Error when using -sname option

[Simeon Verzijl]

Hi,

 

Bit of a beginner on using Erlang.

 

I was following a tutorial and it said to run Erlang like follows:

            erl.exe -sname ping

 

It fails miserably. I was wondering if it has got something to do with my OS
(Windows XP) or something to do with how Erlang is set up? And of course,
how do I fix it?

 

The error was:

C:\PROGRA~1\erl5.3>bin\erl.exe - -sname ping
{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},'Protocol: ~p: register/listen error:
~p~n'
,[inet_tcp,enotsock]}
{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.18.0>-
},{registered_n
ame,net_kernel},{error_info,{error- ,badarg}},{initial_call,{gen,init_-
it,[gen_serv
er,<0.15.0>,<0.15.0>,{- local,net_kernel},net_kernel,{ping-
,shortnames,15000},[]]}}
,{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,<- 0.8.0>]},{messages,[]},{links,[<-
0.15.0>]},{dict
ionary,[{longnames,false}]},{trap_- exit,true},{status,running},{heap_-
size,377},{s
tack_size,21},{reductions,275}],[]- ]}
{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,-
{local,net_s
up}},{errorContext,start_error},{r- eason,{'EXIT',nodistribution}},{of-
fender,[{pid
,undefined},{name,net_kernel},{mfa- ,{net_kernel,start_link,[[ping,sho-
rtnames]]}},
{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown- ,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}
{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,-
{local,kerne
l_sup}},{errorContext,start_error}- ,{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid-
,undefined},
{name,net_sup},{mfa,{erl_distribut- ion,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,-
permanent},{
shutdown,infinity},{child_type,sup- ervisor}]}]}
{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.7.0>-
},{registered_na
me,[]},{error_info,{shutdown,{kern- el,start,[normal,[]]}}},{initial_c-
all,{applica
tion_master,init,[<0.5.0>,<- 0.6.0>,{appl_data,kernel,[appli-
cation_controller,erl_
reply,auth,boot_server,code_server- ,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,erl_-
prim_loader,
error_logger,file_server,file_serv- er_2,fixtable_server,global_group,-
global_name_
server,heart,init,kernel_config,ke- rnel_sup,net_kernel,net_sup,rex,us-
er,os_server
,ddll_server,erl_epmd,inet_db,pg2]- ,undefined,{kernel,[]},[applicatio-
n,applicatio
n_controller,application_master,ap- plication_starter,auth,code,code_a-
ux,packages,
code_server,dist_util,erl_boot_ser- ver,erl_distribution,erl_prim_load-
er,erl_reply
,erlang,error_handler,error_logger- ,file,file_server,old_file_server,-
file_io_serv
er,prim_file,global,global_group,g- lobal_search,group,heart,inet6_tcp-
,inet6_tcp_d
ist,inet6_udp,inet_config,inet_hos- ts,inet_gethost_native,inet_tcp_di-
st,init,kern
el,kernel_config,net,net_adm,net_k- ernel,os,ram_file,rpc,user,user_dr-
v,user_sup,d
isk_log,disk_log_1,disk_log_server- ,disk_log_sup,dist_ac,erl_ddll,erl-
_epmd,erts_d
ebug,gen_tcp,gen_udp,prim_inet,ine- t,inet_db,inet_dns,inet_parse,inet-
_res,inet_tc
p,inet_udp,pg2,seq_trace,socks5,so- cks5_auth,socks5_tcp,socks5_udp,wr-
ap_log_reade
r,zlib,otp_ring0],[],infinity,infi- nity},normal]}},{ancestors,[<0.-
6.0>]},{message
s,[{'EXIT',<0.8.0>,normal}]}- ,{links,[<0.6.0>,<0.5.0>-
]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exi
t,true},{status,running},{heap_siz- e,610},{stack_size,21},{reductions-
,1080}],[]]}

{error_logger,{{2004,4,8},{13,5,52- }},std_info,[{application,kernel},-
{exited,{shu
tdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}- ,{type,permanent}]}
{"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller- ,shutdown}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) (shutdown)

 

Thanks,

            Simeon Verzijl

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