> Check the permissions on your log directory and log file and make sure > that the www-data user (or whatever apache runs as) can write to those > directories. > > This stymied me for a while as well. This has been one of the top "stymizers" for people and a constant source of questions on #rubyonrails. I'll make sure to rectify this shortly! An obscure and untraceable error for something that should be very simple. Bad Rails, Baaaad Rails! ;) -- David Heinemeier Hansson, http://www.rubyonrails.org/ -- Web-application framework for Ruby http://www.instiki.org/ -- A No-Step-Three Wiki in Ruby http://www.basecamphq.com/ -- Web-based Project Management http://www.loudthinking.com/ -- Broadcasting Brain http://www.nextangle.com/ -- Development & Consulting Services