[Bioperl-l] Help can't solve an internal 500 error

[Paulo Almeida]

It might be a problem with the tcp protocol in that computer. If that is the case, you
can try re-installing it as this page explains:

http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_tcp_ip_on_windows_xp.htm

-Paulo

On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 12:55:12PM +1100, David Humphreys wrote:
> Hi bioperl-groovers,
> 
> Has anyone ever seen the following error message?
> 
> 
> MSG: WebDBSeqI Request error:
> 500 Can't connect to eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp')
> 
> I have traced previous threads from the archives but they appear to 
> be slightly different internal 500 error. What is confusing me the 
> most is that the script that leaves this error worked perfectly on my 
> older machine (running win XP) but not on my colleagues machine (also 
> running XP). The errors cascade from deep within bioperl and I have a 
> feeling it has something to do with the way the machine is setup 
> rather than the scripts themselves. Any ideas?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Dave

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