[Tutor] probelm pyhton shell doesnt open help please

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Mon Mar 9 09:45:10 CET 2009


"mustafa akkoc" <mustafa.cmpe at gmail.com> wrote 

> it gives this message socket error

This used to happen in older versions of IDLE. 
What version of Python are you using?
If possible upgrade to v2.5 or later.

If not you probably need to tweak your firewall 
settings to open a particular port - but I can't recall 
which one! Or to allow IDLE to send/receive without 
hindrance.


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