On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Luke Lloyd <nieko...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am in school and there is a problem with my code: > > > > When I try to run my code in the python code in the python shell it waits > about 10 seconds then shows an error that says “IDLE’s subprocess didn’t > make connection. Either IDLE can’t start a subprocess or personal firewall > software is blocking the connection.” Then when I press OK it just closes.
IDLE runs code by starting a Python interpreter in a subprocess and connecting to it. If this is a school computer then I would guess it probably has a very aggressive firewall as the message suggests. What happens if you try running the script directly from the OS command line instead of through IDLE? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list