# Gem update

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/164061>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 27, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/164061 "2009-03-27T12:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sts)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/164061/1 "2009-03-27T12:52:46Z")

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Hi,  
am getting this error while updating or installing any gems

D:\blog\>gem update --system  
Updating installed gems…  
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)  
Bad file descriptor - connect(2)(Errno::EBADF)

this is my gem env

D:\blog\>gem env  
RubyGems Environment:

- VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- GEM PATH:
  - C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)

can any one help to solve this probs!!!

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**Author:** ![sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sts)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/164061/2 "2009-03-27T12:59:19Z")

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Are you behind a proxy?

[http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/13#page51](http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/13#page51)

Cheers,  
Dan

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**Author:** ![sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sts)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update/164061/3 "2009-03-27T14:27:50Z")

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Dan W. wrote:

> Are you behind a proxy?
> 
> [http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/13#page51](http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/13#page51)
> 
> Cheers,  
> Dan

hi dan ,  
I checked the browser proxy setting. It is set to auto  
detect, and no other information is entered on the dialog window.