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Can't access "help contents" from a workbench - firewall problem? [message #143111]

Tue, 14 March 2006 22:04

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: whaebich.netspace.net.au

We have installed Eclipse (Version: 3.1.1, Build id: M20050929-0840) at a
client site.

When I select help contents from a workbench window, I get the error
message below.

Is this due to some process running in Eclipse that is blocked by the
company firewall? What can be done to get around it?

===========================================================
ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://127.0.0.1:59111/help/index.jsp

The following error was encountered:

Connection Failed
The system returned:

(146) Connection refused
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.
============================================================

Re: Can't access "help contents" from a workbench - firewall problem? [message #143407 is a reply to message #143111]

Thu, 16 March 2006 09:41

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dalroth5.hotmail.com

Hello there.

You'll have noticed that the URL refers to the IP address 127.0.0.1, which
is the fakey address given to your machine's loopback interface. IOW, no
TCP was leaving your machine at that point; Eclipse launches a separate
Tomcat server for documentation and was merely trying to point its browser
at that server (listening on your machine on port 59111 in your failure
message).

Take a look here for more info:
http://www.eclipse.org/search/search.cgi?t=All&t=Doc& ;t=Downloads&t=Wiki&wf=574a74&q=help+server& x=9&y=10

Hope this helps.
Steve

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