From: Eric Will Date: 2008-10-05T12:51:52+09:00 Subject: stream closed (IOError) This code: puts "closed?: %s" % @socket.closed?.to_s begin @socket.close rescue Exception => e return rescue IOError => e return rescue Errno => e return end outputs this: closed?: false /Users/rakaur/Sources/wc/ruby/synapse/trunk/lib/xmppd/xmpp/stream.rb:231:in `ioloop': stream closed (IOError) from /Users/rakaur/Sources/wc/ruby/synapse/trunk/lib/xmppd.rb:196:in `loop' from /Users/rakaur/Sources/wc/ruby/synapse/trunk/lib/xmppd.rb:196:in `ioloop' from ./bin/xmppd:20 praxis:trunk rakaur$ Latest stable Ruby (1.8.7-p72). I don't see how this is possible. Google seems mostly silent on the matter unless you speak Japanese. Any ideas?