Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
rodmc wrote: > I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs, > I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home > steadfastly refuses to work. One rule about asking for help in forums like this is to provide adequate background detail about your environment. Generally that includes version numbers of things. What versions of Python are you trying to work with? Note that the code you posted, from that tutorial, is out of date and needs to be fixed for recent versions of Python, where the argument to .bind() is a single tuple, not two separate arguments. Anyway, next time please post snippets of your actual code, with the error tracebacks *cut and pasted* right out of your terminal window, so that you don't waste our time by making us guess what you're actually doing. That way you'll get quick and accurate assistance and keep everyone helping you happy. :-) -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
On 2006-01-08, rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs, > I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home > steadfastly refuses to work. Well, with details like that, we'll have your problem figured out in no time! -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I HAVE a towel. at visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
Hi Peter, I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs, I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home steadfastly refuses to work. As for existing libraries, I am new to Python so am kean to avoid re-inventing the wheel :-) Cheers, rod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
I am on 10.3, I keep getting exceptions when it hits lines like mySocket.bind (SERVER_IP, 2727 ) or mySocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_NET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) The code I am using is copied from a tutorial on a website somewhere. Cheers, rod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
Hi Peter, I am currently importing the socket library when I write the programs, I have had no problems with it on my PC at work, but the Mac at home steadfastly refuses to work. As for existing libraries, I am new to Python so am kean to avoid re-inventing the wheel :-) Cheers, rod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
rodmc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to Python and have been writing some socket based programmes > on Windows (with some success), however I am unable to get them to work > on Mac. > > Are there differences in the way the socket module works on Windows and > Mac? I would appreciate any simple code samples people my have for > creating a very basic server on Macpython, I have copied code from > various tutorials but as yet they don't appear to work. Assuming you mean the MacOS X which has been current, in one version or another, for the last few years (I don't know anything about ancient OS's such as MacOS 9 etc), I've personally tested all the socket programming examples from the Nutshell on MacOS X 10.3 and 10.4 (Panther and Tiger), and they do, of course, run just fine. You can download the zipfile with all the examples of "Python in a Nutshell" from the O'Reilly site, even if you don't own the book, and try them. Of course, you must run a server and one or more client from different Terminal windows -- that's about the only important (but totally obvious) precaution you should take. I don't think you can set the Mac's firewall to impede communication within the localhost, but I admit I haven't tried -- so, if you have any problem, detach your Mac from any networks and then in System Preferences disable the firewall entirely (and make sure your Mac doesn't erroneously believe it DOES have external networks, i.e., only "networking" is to/from '127.0.0.1', the local host, AKA the loopback or 'lo0' interface). If you STILL have problems after that, copy and paste the output of ifconfig, it should start something like: lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 and also any current messages from an instance of Applications/Utilities/Console -- as well of course as error messages and tracebacks, if any, from your Python scripts, but I think any problem must result from some weird issue with system settings rather than any programming issue. Do remember to copy and paste, NOT summarize in your own words, otherwise you may make it unfeasible for us to help you out! Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
rodmc wrote: > I am new to Python and have been writing some socket based programmes > on Windows (with some success), however I am unable to get them to work > on Mac. > > Are there differences in the way the socket module works on Windows and > Mac? I would appreciate any simple code samples people my have for > creating a very basic server on Macpython, I have copied code from > various tutorials but as yet they don't appear to work. Aren't you basing this on the standard library modules such as SocketServer, or extension packages like Twisted, that already do most of the work for you? If you were, you likely wouldn't have to deal with any such Mac-specific problems (if that's really what they are) and you would likely save yourself a whole heck of a lot of time reinventing the wheel too. (Note also that most people doing raw socket programming do it wrong, which is a good reason to jump straight ahead to build on the work of others.) -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sockets on Windows and Mac
rodmc wrote: > I am new to Python and have been writing some socket based programmes > on Windows (with some success), however I am unable to get them to work > on Mac. Please elaborate on "unable to get them to work". What problems do you see? In my experience, there is no difference with the Mac. I'm using a mac (with OS X tiger) myself. --Irmen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Sockets on Windows and Mac
I am new to Python and have been writing some socket based programmes on Windows (with some success), however I am unable to get them to work on Mac. Are there differences in the way the socket module works on Windows and Mac? I would appreciate any simple code samples people my have for creating a very basic server on Macpython, I have copied code from various tutorials but as yet they don't appear to work. Thanks, rod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
