I am going to tackle this problem this weekend, I've been really busy this week and havn't had a chance to try out your fix.
thanks for the reply On Apr 21, 1:51 pm, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 21, 5:08 am, cipher_neo <l33...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I had a lot of issues at the start with the mysql install, and had to > > try out a lot of different versions of the libmysql.dll file. > > That is the first mistake. > > Try out anything under the sun is a potential root of segfaults. > > Binaries are very "picky" about which DLL is used against them. MySQL > is a bitch in that sense, their own DLL do weird things between > versions. > > > I think I tried at least 4 different versions of the file, and finally > > got one that allowed me to start the app. > > > Do you think that this could be the cause of my app crashing? If so, > > how do I find out exactly what version of libmysql.dll I should be > > using? > > If you installed mysql 2.8.1, the libmysql.dll is the one I indicated > in the blog (which was linked from the Ruby redmine bug report. Did > you actually read it? > > > Again, I have tried other versions of this file already, but all the > > other versions were very unstable and resulted in a lot of errors when > > starting the app. > > 32bits needs 32bits libmysql.dll, If your system is 64bits, is highly > likely you have a 64bits MySQL which is not compatible. > > Honestly I'm getting tired to shed some light on this type of issues > over and over and over again, so added a entry to the RubyInstaller > troubleshooting guide: > > https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Troubleshooting#gems_m... > > If you still have issues, please remove any libmysql.dll from your > Ruby installation or path and then follow the steps there. > > I'm not blaming you, is the lack of information or concise guide to > direct newcomers. The info is out there, the problem is that is cannot > be easily found. > > -- > Luis Lavena -- 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
