# Breakpointer failing **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/breakpointer-failing/100439 "2006-02-02T20:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/breakpointer-failing/100439/1 "2006-02-02T20:38:44Z")
Hey there, I got a new workstation going on here an Intel iMac, and I’ve compiled and installed everything with intel binaries. Everything works fine, I even got that cool clever lighttpd script running ([BigBold - Informasi Tentang Bisnis dan Marketing](http://www.bigbold.com/snippets/posts/show/303)). But the one thing that doesn’t work is breakpoints and the breakpointer script. When I run script/breakpointer, I get the following error: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:837:in `getaddrinfo': getnameinfo: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution (SocketError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:837:in `open\_server\_inaddr\_any’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:860:in `open_server' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:756:in `open\_server’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:754:in `open_server' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1336:in `initialize’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1624:in `start_service' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/breakpoint_client.rb:146 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/breakpoint_client.rb:145 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.0.0/lib/commands/breakpointer.rb:1 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in `require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `require’ from script/breakpointer:3 I checked my hosts file and everything seems fine there. I also tried with the -s option and giving it a full path it didn’t work either. I think that the actual breakpoints aren’t working either, because I tried running the breakpointer from a remote machine pointing it to my workstation using the -s option, and it never connects when it’s at a breakpoint. I also did a netstat to look for the port 42531 being opened, and it doesn’t appear to be open. But the server surely does stop at that point. I tried a bunch of searches on the net and have found pretty much nothing. Have any of you run into these issues? – Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, Co. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 Ph. (773) 531-6301 Fx. (773) 529-7041 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com) ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/breakpointer-failing/100439/2 "2006-02-02T21:21:07Z")
Does breakpoint work locally, with no network interaction? – – Tom M. ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/breakpointer-failing/100439/3 "2006-02-02T21:36:14Z")
I’m not sure what you mean, but on one machine i have a breakpoint keyword in a method. I run the page with that method, the page spins. Then on the same computer i run “script/breakpointer” which by default tries to bind to localhost. Is there a different way of doing this that I’m not aware of? On 2/2/06, Tom M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > I got a new workstation going on here an Intel iMac, and I’ve compiled > > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:837:in > > breakpoint\_client.rb:145 > > `require’ > > workstation using the -s option, and it never connects when it’s at a > > breakpoint. I also did a netstat to look for the port 42531 being > > opened, and it doesn’t appear to be open. But the server surely does > > stop at that point. > > > > I tried a bunch of searches on the net and have found pretty much > > nothing. Have any of you run into these issues? – Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, Co. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 Ph. (773) 531-6301 Fx. (773) 529-7041 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com) ---
**Author:** ![seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@seanwarburton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanwarburton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/breakpointer-failing/100439/4 "2006-02-02T21:45:20Z")
Yes, hit the breakpoint via unit or functional tests. You’ll enter the breakpoint without the need for breakpointer. – – Tom M.