trouble getting socket.io to work in node

browser-net-output.txt

xx.yy.zz.ww		GET	200	application/javascript	234B	72ms
					
278839520115563000	GET	101	undefined		30B	2.0min
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/plain		159B	2.3min
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/javascript		166B	20.40s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/javascript		166B	20.06s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/javascript		166B	20.07s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/javascript		166B	20.08s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/javascript		166B	20.07s
					
278839520115563000	GET	(failed)	undefined		30B	1.6min
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/plain		159B	20.09s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/plain		159B	20.12s
					
278839520115563000	GET	200	text/plain		159B	20.06s
					
278839520115563000	GET	(canceled)	undefined	30B	5.03s

client.js

var socket = io.connect("http://xx.yy.zz.ww");
socket.on('news', function(data,success){
	console.log("DATA!");
	success("yes");
});
//socket.emit('my other event', { my: 'data' });

server-console.txt

   info  - socket.io started
   debug - served static /socket.io.js
   debug - client authorized
   info  - handshake authorized 278839520115563206
   debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/websocket/278839520115563206
   debug - set heartbeat interval for client 278839520115563206
   debug - client authorized for
   debug - websocket writing 1::
connection established!
   debug - websocket writing 5:1+::{"name":"news","args":[{"hello":"world"}]}
   debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/xhr-polling/278839520115563206?t=1317787153942
   debug - setting poll timeout
   debug - discarding transport
   debug - cleared heartbeat interval for client 278839520115563206
   debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/jsonp-polling/278839520115563206?t=1317787164043&i=1
   debug - setting poll timeout
   debug - discarding transport
   debug - clearing poll timeout
   debug - clearing poll timeout
   debug - jsonppolling writing io.j[1]("8::");
   debug - set close timeout for client 278839520115563206
   debug - jsonppolling closed due to exceeded duration
   debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/jsonp-polling/278839520115563206?t=1317787184457&i=1
   debug - setting poll timeout
   debug - discarding transport
   debug - cleared close timeout for client 278839520115563206
   debug - clearing poll timeout
   debug - jsonppolling writing io.j[1]("8::");
   debug - set close timeout for client 278839520115563206
   debug - jsonppolling closed due to exceeded duration
   debug - setting request GET /socket.io/1/jsonp-polling/278839520115563206?t=1317787204519&i=1
   debug - setting poll timeout
   debug - discarding transport
   debug - cleared close timeout for client 278839520115563206
   debug - clearing poll timeout

server.js

var app = require('http').createServer(function(req, res){
    res.writeHead(200);
    res.end("Nothing to see here, folks.");
  }),
  io = require('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/socket.io').listen(app)
;

app.listen(80, "xx.yy.zz.ww");

io.configure(function(){
  io.enable('browser client minification');  // send minified client
  io.enable('browser client etag');          // apply etag caching logic based on version number
//  io.set('log level', 1);                    // reduce logging
  io.set('transports', [                     // enable all transports (optional if you want flashsocket)
      'websocket'
    , 'flashsocket'
    , 'htmlfile'
    , 'xhr-polling'
    , 'jsonp-polling'
  ]);
});

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {

  console.log("connection established!");

  //socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
  //  console.log("DATA:"+data);
  //});

  socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' }, function(data) {
    console.log("received:"+data);
  });
});

the "connection established!" is fired on the server, but not in the client. And you can see the server tries to send the message out to the client, but it never receives it.

updated to take out the client.js on-connect wrapper... still, server sends out "news" message, but client never receives it.

not sure if you're still fighting this, but did you try socket.on('message')?

Also, with my socket.io 0.8.4 app I don't use a node http server - I skip it and use just a socket.io server:

#!/usr/bin/env node
var io = require('socket.io').listen(8080);
io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket){
// blah
});

I've tried "on-message" and it still doesn't work. I even tried it where it's same-domain, and still it won't work.

i'm convinced it's something about my server setup, but for the life of me i can't figure out what.

sorry man, I'm out of ideas. :(