# Rails newbie - \`gem\_original\_require': no such file to load -- /home/aa/rb1/config/environment (Loa

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 2, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-newbie-gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-home-aa-rb1-config-environment-loa/152319 "2008-11-02T01:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cristian)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-newbie-gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-home-aa-rb1-config-environment-loa/152319/1 "2008-11-02T01:45:14Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to get started with Rails but I keep getting the  
same error, could someone please enlighten me?

$ mongrel\_rails mongrel::start -p 8000 -l mongrel.log -P mongrel.pid -  
n 5 -e development -c /home/aa/rb1/  
\*\* Ruby version is not up-to-date; loading cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:8000  
\*\* Starting Rails with development environment…  
/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require': no such file to load -- /home/aa/rb1/config/ environment (LoadError) from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in`require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/rails.rb:147:in `rails' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/ mongrel_rails:113:in`cloaker\_’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `call' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in`listener’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:99:in `cloaker_' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in`call’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/…/lib/  
mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `initialize' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/ mongrel_rails:84:in`new’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:84:in `run' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/ mongrel/command.rb:212:in`run’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/  
mongrel\_rails:281  
from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19:in `load’  
from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19

I tried it both on Windows and CentOS and I get the same error.

thanks much!  
Cristian

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**Author:** ![Cristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cristian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cristian)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-newbie-gem-original-require-no-such-file-to-load-home-aa-rb1-config-environment-loa/152319/2 "2008-11-02T04:51:05Z")

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What happens if you get into the “/home/aa/rb1” directory and type  
“script/server”?

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