Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: "Glory L." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: ruby.exe crashing on windows xp Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:45:50 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 18 Message-ID: <1fc8774dc66995ae65c8c6e641d0167c@ruby-forum.com> References: <421c720a752d45aae5a92b1218d84b06@ruby-forum.com> <9bdfa87563caaeaa320a3c2e4e61a8e1@ruby-forum.com> <14788a02-447e-4939-9c8d-2830cdf3ed35@k17g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1305697573 212 65.111.164.187 (18 May 2011 05:46:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 05:46:13 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 383429 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <1fc8774dc66995ae65c8c6e641d0167c@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:4719 It is too bad the problem is isolated to my machine :( It crashes rather easily with simply going to form page.. no need to submit anything. > Alternatively, you can try to install the gems you need via plain old > RubyGems instead of Bundler, since Bundler doesn't appear to pick up > the DevKit and its compiler package. I'll install VC++ express kit as a last resort if I come across this again. It seems the Ruby community is developed largely on Mac/linux and I wonder if I should get myself a Mac to avoid some of the hurdles I already have to jump through with Cygwin, MYSGit, etc. Thanks for your time, Phillip. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.