# RForm boot failure

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [August 19, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608 "2006-08-19T18:49:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincentcao)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608/1 "2006-08-19T18:49:56Z")

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i check out the source code from svn://andreas-s.net/rforum/trunk/  
here is my database.yml:  
production:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: rforum  
username: root  
password: 123

development:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: rforum  
username: root  
password: 123

test:  
adapter: mysql  
host: localhost  
database: rforum  
username: root  
password: 123

Here is my failure information:  
E:\projects\rforum\>rake migrate  
(in E:/projects/rforum)  
rake aborted!  
no such file to load – ferret  
E:/projects/rforum/rakefile.rb:9  
(See full trace by running task with --trace)  
i wonder to know why?

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**Author:** ![vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincentcao)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608/2 "2006-08-19T19:39:39Z")

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Install ferret:  
gem install ferret

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**Author:** ![vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincentcao)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608/3 "2006-08-19T20:43:48Z")

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Hi Andreas S.:  
Thanks for your help, my problem is fixed;  
i boot Rforum successfully, but i find some errors in my log file,here  
it is:

NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
The error occured while evaluating nil.updated\_at):  
/app/controllers/feed\_controller.rb:42:in `render_feed' /app/controllers/feed_controller.rb:10:in`global’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:853:in  
`perform_action_without_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:332:in`perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in`measure’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in`perform\_action’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:369:in  
`process_without_session_management_support' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.11.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:116:in`process’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in  
`dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:117:in`handle\_dispatch’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick\_server.rb:83:in  
`service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in`service’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in`start\_thread’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in`start’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in`start’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:69:in`dispatch’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in`require’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/server.rb:28  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`require’  
script/server:3

Although there is no effect, but i still wonder to know why and how  
this error occur?

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**Author:** ![vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vincentcao](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincentcao)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rform-boot-failure/65608/4 "2006-08-19T21:06:47Z")

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That happens when there are no posts for the Atom feeds. Fixed in 933.