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Hello - I am observing that calls to MiddleMan.worker return only after the worker has completed its work. This puzzles me, and I presume that I am doing something wrong. Can anyone make suggestions? Snippets from my code are: class ReportController < SecurityController ... def create_xml_report(report,start_time) constraints = get_constraints(report,start_time,false)

Hello - I would like to figure out a way to have backgroundrb start/stop with the same UID that dispatch.fcgi uses, at the same point in time that apache is started/stopped. I see a technique that seems plausable in this archive message: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/backgroundrb-devel/2007-February/000723.html which addresses the starting aspect, in a lazy fashion. That seems fine,

Hello - Can anyone explain why I get the stack trace in background_server.log when I try to start my first worker? I don''t get this on subsequent workers, only the first one. I should note, the method I am using to start backgroundrb is documented in the archives, and is likely the root of this problem. Suggestions about how to "fix" or avoid this issue are appreciated.