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PyDoc in Windows Vista

I can't seem to access the pydoc sever from my web browser. I start the
server from the command prompt and everything seems to be working fine,
then I got to http://localhost:8888/ and it doesn't work. I also tried
starting the graphical mode with the -g parameter but I still cannot use
PyDoc. It works on my Ubuntu Partition so I do know how to use it. Any
help is appreciated.
Aug 29 '08 #1
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On Aug 28, 5:45*pm, Tyler Shopshire <tshopsh...@gmail.comwrote:
I can't seem to access the pydoc sever from my web browser. I start the
server from the command prompt and everything seems to be working fine,
then I got tohttp://localhost:8888/and it doesn't work. I also tried
starting the graphical mode with the -g parameter but I still cannot use
PyDoc. It works on my Ubuntu Partition so I do know how to use it. Any
help is appreciated.
My guess is that either your hosts file isn't pointing to the loopback
address or you have a firewall issue. See the following website for
one solution to the hosts issue: http://bytes.com/forum/thread645776.html

As for the firewall, you'll have to check Windows Firewall and / or
your own firewall, if you use ZoneAlarm or Norton 360 or some such.

Mike
Aug 29 '08 #2
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:12:28 -0700, Mike Driscoll wrote:
On Aug 28, 5:45Â*pm, Tyler Shopshire <tshopsh...@gmail.comwrote:
>I can't seem to access the pydoc sever from my web browser. I start the
server from the command prompt and everything seems to be working fine,
then I got tohttp://localhost:8888/and it doesn't work. I also tried
starting the graphical mode with the -g parameter but I still cannot
use PyDoc. It works on my Ubuntu Partition so I do know how to use it.
Any help is appreciated.

My guess is that either your hosts file isn't pointing to the loopback
address or you have a firewall issue. See the following website for one
solution to the hosts issue: http://bytes.com/forum/thread645776.html

As for the firewall, you'll have to check Windows Firewall and / or your
own firewall, if you use ZoneAlarm or Norton 360 or some such.

Mike
I found the solution for some strange reason FF was adding .com to
localhost. So the url was http://localhost.com:8888/. I didn't notice
this initially but once I did I tried some things and the guys in the
#python channel in freenode suggested to use the loopback address. So I
entered 127.0.0.1:8888 and that worked.
Aug 29 '08 #3

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