From: "André" Date: 2007-12-14T19:40:27+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby/Gnome app hangs when http'ing from inside a thread (linux only) > I think your problem may be caused by a blocking name lookup, and > there seems to be a fix in the standard library (see below) > > ... Thank you SO MUCH! That's exactly what I needed to know. I'll try to change something and check if it works. Regards! André