unknown wrote: > high > > my problem was the following: > > H:\>gem search bla --remote > > *** REMOTE GEMS *** > ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EBADF) > Bad file descriptor - connect(2) > 1. find out, what your proxy url is (in your functioning browsers > options you will find something like a http://terra.sol.org/proxy.pac; > donwload this, open in an editor an find your proxy-server url) > > 2. assuming your proxys url is: http://terra.sol.proxy.org:8080, set > an environment variable called http_proxy to that url: > > open a shell/command-window an do: > > REALOS> export http_proxy=http://terra.sol.proxy.org:8080 > NOOS> set http_proxy=http://terra.sol.proxy.org:8080 > ANYOS> gem install fxri > > thats it > > have fun! hi, i tried the above solution. but still i get the same error -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.