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Posted by Mike
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (5 for 2)

Well, I’m working on deploying another little Rails app, but I’ve hit an unexpected snag. I fired up a fresh Ubuntu server for this one, brought in all the latest bits, and now Capistrano is not playing nicely with it. I’m hitting the exact symptoms described in this message but as no one has posted an answer knowing that the symptoms are not unique doesn’t do me a whole boatload of good.

I could perhaps shove it on to the same server I’m using for other things, but there’s a limit to how many mongrel instances I want to spin up on a single server when I have tons of unused computing capacity sitting around. Two differences between the servers may be salient – the working server is Ubuntu server and Capistrano , while the one that is being crabby is Ubuntu desktop and Capistrano 1.4.1. I suspect it’s the Capistrano version that’s making the difference 1.4.0, but what do I know? Not much.

I’d be grateful for any suggestions.

Pointless Bling is Everywhere

Posted by Mike
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (5 for 2)

Looking Glass on Ubuntu just goes to show that Vista and Mac don’t have a monopoly on stupid wastes of GPU cycles. (via dzone)

A Method to Their Madness

Posted by Mike
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (5 for 2)

A Linux start-up on the path to profits is a News.com story based on an interview with Canonical/Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth. It’s sort of comforting on one level to know that there’s a serious business plan behind the Linux variant that I’m using to write this, but on another level, I’m not sure it matters -it’s not like the software is going to explode or my non-existent license will expire if Canonical goes under.

Install ruby gem termios on Ubuntu

Posted by Mike
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (5 for 2)

This Google Groups post saved me. It certainly wasn’t obvious to me what the problem was.

Rails vs. Ubuntu

Posted by Mike
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (5 for 2)

I’ve tried a batch of Linux distros in the past. This time around I’m using Ubuntu; it seems to be well-designed to just work for most things. I’m also poking at Ruby on Rails. The two do not seem to be a perfect match in that the Ubuntu folks are not fond of the Ruby gems installer, and the Ruby packages in the Ubuntu universe aren’t always the latest. Install Ruby Rails on Ubuntu Edgy Eft was a big help in getting a working client side combination going.