binaryage/xrefresh

no connection on local VH

phpwalter opened this issue · 9 comments

phpwalter commented

I have an XP Pro SP3
Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) PHP/5.2.8
Firefox 3.5
Firebug 1.4.2

I can't get this extension to work via local virtual hosts.

I don't use LOCALHOST. Each of my domains are reflected locally, for development, as a local VH.

Any ideas?

Thx

Walter

darwin commented

Both extension and monitor have possiblity to set HOST and PORT. So you should be able to setup it.

In FF extension go to URL: config:about and look for extensions.xrefresh.host and extensions.xrefresh.port

phpwalter commented

thanks for the clue.

I had to place '127.0.0.1' in the HOST field of the browser config:about to make my virtual domains work. THen I had to "connect" to each one individually as well.

Thx for your help

darwin commented

note to me:
this is second person having problem with localhost, generally it is not good idea to remove it from etc/hosts, but some people do.

in 0.7 replace default values from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1" to make it safer
ref: http://github.com/darwin/xrefresh/blob/7e4fa68cd5b21cc00926b66e7170061886c58488/src/firefox/defaults/preferences/xrefresh.js#L9

phpwalter commented

I did not remove localhost form the etc/hosts file, it is still there as are referencex to my local virtual hosts.

darwin commented

ok, so in etc/hosts you've modified localhost to resolve to some other IP than 127.0.0.1, right?

phpwalter commented

nope. This is part of my etc/hosts file...

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 phpMyAdmin
127.0.0.1 phpDoc
127.0.0.1 php.test
127.0.0.1 jsclasses

darwin commented

so why localhost didn't work for you in xrefresh.host? according to your etc/hosts it is same as 127.0.0.1

phpwalter commented

yea, that's the question. ;)

darwin commented

Have you solved this issue?
I'm closing it because it is probably on your side. Reopen at will.