Idle problem

[Sibylle Koczian]

Ian J Cottee schrieb:

> Brent W. Hughes wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes when I try to start up idle.py (by double-clicking on the 
>> icon), I
>> get the message:
>> Python subprocess socket error: Connection refused, retrying....
>> It repeats the message a couple of times and then prints:
>> Connection to Idle failed, exiting.
>>
>> Any idea what's going on?
> 
> 
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/python-dev/1748187
> 
> Doesn't offer any conclusions but might point you in the right direction.
> 
Seems to suggest two possibilities: the firewall issue mentioned in Ben 
McGinnes' answer or else no sockets - if a machine is not part of any 
local network and has no network software at all installed. If I 
understand that thread correctly that might even be the case if it's 
connected to the internet by modem and dial-up access. I'd think a "ping 
localhost" should show this.

Koczian

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