TCP socket fails with "error ECONNREFUSED"

[humblewizard]

It doesn't matter the port #. I had this working on a different Linux box with the same setup. I have an http server in the same thread on a 1 second delayed start up that works fine. I'm starting nodejs with SU. Is there something obviously broken here?

var net =  require("net"),
    TCP_sock, 
    TCP_port = 2950, 
    TCP_host = 'localhost',
    TCP_socket = net.createConnection(TCP_port, TCP_host);
TCP_socket.on('data', takeData)
    .on('connect', function(sock) {
       TCP_sock = sock;
       console.log("\033[60A\033[18B" + 'connected on port: ' +  TCP_port + ' of '  +  TCP_host);
    })
    .on('error',function(e){
        console.log("\033[60A\033[17B" + 'Failed to connect on port: ' +  TCP_port + ' of '  + TCP_host);
        console.log("\033[60A\033[18B--" + e);
    })  
   .on('end', function() {
            console.log('closed');
   });  

  function takeData(wpinfo){
      console.log("Waypoint info:" + wpinfo);
  }

[misterdjules]

What do you mean by:

I have an http server in the same thread on a 1 second delayed start up that works fine

?
Could you please provide us with a complete but minimal code sample that would allow us to reproduce the issue?