Hi guys. I''m unable to run my specs through a spec server. I''ve spent several hours searching and playing around with this problem, and I simply can''t find a solution. So if anyone has any suggestions, I''m all ears. Does script/server need to be running in conjunction with the spec server? I have "--drb" specified in spec/spec.opts . I start the spec server with either of these commands: $ rake spec:server:start $ script/spec_server and confirm that it''s running and listening: $ lsof -nPi | grep ruby ruby 20809 nick 4u IPv6 0x3c2e4bc 0t0 TCP [::1]:8989 (LISTEN) However, when I run any of these commands: $ rake spec:models $ spec -X spec/models/property_spec.rb $ script/spec -X spec/models/property_spec.rb This error occurs: /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:855:in `initialize'': getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known (SocketError) The full trace is at http://pastie.org/259026 I went into /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb , looked around line 855, put this debug message at the beginning of #self.open_server_inaddr_any : puts "host = [#{host}] , port = [#{port}]" and ran a spec again. That line spat this out: host = [wombat.local] , port = [0] The port number doesn''t seem right, but then again, the authors of drb might be working some magic here. So, if you have any suggestions for how I can solve this, I''d love to hear from you. Thanks! Nick I''m using: $ ruby --version; rails --version; spec --version ruby 1.8.7 (2008-06-20 patchlevel 22) [i686-darwin9.3.0] Rails 2.1.0 RSpec-1.1.4 (build 20080526202855) - BDD for Ruby http://rspec.rubyforge.org/