I tweeted this about two months ago, and since then I’ve talked to at least two people who have hit this same issue. I’m hoping google will index this and help any pour soul out there who takes the time to build or install ruby 1.9.1p243 and try to make it work with passenger 2.2.x – DONT TRY. I’m currently running ruby 1.9.1p129 with passenger 2.2.x without issue. So here it is:

Warning
Wary soul – go back – or move foward, but p243 will only claim hours of your life!