[Mongrel] Mongrel doesn''t start under Rails 2.0.2/Win XP

Will Green
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:39:05 -0000

Wes, are your using RMagick 2.0 or above? I ask because I noticed in the
release notes recently that it was compiled with VC 8 (2005). Perhaps
this is the problem?

Wes Gamble wrote:
> All,
>
> Mongrel 1.1.3
> Rails 2.0.2
> Ruby 1.8.6
> Windows XP SP2
>
> When I issue the command "ruby script/server" from any of my
Rails
> projects on v. 2.0.2, I get a Windows dialog with the error:
>
> "The application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not
found.
> Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
>
> I''ve gone through the process of attempting to introduce
MSVCR80.dll
> into my PATH but just generate more errors.
>
> I suspect that at some point, the precompiled Mongrel gem started
> getting compiled with a newer version of the MS C compiler than my
> runtime supports.  I have the Windows Platform SDK for Windows Server
> 2003 R2 installed.
>
> Does anyone know if the runtime support for Mongrel has changed in the
> last few revs.?  Or is my theory completely wack?
>
> Thanks,
> Wes Gamble
>