tdreyno/middleman — Issue #140: 'middleman server' fails to load rb-inotify or execjs backend.
Author: blt
Created: 2011-10-22 05:02:30+00:00
State: open

I have:

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [i686-linux]
$ middleman version
Middleman 2.0.13.1

if I start a project like so:

$ middleman init np --rack --bundler --template=html5
create np/config.ru
create np/Gemfile
run bundle install
Fetching source index for http://rubygems.org/
Using multi_json (1.0.3)
Using activesupport (3.1.1)
Using addressable (2.2.6)
Using chunky_png (1.2.5)
Using coffee-script-source (1.1.2)
Using execjs (1.2.9)
Using coffee-script (2.2.0)
Using fssm (0.2.7)
Using sass (3.1.10)
Using compass (0.11.5)
Using daemons (1.1.4)
Using eventmachine (0.12.10)
Using em-websocket (0.3.3)
Using thor (0.14.6)
Using guard (0.6.3)
Using guard-livereload (0.3.1)
Using haml (3.1.3)
Using hike (1.2.1)
Using rack (1.3.5)
Using url_mount (0.2.1)
Using http_router (0.10.2)
Using i18n (0.6.0)
Using syntax (1.0.0)
Using maruku (0.6.0)
Using middleman-livereload (0.2.1)
Using rack-protection (1.1.4)
Using tilt (1.3.3)
Using sinatra (1.3.1)
Using padrino-core (0.10.5)
Using padrino-helpers (0.10.5)
Using rack-test (0.6.1)
Using temple (0.3.4)
Using slim (1.0.3)
Using sprockets (2.0.3)
Using thin (1.2.11)
Using uglifier (1.0.4)
Using middleman (2.0.13.1)
Using bundler (1.0.21)
Your bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.
create np/config.rb
create np/source
create np/source/404.html
create np/source/README.md
create np/source/apple-touch-icon-114x114-precomposed.png
create np/source/apple-touch-icon-57x57-precomposed.png
create np/source/apple-touch-icon-72x72-precomposed.png
create np/source/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
create np/source/apple-touch-icon.png
create np/source/crossdomain.xml
create np/source/css/style.css
create np/source/favicon.ico
create np/source/humans.txt
create np/source/img/.gitignore
create np/source/index.html
create np/source/js/libs/jquery-1.6.2.js
create np/source/js/libs/jquery-1.6.2.min.js
create np/source/js/libs/modernizr-2.0.6.min.js
create np/source/js/mylibs/.gitignore
create np/source/js/plugins.js
create np/source/js/script.js
create np/source/robots.txt
create np/source/test/index.html
create np/source/test/qunit/qunit.css
create np/source/test/qunit/qunit.js
create np/source/test/tests.js
exist np/source

and move into the directory to get a preview running:

$ cd np/
$ middleman server
Please install rb-inotify gem for Linux inotify support
Using polling (Please help us to support your system better than that.)
Using inline Guardfile.
Guard is now watching at '/tmp/np'
/home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/execjs-1.2.9/lib/execjs/runtimes.rb:47:in `autodetect': Could not find a JavaScript runtime. See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs for a list of available runtimes. (ExecJS::RuntimeUnavailable)
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/execjs-1.2.9/lib/execjs.rb:5:in `'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/execjs-1.2.9/lib/execjs.rb:4:in `'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/coffee-script-2.2.0/lib/coffee_script.rb:1:in `require'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/coffee-script-2.2.0/lib/coffee_script.rb:1:in `'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/renderers/coffee_script.rb:4:in `require'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/renderers/coffee_script.rb:4:in `registered'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1262:in `block in register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `each'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/core_extensions/rendering.rb:14:in `registered'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1262:in `block in register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `each'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/base.rb:54:in `registered'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1262:in `block in register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `each'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/sinatra-1.3.1/lib/sinatra/base.rb:1260:in `register'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman.rb:180:in `server'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman.rb:191:in `start_server'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/guard.rb:58:in `block in server_start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/guard.rb:57:in `fork'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/guard.rb:57:in `server_start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/guard.rb:47:in `start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/guard-0.6.3/lib/guard.rb:66:in `supervised_task'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/guard-0.6.3/lib/guard.rb:43:in `block in start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/guard-0.6.3/lib/guard.rb:43:in `each'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/guard-0.6.3/lib/guard.rb:43:in `start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/guard.rb:34:in `start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/lib/middleman/cli.rb:55:in `server'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/thor-0.14.6/lib/thor/task.rb:22:in `run'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/thor-0.14.6/lib/thor/invocation.rb:118:in `invoke_task'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/thor-0.14.6/lib/thor.rb:263:in `dispatch'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/thor-0.14.6/lib/thor/base.rb:389:in `start'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/bin/middleman:52:in `start_cli!'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/bin/middleman:47:in `did_locate_middleman_project'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/bin/middleman:20:in `locate_middleman_root!'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/middleman-2.0.13.1/bin/middleman:70:in `'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/middleman:19:in `load'
from /home/blt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/middleman:19:in `

'
Bye bye...

despite that:

$ gem list | grep racer
therubyracer (0.9.8)

$ gem list | grep inotify
rb-inotify (0.8.8)

I followed the RVM [Installation Guide](http://beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/) and the Middleman [Getting Started]:http://middlemanapp.com/guides/getting-started. Any ideas why Middleman would fail to start a server?