The stack trace says you're using Ryan Bates' fork of Thinking Sphinx - is that deliberate? Or perhaps that should be uninstalled, if it's conflicting?
gem uninstall ryanb-thinking-sphinx It's definitely an old release, well before 1.3.16. On Oct 4, 1:09 pm, Chris Habgood <[email protected]> wrote: > I have only the gem installed. Here is the trace: > > ** Invoke ts:start (first_time) > ** Invoke thinking_sphinx:start (first_time) > ** Invoke thinking_sphinx:app_env (first_time) > ** Execute thinking_sphinx:app_env > ** Invoke environment (first_time) > ** Execute environment > ** Execute thinking_sphinx:start > rake aborted! > private method `new' called for ThinkingSphinx::Configuration:Class > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/ryanb-thinking-sphinx-0.9.8/lib/thinking_sphinx/tasks.rb:11 > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in > `call' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in > `execute' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in > `each' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in > `execute' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:in > `invoke_with_call_chain' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in > `synchronize' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in > `invoke_with_call_chain' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:607:in > `invoke_prerequisites' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:604:in > `each' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:604:in > `invoke_prerequisites' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:596:in > `invoke_with_call_chain' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p174/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in > `synchronize' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in > `invoke_with_call_chain' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:in > `invoke' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in > `invoke_task' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in > `top_level' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in > `each' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in > `top_level' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in > `standard_exception_handling' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:in > `top_level' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:in > `run' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in > `standard_exception_handling' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in > `run' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31 > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/rake:19:in `load' > /Users/chabgood/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p174/bin/rake:19 > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 20:36, pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do you have Thinking Sphinx installed? As a gem, or as a plugin? > > Either should be fine, but make sure you don't have both (and if > > you're not using the gem, make sure you don't have any versions of the > > gem installed, as Ruby may get a little confused). Also - make sure > > you don't have the old GitHub gem installed (freelancing-god-thinking- > > sphinx), as that can also cause conflicts. > > > The error is appearing because ThinkingSphinx::Configuration is a > > singleton class... but it's been that way for a long long time (if not > > forever), so I'm not sure what the cause of this is. Can you run the > > rake task with --trace? > > > rake ts:start --trace > > > Also: what versions of Rails and Thinking Sphinx are you using? > > > Cheers > > > -- > > Pat > > > On Oct 4, 11:40 am, Me <[email protected]> wrote: > > > when I do rake ts:start I get this error, mac: > > > > private method `new' called for ThinkingSphinx::Configuration:Class > > > > Ideas?? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

