# Rails Application fails to start properly

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/116763>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/116763 "2007-10-09T16:08:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/116763/1 "2007-10-09T16:08:43Z")

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I have this site - a local version on my computer and one that lives up  
on the server. My local version works perfectly, the version on the  
server, however, display the login page but crashes when you try to  
login displaying this error text:

Application error  
Rails application failed to start properly

I’m not sure what is happening. I have made sure that both versions  
consists of up-to-files and all model and controllers are there. Any  
ideas why two exact applications would fails like this. Could be a rails  
version issue - a new version on the server then the one on my local  
computer? Thanks,

-S

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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/116763/2 "2007-10-09T16:17:18Z")

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Shandy,

have you checked the log files? they should have some indication of why  
it  
failed.

Cheers,  
Mel

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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/116763/3 "2007-10-09T16:52:48Z")

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Mel R. wrote:

> Shandy,
> 
> have you checked the log files? they should have some indication of why  
> it  
> failed.
> 
> Cheers,  
> Mel

I hadn’t thought about that, but still there doesn’t seem to be any  
errors being thrown. It is an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error displayed  
on the web page however, so something is going on. Thanks,

-S