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How to get rid of this routing error related to favicon.ico

Any ideas on how to get rid of this error.

Started GET "/favicon.ico" for 132.175.48.49 at 2012-12-18 11:20:59 +0000

ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/favicon.ico"):
  actionpack (3.2.8) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:21:in `call'
  actionpack (3.2.8) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:56:in `call'
  railties (3.2.8) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:26:in `call_app'
  railties (3.2.8) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:16:in `call'
  actionpack (3.2.8) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:22:in `call'
  rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:21:in `call'
  rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
Solution

  • You probably have such a line (most likely in your application.html.erb, or some other template):

    <link href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" />

    If you do, just change it to:

    <link href="/assets/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" />