On 17 Jul 2005, at 14:51, Mark Volkmann wrote:

> On 7/17/05, Eric Hodel <drbrain / segment7.net> wrote:
>
>> Shouldn't be...
>>
>> What platform?
>>
>
> Windows XP
>
>> Is you DNS working? DRb performs a DNS lookup to
>> discover your local hostname.
>>
>
> Yes. I verified that by doing a ping from a command prompt on a known
> URL. It pinged the correct IP address.

You need to also verify that forward and reverse DNS for your machine  
are both set up.

>> $ cat simple_server.rb
>> #!/usr/bin/env ruby -w
>> # simple_service.rb
>> # A simple DRb service
>>
>> # load DRb
>> require 'drb'
>>
>> # start up the DRb service
>> DRb.start_service nil, []
>>
>> # We need the uri of the service to connect a client
>> puts DRb.uri
>>
>> # wait for the DRb service to finish before exiting
>> DRb.thread.join
>> $ ruby -v simple_server.rb
>> ruby 1.8.3 (2005-06-17) [powerpc-darwin8.1.0]
>> druby://kaa.local:58927
>> ^Csimple_server.rb:15:in `join': Interrupt
>>          from simple_server.rb:15
>>
>
> I ran your code and was not able to break out with a Ctrl-c.
> Could this be a Windows-specific problem?

Did you get the druby:// line?

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