The exact error message is: (stream/warning) failure to open network stream to host "localhost" for service "4005" Took a look at the changelog--Luke, something to confess? The relevant init.el part: ;; start up slime (global-set-key [(f5)] '(lambda () (interactive) (shell-command "c:/programme/acl62-demo/allegro-ansi.exe +B +cm -L ~/slime.lisp&") (sleep-for 3) (slime-connect "localhost" 4005) (cd "~/Eigene Dateien/"))) and ~/slime.lisp is: (load "~/Eigene Dateien/devel/lisp/slime/swank-loader.lisp") (swank::create-swank-server 4005 :spawn #'swank::simple-announce-function t) -- ,, \../ / <<< The LISP Effect |_\\ _==__ __ | |bb| | _________________________________________________