# FreeRIDE - Debug mode hangs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeride-debug-mode-hangs/54485>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 6, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeride-debug-mode-hangs/54485 "2006-03-06T21:09:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/billbell52)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeride-debug-mode-hangs/54485/1 "2006-03-06T21:09:26Z")

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I am just getting started with RUBY. I downloaded the latest release  
(ruby184-16p3.exe) for windows. I created a simple hello world  
program. It ran it in run mode.

def say\_goodnight(name)  
result = “Good night, #{name}”  
return result  
end

puts say\_goodnight(‘Pa’)

It ran fine. I tried to run it in debug mode and it hangs. When I  
kill the task it give me the following info.

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:563:in `read': Invalid argument (DRb::DRbConnErr or) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:563:in`load’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:629:in `recv_reply' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:918:in`recv\_reply’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1192:in `send_message' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1083:in`method\_missing’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1167:in `open' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1082:in`method\_missing’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1100:in `with_friend' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1081:in`method\_missing’  
from  
c:/ruby/freeride/plugins/rubyide\_tools\_debugger/debuggee.rb:1266:in  
`printf’  
from  
c:/ruby/freeride/plugins/rubyide\_tools\_debugger/debuggee.rb:1416

I looked at the code and I don’t see what is causing this. I disabled  
the firewall.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/billbell52)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeride-debug-mode-hangs/54485/2 "2006-03-06T22:35:34Z")

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billbell52 wrote:

> ```
> from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1083:in `method_missing'
> 
> ```
> 
> I looked at the code and I don’t see what is causing this. I disabled  
> the firewall.
> 
> Any ideas?

I have the same problem. I did exactly the same thing you did.

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**Author:** ![billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@billbell52](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/billbell52)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freeride-debug-mode-hangs/54485/3 "2006-03-08T18:31:36Z")

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I pulled down the separate version of FreeRIDE and used it and no  
problem. It just seems to be a problem with the version that comes  
with the Ruby Windows install.