From: chris+ggl@... (Chris Sheppard) Date: 2004-09-16T06:54:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Issue with drb.... "Robert Klemme" wrote in message news:<2qnpgnF11sr31U1@uni-berlin.de>... > "Chris Sheppard" schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:5c3f388a.0409130750.5b2692f6@posting.google.com... > > Hello all; I'm having a bit of a problem with distributed Ruby on > > Win32; I'm using 1.8.2, from the installer, rc7a. I'm rather enjoying > > ruby, and we're using it for a lot of testing in the company where I > > work, but this problem is causing some grumbling about whether Ruby is > > the right tool for the job... :-/ > > > > The issue is that sockets basically seem to be going away; I'm getting > > a DRbConnectionError:Invalid argument in the 'read' function, (line > > 554) in 'load', coming from 'recv_reply'(611) from recv_reply(865), > > from 'send_message' (1104), from method_missing (1015) > > Maybe the server does not enter an infinite loop and is gone by the time > the client tries to connect (a second time). > > Difficult to answer without more input... > > robert No, I'm reasonably certain the server is still running, because it proceeds to shut down our piece of software on that machine, ie FURTHER COMMUNICATION WORKS. Which is weird. Really, to boil it down, I want to know what the Invalid Argument error is, above all other things; a closed connection I can deal with, as well as a reset connection and suchlike; I know what causes them. I don't know what causes the Invalid argument error, so I have no idea how to handle it... Thanks! Chris