From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2008-08-08T23:54:43+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_sys_fail(socket(2)) - errno == 0



On Aug 8, 7:33 am, Daniel Berger <djber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 12:15 pm, "Glen Holcomb" <damnbig...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > That is the error message I get when I try either of these methods for
> > creating an ICMP packet:
>
> > socket = Socket.new(Socket::PF_INET, Socket::SOCK_RAW, Socket::IPPROTO_ICMP)
>
> > or
>
> > with net-ping
>
> > icmp = Ping::ICMP.new('machine_name')
>
> > icmp.ping?
>
> > I am on Windows XP.  The account I'm logged in as has local administrator
> > rights.
>
> > What I'm trying to do is check to see if a system is up before I try and
> > make a WIN32OLE connection to it as they take forever to time-out
>
> It's a busted socket.so in the one click installer I'm afraid (who, in
> turn, get it from the core team).
>
> Seehttp://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&group_id=167&aid=9438&atid=715
> for more information.
>
> Works fine when I use a version of Ruby built with VC++ 8.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan

Ignore this dupe. Submitting replies via the Google groups interface
is seriously messed up. Lately about a third of my posts never arrive,
another third show up several days later (as this one did), with the
final third actually posting in a timely manner.

Dan