http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html
...suggests that firewall running on python host (read Windows software firewall) may block the localhost TCP connection required between IDLE parent and child processes. I don't think this problem is specific to python 2.4. IDLE should work if you change firewall config to allow local (i.e. intramural) TCP connections. HTH /old goat/ "me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > whenever i try and run my Python GUI, my computer thinks for a sec, then > drops the process, without ever displaying the window. the command prompt > window seems to work fine, but the IDLE GUI won't start. > > i'm running Windows 2K professional and python 2.4, so any advice help would > be appreciated. i've already tried reinstalling and use a thread response, > as the e-mail on this account is bogus. > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
