# Trouble starting the server, HELP PLEASE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-starting-the-server-help-please/185695 "2010-03-24T18:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-starting-the-server-help-please/185695/1 "2010-03-24T18:41:35Z")
can anybody tell me what is going wrong from the information taken from the development log below. WHen i start WEBrick and try and view a page on the localhost i get the following error, “We’re sorry, but something went wrong.We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly.” I’m a complete beginner and really want to start learning Ruby on rails, but cannot at the moment get past the setup phase despite a long time trying and i feel I’m almost there. Hope someone can help. # Logfile created on Wed Mar 24 17:13:17 +0000 2010/!\ FAILSAFE /!\ Wed Mar 24 17:13:27 +0000 2010 Status: 500 Internal Server Error uninitialized constant Encoding /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in`const\_missing’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-0.0.8/lib/sqlite3/ encoding.rb:9:in`find’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sqlite3-0.0.8/lib/sqlite3/ database.rb:66:in `initialize' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb:13:in`new’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/sqlite3\_adapter.rb:13:in `sqlite3_connection' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:223:in`send’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:223:in `new_connection' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:245:in`checkout\_new\_connection’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:188:in `checkout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:184:in`loop’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:184:in `checkout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in`synchronize’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:183:in `checkout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:98:in`connection’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:326:in `retrieve_connection' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb: 123:in`retrieve\_connection’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_specification.rb: 115:in `connection' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/query_cache.rb:9:in`cache’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active\_record/query\_cache.rb:28:in `call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:361:in`call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action\_controller/string\_coercion.rb:25:in `call' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/head.rb: 9:in`call’ /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/ methodoverride.rb:24:in `call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action_controller/params_parser.rb:15:in`call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action\_controller/session/cookie\_store.rb:93:in `call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action_controller/failsafe.rb:26:in`call’ /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/lock.rb: 11:in `call' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/lock.rb: 11:in`synchronize’ /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/lock.rb: 11:in `call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:114:in`call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action\_controller/reloader.rb:34:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.5/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:108:in`call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/rack/ static.rb:31:in `call' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/ urlmap.rb:46:in`call’ /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/ urlmap.rb:40:in `each' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/ urlmap.rb:40:in`call’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/rack/ log\_tailer.rb:17:in `call' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/ content_length.rb:13:in`call’ /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/handler/ webrick.rb:50:in `service' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in`service’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in`start\_thread’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in`start\_thread’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in`each’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in`start’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' /Users/peterorpete/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.1/lib/rack/handler/ webrick.rb:14:in`run’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/ server.rb:111 /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’ script/server:3 ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trouble-starting-the-server-help-please/185695/2 "2010-03-24T21:19:36Z")
dont worry about this, i just stopped trying to have a version of ruby in my local folder and everything seems to work fine now