I don't know exactly when the symptoms started, since I haven't been using SLIME for a while, but a CVS update doesn't make them go away.
When I start Emacs and do M-x slime RET it fails trying to connect to port 0 of localhost. I don't understand, since a problem of this magnitude (can't use SLIME at all) would certainly be noticed by others, and I saw no previous posts about this. Presumably it is something peculiar about my configuration. I'm using Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 + 2.6.2 kernel + GNU Emacs 21.3.50.9. If you need more info, just ask. The output is included below.
Regards,
Dirk Gerrits
CMU Common Lisp CVS release-18e-branch + minimal debian patches, running on willow With core: /usr/lib/cmucl/lisp.core Dumped on: Sat, 2004-02-07 00:05:30+01:00 on willow For support see http://www.cons.org/cmucl/support.html Send bug reports to the debian BTS. or to pvaneynd@debian.org type (help) for help, (quit) to exit, and (demo) to see the demos
Loaded subsystems: Python 1.1, target Intel x86 CLOS 18e (based on PCL September 16 92 PCL (f)) * ; Loading #p"/home/dirk/slime/swank-loader.lisp". ;; Loading #p"/home/dirk/slime/swank-backend.x86f". ;; Loading #p"/home/dirk/slime/swank.x86f". ;; Loading #p"/home/dirk/slime/swank-source-path-parser.x86f". ;; Loading #p"/home/dirk/slime/swank-cmucl.x86f". Warning: DEFIMPLEMENTATION of undefined interface (DESCRIBE-PRIMITIVE-TYPE) Warning: DEFIMPLEMENTATION of undefined interface (INSPECTED-PARTS) Warning: These Swank interfaces are unimplemented: (RESTART-FRAME RETURN-FROM-FRAME THREAD-ALIVE-P WHO-MACROEXPANDS WHO-SPECIALIZES) T *
Error in function CREATE-INET-LISTENER: Error binding socket to port 0: Cannot assign requested address
Restarts: 0: [ABORT] Return to Top-Level.
Debug (type H for help)
(CREATE-INET-LISTENER 0 :STREAM :HOST 16777343 ...) Source: ; File: target:code/internet.lisp (ERROR "Error binding socket to port ~a: ~a" PORT (UNIX:GET-UNIX-ERROR-MSG)) 0] :backtrace
0: (CREATE-INET-LISTENER 0 :STREAM :HOST 16777343 ...) 1: ("DEFIMPLEMENTATION CREATE-SOCKET" #<unused-arg> #<unused-arg> 0) 2: (SWANK::SETUP-SERVER 0 #<Closure Over Function "DEFUN START-SERVER" {484ED931}> :SIGIO) 3: (INTERACTIVE-EVAL (SWANK:START-SERVER "/tmp/slime.2936")) 4: (COMMON-LISP::%TOP-LEVEL) 5: (COMMON-LISP::RESTART-LISP)
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