# Webrick problem with Edgerails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515 "2006-09-21T14:53:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515/1 "2006-09-21T14:53:46Z")

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My app doesn’t come up in Webrick, fine in Mongrel.

From the log I think it’s looking for a routes.rb file in vendor/rails  
somewhere and while one does exist it’s not with the path the log is  
showing it’s asking for. Also, shouldn’t Webrick then look for my  
app’s routes.rb in config/ ?

Processing Base#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-09-21 06:42:17) [GET]  
Session ID: 20dd67070caa78c7f2a82cdf0e86a1cd  
Parameters: {}

MissingSourceFile (no such file to load –  
./script/…/config/…/config/routes.rb):  
/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:343:in  
`load' /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:343:in `load’  
/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/routing.rb:930:in  
`load_routes!' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:922:in `reload’  
/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:99:in `prepare_application' /vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:39:in `dispatch’  
/vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick\_server.rb:111:in  
`handle_dispatch' /vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick_server.rb:77:in `service’  
C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in  
`service' C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run’  
C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in  
`start_thread' C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start\_thread’  
C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start’  
C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start’  
/vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick\_server.rb:63:in `dispatch' /vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59 C:/instantrails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’  
/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:350:in  
`require’  
/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:39  
script/server:3

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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515/2 "2006-09-21T17:38:26Z")

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There’s really not much reason to use WEBrick is you app works just fine  
with Mongrel.

Curt

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515/3 "2006-09-21T19:56:55Z")

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On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 06:47 -0600, Dark A. wrote:

> My app doesn’t come up in Webrick, fine in Mongrel.

Wow, I think that’s the first time someone said that. Well, my work is  
done. See ya next July folks! 🙂

–  
Zed A. Shaw, MUDCRAP-CE Master Black Belt Sifu

> **[Zed A. shaw](https://zedshaw.com/)**
>
> Personal essays and writings by Zed A. Shaw.

[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)  
[http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8](http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8) – Come get help.

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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webrick-problem-with-edgerails/69515/4 "2006-09-21T21:51:31Z")

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Zed S. wrote:

> Wow, I think that’s the first time someone said that. Well, my work is  
> done. See ya next July folks! 🙂

July? Is that when the first MUDCRAPers conference is?!?

Joe

> –  
> Zed A. Shaw, MUDCRAP-CE Master Black Belt Sifu  
> [http://www.zedshaw.com/](http://www.zedshaw.com/)  
> [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)  
> [http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8](http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8) – Come get help.