# Bad file descriptor

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 30, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028 "2007-04-30T23:42:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parvg)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028/1 "2007-04-30T23:42:53Z")

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Hi,  
Does anybody here use selenium? If yes have you experienced an error  
“Bad File Descriptor…”?  
When i try to run on of the selenium examples for ruby i get the above  
message.  
Can anybody offers some help.

I’m using ruby 1.8.5.24 on windows xp with latest selenium rc release.

thanks.

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**Author:** ![parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parvg)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028/2 "2007-05-01T21:48:57Z")

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Anybody?

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**Author:** ![parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parvg)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028/3 "2007-05-02T01:46:15Z")

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On May 1, 12:48 pm, “Parv G.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Anybody?
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi Parv,

Have you tried the [openqa.org](http://openqa.org) forums?

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**Author:** ![parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@parvg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parvg)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bad-file-descriptor/103028/4 "2007-05-02T04:06:21Z")

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Yes i have, but unfortunately no response.

Thanks for the reply.

Parv