Hi Chris,
the problem is that the inet_db modules has not yet been started
and hence the inet_db ets table does not exist (yet).
It is supposed to be started by the kernel_sup supervisor.
I haven't managed to recreate the problem with R8B-0 under
Linux but two possible other workarounds are
a) wait for the inet_db process to become registered.
b) call inet_db:start from your application (as ftp,httpd and orber
already does (for the same reason ?)).
/Per
> I have discovered one workaround for this, although it comes at a
grave
> cost (namely, the use of the shell)
>
> Instead of
>
> erl -run module function
>
> use
>
> echo 'module:function().' | erl
>
> Should have been obvious I suppose :)
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:27:22 -0600
> Chris Pressey <cpressey@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> > I'd really like to get to the bottom of this one...
> >
> > I have a server that opens a socket. If I start this server from
the
> > Erlang shell, everything works smoothly. If I try to start it
with a
> > -run command line argument to erl, it does *not* work and I get
the
> > following error message upon quitting:
> >
> > {error_logger,{{2002,3,29},{6,10,40}},'Error in process
<0.24481.0>
> > with exit value: {badarg,[{ets,lookup,[inet_db,tcp_module]},
> > {inet_db,db_get,1},{gen_tcp,listen,2},{ce_socket,start,4}]}\n',[]}
> >
> > I get the same error if I try to start it from my .erlang file.
> >
> > The question is... why?
> >
> > I've asked this once before a while ago, but got no response so
far.
> >
> > It seems someone else is (anonymously) getting a very similar
error
> > trying to start the wiki in the same way:
> >
> > http://www.bluetail.com/wiki/showPage?node=WikiSetup
> >
> > {badarg,[{ets,lookup_element,[dets_registry,wikie,3]},
> > {dets,lookup,2},
> > {wikie,fetch_page,1},
> > {erl_eval,expr,3},
> > {erl_eval,exprs,4},
> > {esp,eval,2},
> > {esp,expand,3},
> > {esp,do_expand_file,2},
> > {esp,handle,1}|
> > more]}
> >
> > Any information on this anomaly (e.g. why it happens and/or how to
work
> > around it) would be greatly appreciated (seeing as I *really*
don't want
> > to have to start my server from the Erlang shell every time I want
to
> > use it :)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Chris
>
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Email: per@REDACTED