Error running.. Rails server launcher wasn't found in project

Bob,

I downloaded the trial to play around with and seem to be having a similar problem.

I'm trying to run/debug older rails apps around 2.3.8 and get the same error.  

I suspect it might have something to do with my .rvm configuration.  I've set the default rvm environment to ruby-1.8.7-p334 [ x86_64 ]
but from the console I've always had to force "rvm use 1.8.7" for everything to work correctly.   

I'd like to play around with RubyMine but I'm not in the mood for time sinks.  I'm less than a year into Ruby dev, and I think
my .profile or .rvm config settings are incorrect.  

I'll let you know if I get anywhere with it.

Still can't get this working.

I resolved my .rvm problem as some settings were attempting to load from /etc/profile instead of my user profile.

Can anyone help ?

Hi Bryan,

Please check that only rails 2.3.8 version is attached in RubyMine | File | Settings | Ruby Sdk And GemsManager settings. Such error may occur when RubyMine expected 3.x version when you have 2.3.x rails server launcher scripts in ./scripts folder and vice versa. Or better try RubyMine 3.1.1 as far as I remember we've already updated this message and new version explains the problem.

Roman,

Thank you for the response.  I am evaluating 3.1.1.  Rails 2.3.8 is the only gem installed for this project.

Am I missing something here?  I searched the web and your forums for some leads without success.

- B

I'm thinking that my problem is that I imported a collection of projects as 'the project'.

In the explorer view, I see all my projects and I can select a project and edit, import gems, etc.

But when I try to run a server, I think the root directory (the Project collection, not the Project) is missing a critical piece.

I think I will just start over with my loading/importing and do it one project at a time.

--

Does this sound reasonable?

Bob,

I'm not sure.  I guess I expected the IDE to recognize these situations a bit more elegantly.  
My project sounds similar as it has multiple submodules.  None however should be requiring a rails 3.0 server.  

I tried to "import" a project from github thinking the project creation process might correct something instead of me just
opening folder as a project.  

Overall the process has been as much fun as MS Visual Studio 2003.  I think I'll be heading back to TextMate.  

Intellisense sounded nice there for a while ... Maybe I'll run into someone a bit more fluent with RubyMine down the road and I'll give it another shot.

One of the advantages of RubyMine over TextMate or a dumb editor is that RM does a decent job of parsing the program files and knowing (and assisting) a bit when you, the user types something odd or not correct.

RubyMine - 'knows' Ruby and Rails.

In this same vein, the dictionary will help to eliminate typos in your variable names.

Give it another whirl. The hints that come up when you first start are worthwhile looking at and reading.

Bob G

Start out with a New Project, select Project Type = Rails Application, stick it into a brand new project directory (so it doesn't inherit previous config mistakes), create a config (selecting your database),

When you try to start up the server (and may fail), check the little notes that pop up. Most can be resolved with a dumb click.


When you have the server up, point your browser to http://localhost:3000/ and see what there is. Should be some sort of default page - see attached image - Welcome.jpg

If you get a bind error - too many servers in use. Go out of RubyMine to a terminal window.
Do a 'ps ax | grep rails' to find the server that is already running and kill -9 <proc id>

I'm not sure.  I guess I expected the IDE to recognize these situations a bit more elegantly.
My project sounds similar as it has multiple submodules.  None however should be requiring a rails 3.0 server.  

I tried to "import" a project from github thinking the project creation process might correct something instead of me just
opening folder as a project.  

Overall the process has been as much fun as MS Visual Studio 2003.  I think I'll be heading back to TextMate.  

Intellisense sounded nice there for a while ... Maybe I'll run into someone a bit more fluent with RubyMine down the road and I'll give it another shot.

RubyMine expects that Rails application is your project directory. If you have some folder "my_projects" which contains "my_rails_app" subfolder and some other usefull subfolders/subprojects. You need to
1. Open your "my_rails_app" as a project (RubyMine | File | Open Directory)
2. Then you may add additional project content roots in RubyMine | File | Settings | Project Structure. But your primary rails application should be a first root.
3. If needed you can tell RubyMine that checkout directory isn't a "my_rails_app" and is located in upper folder (see Settings | Version Control | VCS)

Hi guys,

Simplest solution is to close the project, remove .idea folder and reopen the project.

Cheers!

Hi everyone
Finally i found a solution.

I had have the same problem over and over again, and finally i found a not fancy solution!
Well when i had tried to running  with a proyect made before for example in ruby 1.9.3 and rails 3.2.13, rubymine throws the error "

'Error running.. Rails server launcher wasn't found in project'

however, i tried to build a  proyect in rubymine since the begining new proyect, railsproyect, etc, etc, etc, and when a running the proyect its work perfectly, no message was thorwed by rubymine, even  i ran the proyect in the brower (https://localhost:3000).
Well so i went to the path of my rubyonrails rubymine proyect and  i removed all the files and i did copy all the files from my first proyect (the proyect with the error) and voila! i restart the server and its work my proyect!
The only thing that i had to do it was to create a  rubyonrails proyect in rubymine and later remove the generate files from rubymine and copy and page the files from my original proyect with the error (rails server launcher) in the  folder of the proyect that i was created with rubymine.

If anybody else could found an error with this solution, please give my an info please.