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On 25/02/2009, at 7:31 AM, KtyKat223 wrote:

>
> No you did help. You made me think in ways I wouldn't have otherwise.
> Like if you didn't mention the prob with sphinx not working, I
> wouldn't have even thought to go back and undo what I had done with
> the DB and sphinx. I had completely forgotten I had even done it. And
> thank you for the link. I will check it out as soon as I have the
> chance. For now I have to get back to the reason this server was being
> setup to begin with before my friend shows up to kick my @$$ for not
> being done already!
>
> On Feb 24, 3:15 pm, Jason Keenan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Congratulations!!!! If you look through you're emails I didn't really
>> help at all by I appreciate the appreciation ;)
>>
>> I'd go mongrel cluster + Apache if it was me. Here's a tutorial I
>> found quickly. Haven't gone through it yet to see if the tutorial's
>> any good but it's the setup I would go for if I was setting up a
>> rails production server.
>>
>> http://unixmonkey.net/?p=8
>>
>> Jason :)
>>
>> On 25/02/2009, at 3:19 AM, KtyKat223 wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> No, sphinx was running. I was thinking the same thing too b/c I had
>>> done the same thing before also. But,AGAIN while in the middle of
>>> typing this I had an appifany (yes i know i can't spell) . I had
>>> created a separate DB for production in the db.yml. But to be  
>>> sure it
>>> worked I had specified the productin db in production.sphinx.conf .
>>> Well apparently it DIDN'T work. So I set the production.sphinx.conf
>>> back to using the dev DB and changed the DB.yml so that the info for
>>> the development DB was listed as for production so lovdbyless would
>>> use it for production (instead of the one i had told it to use
>>> before). And Voila!!! Like magic it works!! All of it! Yay!!  
>>> After all
>>> of this I think I will add a small "how-to" for others trying to do
>>> this on Ubuntu so they will hopefully have an easier time than I  
>>> did.
>>> And again, THANK YOU very much, Mr. Jason Keenan. If it hadn't been
>>> for your knowledge and insight I wouldn't have been able to figure
>>> this all out. I'd still be stuck with my CSS prob. And thank you as
>>> well Mr. Jonathon Brennor. Now on to figuring out (or more
>>> appropriately) deciding how I want apache to serve up my new  
>>> site. On
>>> its own using fcgi, or proxy it with mongrel. Decisions, decisions.
>>
>>> On Feb 24, 4:29 am, Jason Keenan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I also had an error that wasn't the one you are having but was in
>>>> Admin/users#index and related to the fact that I didn't have sphinx
>>>> running. It threw a 500 error but was related to not being able to
>>>> connect to sphinx (ThinkingSphinx::ConnectionError (Connection to
>>>> Sphinx Daemon (searchd) failed.):), but that was in development  
>>>> mode.
>>>> It may manifest differently in production mode.
>>
>>>> Jason
>>>> On 24/02/2009, at 3:03 PM, KtyKat223 wrote:
>>
>>>>> I took a little of everyones advice. I downloaded from source  and
>>>>> installed everything fresh. rails 2.2.2 ,ruby 1.8.6, etc... and I
>>>>> will
>>>>> have you know my css prob is solved!! Yay!! Of course thats not  
>>>>> the
>>>>> end of my woes. no I have a new error to deal with. now i can't
>>>>> access
>>>>> the admin area.
>>
>>>>>  NoMethodError in Admin/users#index
>>
>>>>> Showing app/views/admin/users/index.html.erb where line #8 raised:
>>
>>>>> undefined method `f' for nil:NilClass
>>
>>>>> Extracted source (around line #8):
>>
>>>>> 5:   <% @results.each do |p| %>
>>>>> 6:   <div class="<%= cycle('odd','even') %> search_row left">
>>>>> 7:     <div><%= icon p, :small %></div>
>>>>> 8:     <div><%= link_to h(p.f), p %></div>
>>>>> 9:     <div><%= mail_to h(p.email), p.email %></div>
>>>>> 10:     <div><%= link_to_remote "#{ p.is_active ? 'deactivate' :
>>>>> 'activate' }", {:url => formatted_admin_user_path(p,  
>>>>> 'js'), :method
>>>>> => :put}, {:id => p.dom_id('link')} %></div>
>>>>> 11:   </div>
>>
>>>>> But I'm pretty sure once I figure this out all will be fine. If I
>>>>> can
>>>>> figure it out.
>>
>>>>> On Feb 22, 11:28 am, Jonathon Brenner <[email protected]>  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> If possible, you should always build from source. In the much
>>>>>> cited "Great
>>>>>> Ruby Shootout<http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/12/09/the-great- 
>>>>>> ruby-
>>>>>> shootout-decembe...>
>>>>>> ",
>>>>>> compiled Ruby was twice as fast as the apt-get version. As always
>>>>>> though,
>>>>>> YMMV.
>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Jason Keenan
>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Here's a link (http://www.petercooper.co.uk/installing-ruby-186-
>>>>>>> from-
>>>>>>> source-on-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-49.html) with instructions on
>>>>>>> installing
>>>>>>> from source. Not sure what flavour of ubuntu you are using. This
>>>>>>> one's for feisty fawn.
>>
>>>>>>> As far as definitely saying 1.8.6 is what you want, I can't
>>>>>>> guarantee
>>>>>>> that this is your issue but I can say that lovd works with this
>>>>>>> version and that the errors you mentioned, with a brief bit of
>>>>>>> googling, seems to be the problem. There are also an infinite
>>>>>>> number
>>>>>>> of possibilities in regards to what your problems might be. I'm
>>>>>>> not a
>>>>>>> linux guru. I personally would tend to try and find a guide that
>>>>>>> other people have commented as having worked and follow it
>>>>>>> verbatim
>>>>>>> if I was going from scratch, but that's because I'm not  
>>>>>>> confident
>>>>>>> about fixing up issues myself. If you are comfortable with
>>>>>>> installing
>>>>>>> and setting up a server with apache then half your battle is  
>>>>>>> won.
>>
>>>>>>> Jason ;)
>>>>>>> On 22/02/2009, at 5:12 PM, KtyKat223 wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> Srry about the multiple posting!!! My browser got "stuck on
>>>>>>>> stupid"
>>>>>>>> for a moment.
>>
>>>>>>>> On Feb 22, 1:10 am, KtyKat223 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> So your definitely saying it's best to go with 1.8.6 b/c
>>>>>>>>> lovdbyless
>>>>>>>>> isn't ready for the newer versions.? any recommendations on  
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> best
>>>>>>>>> place to download it from then? I wouldn't want to download
>>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>> that could possibly be comprimised. And again, THANK YOU for
>>>>>>>>> all your
>>>>>>>>> help and advice!! It is greatly appeciated!!
>>
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 21, 11:47 pm, Jason Keenan <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes it does seem to say 1.8.7 on the rails site. It was 1.8.3
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> was the problem one.
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Having a bit of a google around it seems that there are some
>>>>>>>>>> changes
>>>>>>>>>> in 1.8.7 that break some rails apps. So technically it seems
>>>>>>>>>> like it
>>>>>>>>>> might be a lovd-by-less problem.
>>
>>>>>>>>>> For lovd-by-less I think you should go with 1.8.6. I think
>>>>>>>>>> there are
>>>>>>>>>> some added things in 1.8.7 and as everyone migrates to 1.9
>>>>>>>>>> lovd will
>>>>>>>>>> most likely go with it.
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>>>>> On 22/02/2009, at 2:12 PM, KtyKat223 wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> P.S  I just saw on rubyonrails.org they're recommending
>>>>>>>>>>> 1.8.7 .?.?
>>>>>>>>>>> thats probably why the ubuntu repository has only v 1.8.7 .
>>>>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>>>>>> still recommend 1.8.6 I'll find and install it from  
>>>>>>>>>>> somewhere
>>>>>>>>>>> else.
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll just work on my other prob for the time being.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 21, 10:06 pm, KtyKat223 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> just removed ruby 1.8.7 and went to install 1.8.6 . It's  
>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>>>>> the repository only has v 1.8.7 and apparently 1.9 . so  
>>>>>>>>>>>> now i
>>>>>>>>>>>> need to
>>>>>>>>>>>> find an outside source to download 1.8.6 . I just hope that
>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> cause probs with installing the nessesary gems. Oh well,  
>>>>>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> begining with trying to get it to work!
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 21, 8:40 pm, Jason Keenan <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A quick look at google hinted that, as mentioned, your  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ruby
>>>>>>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>>>>>> could be causing this problem. Rails recommends 1.8.6 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pretty
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure actually warns against 1.8.7. I found thishttp://
>>>>>>>>>>>>> www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> t=13893whichisn'texactlythe
>>>>>>>>>>>>> same but sounds familiar.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> As far as making apache work with ROR, there are a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ridiculous
>>>>>>>>>>>>> amount
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of tutorials out there. The main problem is deciding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which one
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to go with. I think you'll find that your local
>>>>>>>>>>>>> development
>>>>>>>>>>>>> version is working because it's getting served by either
>>>>>>>>>>>>> webrick or
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mongrel and never touching apache.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like you said, make sure your shebang lines are correct in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> dispatch.fcgi and dispatch.rb files and make sure
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your .htaccess
>>>>>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is set up properly.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For the css, make sure that the SITE = RAILS_ENV ==
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'production' ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'lovdbyless.com' : 'localhost:3000' line in your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> global_variables.rb
>>>>>>>>>>>>> file reads SITE = RAILS_ENV == 'production' ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'mypublicfacingurl.com' : 'localhost:3000' so that the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> browser
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> find the css file.
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jason
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22/02/2009, at 5:50 AM, KtyKat223 wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> While working with it I actually set all the  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> permission on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 775.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was going to drop them to where they needed to be  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> once I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> knew
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything would work properly. the only logs I get  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apache to serve the site are the apache error log
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:22 2009] [warn] (104)Connection  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reset by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> peer:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mod_fcgid: read data from fastcgi server error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:22 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Premature
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> script headers: dispatch.fcgi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Sat Feb 21 12:47:28 2009] [notice] mod_fcgid: process /
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> var/www/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lovdbyless/public/dispatch.fcgi(5130) exit(communication
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> error),
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> terminated by calling exit(), return code: 255
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and once in a while in the fast cgi crash log in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lovdbyless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> logs
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Logfile created on Fri Feb 20 15:42:52 -0500 2009 by /
>>
>> ...
>>
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