Recently upgraded my stoker to 2.6.0.254 from 2.2 (I think). I get the error in the title while starting Stokerlog....
I am NOT putting http:// in front of the IP.
Here's a copy of the log, log.
Note, 2/6/2012 10:11:20 PM, Connecting to Stoker...
Note, 2/6/2012 10:11:20 PM, Logging into...