PyDoc in Windows Vista

[Tyler Shopshire]

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.

 

[Mike Driscoll]

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

 

[Tyler Shopshire]

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.