problems opening IDLE

[rtilley]

Bennie Tilma wrote:
> I'm having trouble with opening the IDLE and running programs. Every 
> time I try to open it, it says:
> 1. Socket error: Connection refused
> 2. IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a 
> subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection.
> 
> Point is, I allready entered python as an exception to my firewall and 
> when I disable it, the messages keep apearing. Can anyone help?

Call idle with the -n option

idle-python2.4 -n
idle.py -n
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