Question

Ruby keeps segfaulting when using the Koala gem to talk over HTTP:

/Users/pawel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:799: [BUG] Segmentation fault

I’ve tried the following:

• Run which -a ruby which showed multiple Rubies via MacPorts. So I deleted those and running the same command again returns only /usr/bin/ruby
• I’ve removed the MacPorts version of PostgreSQL and installed it with Homebrew instead (With MacPorts, it installs its own version of OpenSSL)
• Running openssl version returns OpenSSL 1.0.0g 18 Jan 2012
• I removed Ruby 1.9.3 from RVM and tried Luciano’s method below which didn’t work.
• I’ve also tried reinstalling 1.9.3 from RVM and specifying --with-openssl-dir=/opt/local since which openssl returns /opt/local/bin/openssl
• I’ve reinstalled RVM (It’s now version 1.10.2 in /Users/pawel/.rvm/bin/rvm)
• I’ve upgraded to Ruby 1.9.3-p125 and have also tried on 1.9.2
• I’ve followed the instructions here: http://www.christopherirish.com/2011/09/02/ruby-1-9-2-segmentation-fault-and-openssl/ (which are my above steps, actually). I’ve also read Christopher’s previous post here.

• In my project directory when I run the following then I get the expected 0.:

  ruby -rubygems -e" require 'eventmachine'; require 'openssl' "; echo $?

• I’ve tried to sudo port -f deactivate openssl but then when I try to start a Rails server I get Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib

I need some more ideas on what else I can try, or things I’ve missed.

Answer 1

The problem seemed to be that Homebrew and MacPorts were conflicting, so I deleted MacPorts, removed all packages and the /opt/local/ directory. This caused some issue with the PG gem due to the PostgreSQL installation on Homebrew.

So I deleted the Postgres formula, then reinstalled it and ditto for the OpenSSL installation using Homebrew.

After that I imploded RVM and installed it and my Rubies again (not sure if this step was necessary) and finally it works.