From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2007-11-25T05:55:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem starting Merb 0.4.1


On Nov 24, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Roland Swingler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I seem to be having problems getting merb 0.4.1 up and running. My
> platform is ubuntu (7.10) and all packages/gems are up-to-date. For
> reference, another project using merb 0.3.7 was working fine on the
> same box.
>
> With a completely fresh project - running merb gives me the following
> output:
>
> Merb started with these options:
> ---
> :merb_root: /home/roland/sketch/testmerb3
> :exception_details: true
> :cache_templates: false
> :reloader_time: 0.5
> :host: 0.0.0.0
> :use_mutex: true
> :session_secret_key: TESTMERB39706
> :port: "4000"
> :session_id_cookie_only: true
> :query_string_whitelist: []
>
> :reloader: true
> :environment: development
>
> Started merb_init.rb ...
> Loading Application...
> Compiling routes..
>
> But then just dumps me back in to the terminal instead of
> foregrounding the server. Trying to run merb -i doesn't bring up irb.
>
> One slightly odd thing: running merb -v gives me "merb 0.4.0 (svn)"
> whereas I think I would have expected 0.4.1 version number? I am
> definitely using the 0.4.1 gem, and have tried using the full path to
> the merb script to make sure that it is the right one being called.
>
> As an aside I've installed the merb_datamapper/merb_activerecord/
> merb_helpers "plugins" - but am not even using a db at the moment.
>
> If anyone can shed any light on this, the help would be much
> appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Roland
>


Hi Roland-

	Can you pop into the #merb irc channel on irc.freenode.net ? We would  
be happy to help you get things all setup and working properly.

Thanks
-Ezra