On 20 Feb 2006 16:26:15 -0800, "DannyB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I believe this issue is known - I haven't found a way around it. > >ZoneAlarm seems to be stopping IDLE from running. >I get two errors: > >"Socket Error: Connection refused" >and >"IDLE's subprocess didn'tt make connection. Either IDLE can't start a >subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." > >I know they are both due to ZA - I've set up ZA to allow Python to >access the internet w/o prompting me (even though I now it doesn't >actually access the internet.) > >This usually happens after I create a script and run it in the GUI - if >the script ends up being a never ending loop - I X out of IDLE to stop >it. The next time I try to run a script I get the errors until I >reboot the computer. > >IIs there a fix? I'm pretty sure that this problem started with 2.3.1 >(i'm suing 2.4.2). I get an the same problem in those circumstances, although I can't remember if I get that error message (and I use ZoneAlarm). Windows task manager shows pythonw.exe still running and terminating the process allows IDLE to start normally. Easier than rebooting. PythonWin doesn't suffer this problem, btw. DaveM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
