[plt-scheme] Re: can't connect to PLaneT on Windows XP machine

It's been a while since I've been on my Windows machine (I normally
use Mac OS X), so it took a while for me to remember to escalate to
the time-honored "reboot and see if that helps" strategy. It did--I
got a different error message. That experience reminded me to try the
next step: reinstall and see if that helps.

Once I did that, downloads from PLaneT worked first time. #*@$?#&
Windows.... Thanks for checking the server; that hadn't occurred to
me.


On Jul 29, 10:46 pm, Jon Rafkind <rafk... at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> Gregg Williams wrote:
> > I'm trying to get PLT Scheme to work on a Windows XP machine, and I
> > can't add needed modules from PLaneT. When I do so in the customary
> > way, I get the following error:
>
> > ---
> > require: PLaneT could not download the requested package: tcp-connect:
> > connection to planet.plt-scheme.org, port 80 failed (at step 4: An
> > operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.; errno=
> > 10038) in: (planet lizorkin/ssax:2:0/ssax)
> > ---
>
> Looks like its saying your local PLT client could not connect to the
> remote Planet server. I just checked (via telnet) and I can connect just
> fine. Maybe its just a transient error? How many times did you try to
> connect?
>
> Actually the error looks slightly more serious, what version of PLT are
> you using?
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