Does socket.bind() work?

[tarasglek]

Hi,
I get
error: (0, 'Error')
whenever I try to use socket bind to make a tcp server socket or to bind a udp socket.

I tried the following program from the python manual. Unfortunately it doesn't get past s.bind. Any ideas on how to work around this?

# Echo server program
import socket

HOST = '' # Symbolic name meaning the local host
PORT = 50007 # Arbitrary non-privileged port
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.bind((HOST, PORT))
s.listen(1)
conn, addr = s.accept()
print 'Connected by', addr
while 1:
data = conn.recv(1024)
if not data: break
conn.send(data)
conn.close()

Error i get is
s.bind((HOST, PORT))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in ?
File "<string>", line 1, in bind
error: (0, 'Error')


Thanks for any suggestings. I just installed PythonForSeries60_pre_SDK20.SIS on my ngage qd.

[sznever]

try with HOST="localhost" or "127.0.0.1"

[tarasglek]

I changed the HOST to "localhost", same problem.
Then I changed it to 127.0.0.1, suddenly it no longer crashed. However one can't connect to such an ip from outside world, so I had to hardcode my device ip to 10.0.0.2 and everything worked =)

Thanks for the workaround, but this is obviously a bug. What is the proper place to report such issues?

Thanks a lot for your suggestion.

[max2k5]

First I had the same problem as stated above, then I changed to the real local IP address (given via gnubox/BT).

But after
"s.bind(('10.0.0.100', 50007))"
i get
"socket.error: (13, 'Permission denied')"

I thought 50007 should be an unprivileged port, accessible to all? Or is there another access system I don't know of?

Thanks,

Maximilian

ps: I use version 1.1.5 on a 6670.

[mikfi]

Hi,

according to my understanding the mobile phone doesn't have a _real_ IP address and/or operators wouldn't allow to connect to it using that address.

Therefore bind() and other server-side methods were implemented to be used for internal process communication.

Of course if the underling platform will support the real binding from another device, than even Python socket.bind() should work.

-Mik

[InfiniteCorridor]

I have been having the same problem. Anyone knows a solution to this?

Dave