I just installed

WWW::Mechanize::Firefox

but cannot even get it to complete this simple script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new(activate => 1);
$mech->get("http://www.google.com");
printf("title: %s\n", $mech->title());
$mech->document();
$mech->content();

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When I run it, I get the following response:

> www_mech_firefox_test.pl 
command timed-out at /home/user1/perl5/lib/perl5/MozRepl/Client.pm lin
+e 186

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Here is what I have verified so far:

1. mozrepl is installed and started within Firefox
2. port 4242 TCP/UDP is forwarded to my PC through my router
3. I can run "telnet localhost 4242" and get a MozRepl prompt

What else could be causing this problem?

EDIT: This is under cygwin, if it makes any difference.

In reply to can't get www::mechanize::firefox to work by Special_K

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