"me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
have you tried tweaking your firewall settings? idle uses socket communication between its processes, and some firewalls may interfere with this. see: http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html as a last resort, there's also a way to run idle in "single process" mode: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/383376 </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list