assuming configuration  
error. Use ‘RewriteOptions MaxRedirects’ to increase the limit if  
neccessary.

but what it does mean ?

what is wrong ?

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**Author:** ![misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misiek)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921/2 "2006-02-16T23:38:08Z")

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On 2/16/06, misiek [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

You will probably get a faster and better response from:

[http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

-austin

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**Author:** ![misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misiek)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921/3 "2006-02-16T23:19:56Z")

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> in apache.log i got  
> [Thu Feb 16 16:11:51 2006] [error] [client 192.168.10.101] mod\_rewrite:  
> maximum number of internal redirects reached. Assuming configuration  
> error. Use ‘RewriteOptions MaxRedirects’ to increase the limit if  
> neccessary.
> 
> but what it does mean ?
> 
> what is wrong ?

ok I del $1 option from .htaccess  
RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi?$1 [QSA,L]  
^

no when I start the web site I got with my browser that message

#!/usr/bin/ruby18

# 

# You may specify the path to the FastCGI crash log (a log of unhandled

# exceptions which forced the FastCGI instance to exit, great for

debugging)

# and the number of requests to process before running garbage

collection.

# 

# By default, the FastCGI crash log is RAILS\_ROOT/log/fastcgi.crash.log

# and the GC period is nil (turned off). A reasonable number of

requests

# could range from 10-100 depending on the memory footprint of your app.

# 

# Example:

# # Default log path, normal GC behavior.

# RailsFCGIHandler.process!

# 

# # Default log path, 50 requests between GC.

# RailsFCGIHandler.process! nil, 50

# 

# # Custom log path, normal GC behavior.

# RailsFCGIHandler.process! ‘/var/log/myapp\_fcgi\_crash.log’

# 

require File.dirname( **FILE** ) + “/…/config/environment”  
require ‘fcgi\_handler’

RailsFCGIHandler.process!

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**Author:** ![misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misiek)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-failed-to-start-properly/53921/4 "2006-02-17T00:51:02Z")

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Austin Z. wrote:

> On 2/16/06, misiek [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> You will probably get a faster and better response from:
> 
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)
> 
> ## -austin
> 
> Austin Z. \* removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> \* Alternate: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

yeah never mind it works  
thanks