René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"java.net.UnknownHostException when opening a URL connection on Debian Linux","articleBody":"_Original author: b...@processing.org (June 07, 2010 01:18:06)_\n\nThis bug automatically added from:\nhttp://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1410\n\nComment from stopfocus, 2009-12-14 18:55\n\nHello,\n         Using 64-bit debian sarge version 2.22.3when ever I attempt to\ncall anything from the internet I recieve the error bellow. This does not\nhappen to me when on other platforms and also if I turn the sketch into an\napplication it will successfully connect to an internet web site.\n\nThis was the piece of code that gives me a problem and the program itself\nis from Ben Fry's book \nVisualizing Information\n void updateTable( ) {\n  dataTable = new Table(\"http://benfry.com/writing/map/random.cgi\");\n}\n\njava.net.UnknownHostException: benfry.com\n    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:177)\n    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)\n    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)\n    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475)\n    at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:163)\n    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:394)\n    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)\n    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.\u003cinit\u003e(HttpClient.java:233)\n    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:306)\n    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:323)\n    at\nsun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:860)\n    at\nsun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:801)\n    at\nsun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:726)\n    at\nsun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1049)\n    at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1010)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.createInputRaw(PApplet.java:4062)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.createInput(PApplet.java:4031)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.loadStrings(PApplet.java:4262)\n    at book$Table.\u003cinit\u003e(book.java:143)\n    at book.updateTable(book.java:120)\n    at book.keyPressed(book.java:115)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.handleKeyEvent(PApplet.java:1752)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.dequeueKeyEvents(PApplet.java:1735)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:1437)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.run(PApplet.java:1327)\n    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\nThe file \"http://benfry.com/writing/map/random.cgi\" is missing or\ninaccessible, make sure the URL is valid or that the file has been added to\nyour sketch and is readable.\nException in thread \"Animation Thread\" java.lang.NullPointerException\n    at book$Table.\u003cinit\u003e(book.java:144)\n    at book.updateTable(book.java:120)\n    at book.keyPressed(book.java:115)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.handleKeyEvent(PApplet.java:1752)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.dequeueKeyEvents(PApplet.java:1735)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:1437)\n    at processing.core.PApplet.run(PApplet.java:1327)\n    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)\n\n_Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=216_\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/processing-bugs","@type":"Person","name":"processing-bugs"},"datePublished":"2013-02-10T16:13:00.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/255/processing/issues/255"}