[Mono-dev] XSP2 does not seem to find GAC?

[Ameya Barve]

This is my first post, and I hope the topic is relevant to this mailing list.

I have Mono 1.1.13.2 installed on RHEL 4.0 Workstation. XSP2 seems to be installed correctly, as issuing the 'xsp2' command correctly launches the web server. I'm having several issues with using XSP2 with my ASP.Net 2.0 web-application, all of them I think because XSP2 cannot seem to locate the GAC. 

Here's a concrete example I can give. I have a simple console app which references and makes calls to the System.Runtime.Remoting namespace. Running this console app is not a problem; I am able to connect to, and make calls against my Remote Server. I then have a simple ASPX page which basically makes the same calls as the console app (System.Runtime.Remoting namespace is referenced in the Web.config file). However, when I try to bring this page up in my browser, I get the following error:

Server Error in '/' Application 
Parser Error 
Description: Error parsing a resource required to service this request. Review your source file and modify it to fix this error. 
 
Error message: Assembly System.Runtime.Remoting, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089 not found  
 
If I then update my MONO_PATH to point to the exact location of the file, the error goes away and the page loads correctly:
export MONO_PATH=/opt/mono/lib/mono/gac/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089:$MONO_PATH

I still have some other problems after this step, but I suspect they are all related to XSP2 not knowing where the GAC is located.

- Ameya