CTRL+C to Webbrick server ignored

Question

In the past, I could exit my rails application launched using webbrick using CtrlC. At some point in development, this functionality broke ( CtrlC does nothing now). I'm lead to believe this was caused by changes in one of my gem dependencies, as the problem is also present when checking out a really old version of the application, using the current gemset.

My question is: how can I fix this problem, or at least find the out what is causing it?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '12 at 17:49

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For windows users, this was broken in more recent builds of rails (3.2+). Try using

ruby script\rails server

instead. More details here.

answered Apr 04 '12 at 17:49

lambinator

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Works great, even on laptops that don't have a pause or break key. – Adrian Carr Nov 15 '12 at 21:40

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 11 '12 at 19:02

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Try Ctrl+Break. It should work.

edited Apr 11 '12 at 19:02

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answered Apr 11 '12 at 18:35

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '11 at 15:03

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I had the same issue with an application. It would seem that the issue is not with the authlogic gem but with the ":git" option. My entry causing webrick & mongrel to stop responding to Ctrl+C was

gem 'globalize3', :git => 'git://github.com/refinerycms/globalize3.git'

answered May 01 '11 at 15:03

Christos Vogiatzis

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I just started having this problem with my system, getting paperclip from its :git source. I commented out the :git and it's working just fine. Upvote for giving specifics of the problem. – Josh Kovach May 01 '11 at 19:53
Look at this question [#6086601](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6086601/using-ubuntu-11-04-i-cant-shut-down-rails-server-using-ctrl-c/6109606#6109606) for a workaround – Adrien Coquio Jun 15 '11 at 16:22

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 02 '11 at 18:12

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Interesting experience (and good workaround for the next weeks):

If you are under Ubuntu and use Guake for quick terminal access, you can launch

rails s

there. Ctrl + C reproducibly works there for me and stops the server.

Hope I could help! :)

answered Jun 02 '11 at 18:12

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drewrobb · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18T21:03:38.313

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Seemed to have solved my own problem. Authlogic

gem "authlogic", :git => 'http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic.git'

appears to be the root cause of this problem. I've opened an issue here

edited Apr 18 '11 at 21:03

answered Apr 18 '11 at 20:43

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dear , it was not the solution / answer of your question , i think you should some one else post with higher votes , which lead to actual solution to you answer . – Mani Jan 12 '16 at 11:56

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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I have been experiencing similar issues, specifically on Ubuntu 11.04 (things were fine on 10.04). I've created another question that was more specific to my particular setup, but it sounds like there is a lot of crossover, so people might be interested in reading it as well: Can't stop WEBrick 1.3.1 with ctrl-c on Ubuntu 11.04

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered May 05 '11 at 05:48

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 14:33

I was experiencing this problem on Ubuntu 11.04, Ruby 1.9.2p290. This fixed it for me:

Remove all existing Ruby & Ruby-related packages

Install RVM

Install Ruby 1.9.3

$ rvm install 1.9.3
$ rvm use 1.9.3

Make sure it works

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.3dev (2011-09-23 revision 33323) [x86_64-linux]

Install all your gems, etc...

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 22 '11 at 22:29

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why not trap()ing signals?
http://theriyanto.wordpress.com/2006/04/05/develop-a-simple-webserver-using-webrick/

answered Oct 22 '11 at 22:29

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