Hi! I'm using this: http://www.rubywizards.com/viewtopic.php?pid=19 To compile Ruby 1.8.5 for Ubuntu 6.06 (since apt-get installs 1.8.4 and 1.8.6 has some threading problems). I follow the steps in tutorial exactly except that I don't run as root. During compilation there is some warnings about "Pointer Signedness", but Matz says that this is nothing to worry about.. http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/187813?187736-188913 ok.. when I run make test-all, I get: 1436 tests, 13467 assertions, 3 failures, 50 errors some of them: 49) Error: test_ping(WSDL::SimpleType::TestSimpleType): NoMethodError: undefined method `shutdown' for nil:NilClass ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:61:in `teardown_server' ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:56:in `teardown' 50) Error: test_ping_id(WSDL::SimpleType::TestSimpleType): Errno::EADDRINUSE: Address already in use - bind(2) /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `new' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `create_listeners' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `each' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `create_listeners' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/server.rb:75:in `listen' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/server.rb:63:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/httpserver.rb:24:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/httpserver.rb:33:in `new' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/httpserver.rb:33:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/standaloneServer.rb:22:in `initialize' ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:42:in `new' ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:42:in `setup_server' ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:37:in `setup' 51) Error: test_ping_id(WSDL::SimpleType::TestSimpleType): NoMethodError: undefined method `shutdown' for nil:NilClass ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:61:in `teardown_server' ./wsdl/simpletype/test_simpletype.rb:56:in `teardown' 52) Error: test_soapbodyparts(WSDL::SOAP::TestSOAPBodyParts): Errno::EADDRINUSE: Address already in use - bind(2) /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `new' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `create_listeners' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `each' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `create_listeners' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/server.rb:75:in `listen' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/server.rb:63:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/webrick/httpserver.rb:24:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/httpserver.rb:33:in `new' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/httpserver.rb:33:in `initialize' /home/david/local/ruby-1.8.5/lib/soap/rpc/standaloneServer.rb:22:in `initialize' ./wsdl/soap/test_soapbodyparts.rb:39:in `new' ./wsdl/soap/test_soapbodyparts.rb:39:in `setup_server' ./wsdl/soap/test_soapbodyparts.rb:34:in `setup' 53) Error: test_soapbodyparts(WSDL::SOAP::TestSOAPBodyParts): NoMethodError: undefined method `shutdown' for nil:NilClass ./wsdl/soap/test_soapbodyparts.rb:60:in `teardown_server' ./wsdl/soap/test_soapbodyparts.rb:55:in `teardown' What gives? Thank you! david -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.