Instantrails users - Jun 2006 - InstantRails Installation Woes

[Crossposted from the ''rails'' list as well, but I''d
prefer to get
InstantRails working if possible. -bws]

  I have a fairly new (read, reasonably "clean") XP SP2 system that
I''m
attempting to use as a Rails dev environment.

  I''ve tried it two ways, 1) with InstantRails and 2) with the Rails
package and doing the install by hand.  Both result in a weird set of
''hangs'', so I suspect something fundamental is at work here.  

  Basically I can start Ruby apps, but they just seem to sit there and
do nothing.  Windows Firewall is of course installed, but it is
disabled.

  With the InstantRails route I can start the InstantRails manager
utility, and it starts Apache and MySQL.  If I follow the instructions I
can connect to my applications (they supply two samples), but nothing
happens after the redirect.  If I launch WEBrick from the InstantRails
manager WEBrick starts in a console window, but when I attempt to
connect to localhost:3000 I get no output.  If I telnet to ''localhost
3000'' and send ''HEAD / HTTP/1.0\n\n'' I get nothing as
well.  Ruby is
executing (I see the process) but is waiting for something.

  So I try downloading Ruby, installing it and Gem.  Both install
cleanly.  When I attempt ''gem install rails'', I see this:

Attempting local installation of ''rails''
Local gem file not found: rails*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ''rails''
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org

  The ruby process sits and does nothing for a long time, and it ignores
Control-C signals.  It seems to be connecting to something though:

  ruby.exe:5640	TCP	foo.mycompany.com:1505
unknown18.109.234.205.defenderhosting.com:http	ESTABLISHED

  Something on my system seems to be making Ruby sick in general.  My
other laptop works just fine, so I know the sources I''m using are
working.  I want to use Ruby on THIS machine though. :-)

  On the working system everything works (''gem install rails'',
etc.).
On the nonworking system nothing seems to work.

  Ideas?

  -brian

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Spolarich, Brian wrote:
>I can connect to my applications (they supply
> two samples), but nothing happens after the
> redirect.  If I launch WEBrick from the InstantRails
> manager WEBrick starts in a console window,
> but when I attempt to connect to localhost:3000
> I get no output.
Just want to make sure I understand what you''re saying here, especially
by
''I can connect'' and ''after the redirect''... 
When you launch a browser and
point it to http://localhost:3000 what exactly happens?  Does the same thing 
happen with http://127.0.0.1:3000 ?
>  Something on my system seems to be making
> Ruby sick in general.  My other laptop works
> just fine,
Again, just to make sure I''ve got the picture, have you sat the two 
side-by-side, compared the process lists on the two, seen that they''re 
exactly the same, but are getting different results?  If so, then one/more 
of the processes must be configured differently from the other.  One tool 
for checking this out is netstat.  Run it from a command window with 
 >netstat -h  to get a list of the options.

Not much help, I know, but it''s a start ;-)

Best regards,
Bill