[mcclim-devel] Problem starting McClim

[rm at tuxteam.de]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 05:35:56AM -0400, Bruce Seely wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to use mcclim. I've loaded it (along with clx, flexichains, 
> and spacial-trees), and get this error when I try to start the demo:
> 
> CL-USER(15): (clim-demo::run-test 'clim-demo::demodemo)
> ; Autoloading for ACL-SOCKET:CONFIGURE-DNS:
> ; Fast loading from bundle code/acldns.fasl.
> Error: "Connection timed out" (errno 60) occurred while
>         creating a local socket and connecting to a remote host 
> "tmp/launch-4lQnm8/org.x" (67.215.65.132) on port 6000.
>    [condition type: SOCKET-ERROR]
> 
> 
> I suspect that it's a problem with the configuration issue with my mac, 
> and not a mcclim problem, but I'm stuck. Is someone might be able to 
> tell me what I'm doing wrong.
> 
> I'm using a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard in 64-bit mode, running 
> Franz Allegro Common Lisp, version 82 (acl8264). Do I need to do 
> something about enabling sockets,  or something like that?

This looks more like an X11 error than a problem with McClim.
Does your X server run and is it accepting connections ?

HTH Ralf Mattes

> Is there any more information that would be helpful in explaining the 
> problem?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Bruce
> 
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