Ferret talk - Jul 2007 - Strange Connection refused error acts_as_ferret server

I am having a strange problem starting the acts_as_ferret Drb server on
a particular Linux machine (Debian Etch). The same setup works fine on
my Mac (OSX).

Without the Rails application running (yes, I''ve checked several times)
I get the following error if I try to start the ferret server and one of
my models contains :remote => true for acts_as_ferret:
>>
script/ferret_start
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:736:in `open'': druby://localhost:3009 -
#<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2)>
(DRb::DRbConnError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:729:in `each''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:729:in `open''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1189:in `initialize''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1169:in `new''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1169:in `open''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1085:in `method_missing''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1103:in `with_friend''
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1084:in `method_missing''
         ... 6 levels...
        from
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/commands/runner.rb:39
        from
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require''
        from
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require''
        from script/runner:3
<<

If I remove the :remote => true bit then I can start the Ferret server
with no problems. I just don''t understand why the model entry is
causing
this - especially as the application isn''t running.

ferret 0.11.3

I''m betting this is in the "Duh" section - but I just
don''t see it.

Thanks

Matthew
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 08:42:46PM +0200, Matthew Langham
wrote:
> I am having a strange problem starting the acts_as_ferret Drb server on
> a particular Linux machine (Debian Etch). The same setup works fine on
> my Mac (OSX).
> 
> Without the Rails application running (yes, I''ve checked several
times)
> I get the following error if I try to start the ferret server and one of
> my models contains :remote => true for acts_as_ferret:
> 
> >>
> script/ferret_start
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:736:in `open'': druby://localhost:3009
-
> #<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2)>
> (DRb::DRbConnError)
This looks like the DRb server itself tries to connect to the DRb
server - normally aaf should detect when it is running *in* the DRb
server, but sometimes this doesn''t seem to work. Do you use the latest
aaf (0.4.1)? There have been some fixes in this area since 0.4.0.

Please have a look in your development log, watch out for a line
starting with ''Asked for a remote server''.

Cheers,
Jens

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