[Tutor] Python on network problems

[Alan Gauld]

Diana,

It is almost certainly not a Python problem but related to how
you have the network set up. As Luke was trying to point out,
we  mifght be able to help out but your description of the
network setup wasn't clear.

We need more precise information about things like:
what OS you are using?
Are you using Domains/NIS/NDS etc?
Do you have shared drives, VNC, windows terminal server?
How do you define a 'lab'?
What do you mean by python being 'active'?
And what exactly happens when a failure occurs?

None of these things are standardised in anmy way.

Alan G



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diana Hawksworth" <dianahawks at optusnet.com.au>
To: "Tom Schinckel" <gunny01 at gmail.com>; <tutor at python.org>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python on network problems


> Thanks Tom.  I installed the latest version on Friday - but today 
> the system went down again. I am inclined to think it is not a 
> Python problem at all. Just need someone who also has it installed 
> on a network to know if they have had any problems!!
> Diana
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Schinckel" <gunny01 at gmail.com>
> To: <dianahawks at optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python on network problems
>
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>> Diana Hawksworth wrote:
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> I have Python installed on 1 of 4 labs at my High School. The lab 
>>> is connected to a whole school network.  Students login through 
>>> the network - but Python is active in this lab only.
>>>
>>> Sometimes I have a student who simply cannot access Python, even 
>>> though he has been working on it for a number of months now. 
>>> Usually a change in username will solve the problem - but I would 
>>> like to know what is causing this to happen.
>>>
>>> The second problem is much more severe. Seems for the past three 
>>> weeks now, the entire system will crash.  It happens when we are 
>>> working on Python - so the assumption is that the program is to 
>>> blame. I cannot see that it is - but it certainly is upsetting 
>>> when it happens. Has anyone had a similar accurrence with Python 
>>> and networks? If so - what have you done about it.  If not - then 
>>> any clues about what could be happening so that I can get the 
>>> system administrator off my back - and get the system working 
>>> again!!
>>>
>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>> Diana
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>> It sounds a tad out of my depth, but when I first installed Python, 
>> IDLE crashed, all the time.
>>
>> Try the age old software fix: reinstall.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tom
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