# Why doesn't any ajax work on my linux/lighttpd server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-doesnt-any-ajax-work-on-my-linux-lighttpd-server/80975>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 2, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-doesnt-any-ajax-work-on-my-linux-lighttpd-server/80975 "2007-01-02T18:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@jdruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jdruse)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-doesnt-any-ajax-work-on-my-linux-lighttpd-server/80975/1 "2007-01-02T18:39:53Z")

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hello all!

so i’ve got my app running great with sortable lists, fading objects and  
what not. but when i upload everything to my fedora core 5 server  
running lighttpd, all the ajax stuff doesn’t work. has anyone  
experienced the same problem? any info would be very appreciated!  
thank!

Jon

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**Author:** ![jdruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@jdruse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jdruse)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-doesnt-any-ajax-work-on-my-linux-lighttpd-server/80975/2 "2007-01-03T06:39:17Z")

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Jon D. wrote:

> but when i upload everything to my fedora core 5 server  
> running lighttpd, all the ajax stuff doesn’t work

Check to make sure you can access your javascript files through  
lighttpd. If that is working, install Firebug ( [http://getfirebug.com/](http://getfirebug.com/)  
) and use it along with the Rails log to debug the AJAX requests.

Dan M.