# Ruby-services -- unable to start fastri service

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-services-unable-to-start-fastri-service/84998>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 9, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-services-unable-to-start-fastri-service/84998 "2007-02-09T04:10:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbiker)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-services-unable-to-start-fastri-service/84998/1 "2007-02-09T04:10:45Z")

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I have just done a complete new installation of ruby-services. I have  
all the required gems.

I have installed the fastri service as well as the gem service.

However, I cannot start the fastri service.

This is the response I get:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\>fastrictl -s  
C:/ruby/bin/fastrictl.rb:68:in `start’: The service did not respond to  
the start or control request in a timely fashion.  
(Win32::ServiceError)  
from C:/ruby/bin/fastrictl.rb:68

I have no problem with the gem service.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\>gemctl -s  
One moment, start pending  
Gem Server service started

I am running fastri 0.3.0 and it was installed from the tarball.

Any assistance in resolving this problem is appreciated.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![bbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bbiker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbiker)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-services-unable-to-start-fastri-service/84998/2 "2007-04-05T12:32:06Z")

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On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 12:10:07PM +0900, bbiker wrote:

> C:/ruby/bin/fastrictl.rb:68:in `start’: The service did not respond to  
> I am running fastri 0.3.0 and it was installed from the tarball.  
> I don’t really know anything about ruby-services (or win32 for the  
> matter),  
> but maybe I can help you with FastRI’s part. If fastri-server -b is  
> indexing  
> the stdlib/your gems correctly, you can also use qri which works very  
> much  
> like fri, the only difference being that it accesses the local index  
> directly  
> without relying on the DRb service provided by fastri-server (it’s a bit  
> slower too, but still much faster than plain RI, \<1s vs. \>10s for  
> typical  
> queries).

Also, does the fastri-server (+fri) work when launched manually?