socket error when loading the shell?

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

vokinloksar at yahoo.se wrote:
> using python and wpython.

What's wpython?
 
> when using run module or python shell on the run menu in the GUI i
> get "socket error, connection refused".
> 
> it worked before, what si wrong now?

There's no process listening for the port you try to connect to, so
the target host refuses.

> and i cant find where to start the shell directly. 

Well, for me, ALT-F2 xterm[Enter] works.

> think i had an exe before but cant seem to find it now.

You mean the Python interpreter? It's probably located on your
system root in a directory called python<version>. But I'd rather
use IDLE.

Regards,


Björn

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