# Server won't start!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-wont-start/156287>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 24, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-wont-start/156287 "2008-12-24T00:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sithadmin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sithadmin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sithadmin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-wont-start/156287/1 "2008-12-24T00:15:48Z")

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Hello,  
I’ve got an InstantRails 1.7 app (ruby 1.86, rails 2.1.0) that will no  
longer start since I rebooted my windows server 2003 machine to complete  
some windows updates. However, I also deleted some gems earlier today,  
but it started right up perfectly fine. Anyway, here is whats happening:

C:\InstantRails\rails\_apps\dejavu\>ruby script/server  
=\> Booting Mongrel (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick)  
=\> Rails 2.1.0 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
=\> Call with -d to detach  
=\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server  
\*\* Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000  
Exiting  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin32-60/lib/mon  
grel/tcphack.rb:12:in `initialize\_without\_backlog’: Bad file descriptor

- bind(2  
) (Errno::EBADF)  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin  
32-60/lib/mongrel/tcphack.rb:12:in `initialize' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin 32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:93:in `new’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin  
32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:93:in `initialize' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin 32-60/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:139:in `new’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin  
32-60/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:139:in `listener' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin 32-60/bin/mongrel_rails:99:in `cloaker\_’  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin  
32-60/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `call' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-mswin 32-60/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `initialize’  
… 14 levels…  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/command  
s/server.rb:39  
from  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require  
.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require .rb:27:in `require’  
from script/server:3

I tried reinstalling the mongrel gem, but that didn’t work. Anybody know  
whats going on??

Any and all help is appreciated!!

- Jeff M.

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**Author:** ![sithadmin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sithadmin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sithadmin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-wont-start/156287/2 "2008-12-24T00:24:22Z")

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Nevermind, I forgot I had a windows scheduled task to start the server  
on start up - the server is already up, that’s why its getting all  
confused… my bad for wasting a post, guys.