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Servers/Network on MacOS X

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:05 pm
by gnu-sense
I'm trying to run bzfs on my mac, and have done this successfully many time. unfortunately, now when I do this, I get an error at the end of the bzfs startup process, no matter what server config I am running.

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ERROR: Unable to start the server, perhaps one is already running?
I have no bzfs instances running (this is fresh from a re-start), no firewall, and no other services using the relevant port (in this case 5154, but changing the port arbitrarily has no effect). I have tried bzfs versions 2.0.8 and 2.0.10 (pre-compiled; I did not compile either). All of my config files used to work (with 2.0.8, mere weeks ago) so I am thinking that something changed in the latest MacOS X security update. using Mac OS X 10.4.11. Architecture is ppc.

Has anyone else run into this? And is there a fix?

gnu-sense

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:14 pm
by F687/s
Try using the debug options (-d through -dddd) on bzfs, and see what happens.

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:28 pm
by gnu-sense
F687/s wrote:Try using the debug options (-d through -dddd) on bzfs, and see what happens.
The above is obtained with the -dd option turned on. There is really no elaboration on this that is obtained even by running -dddd. Everything appears normal up to the following:

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        listening on 192.168.1.100:5154
        with title of "Missile Wars Remixed! by gnu-sense"
Warning: disabling speed checking due to physics drivers
Warning: disabling height checking due to physics drivers
ERROR: Unable to start the server, perhaps one is already running?
In other words, the server behaves as if there is a collision with some other process on the same port. This same error occurs, no matter what conf file/map I am attempting to run. The problem is new, and occurs with bzfs 2.0.8 and 2.0.10 which is why I suspect an OS software update as the cause.

gnu-sense

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:46 pm
by captainmack
Check activity monitor to see if bzfs is running

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:56 pm
by gnu-sense
captainmack wrote:Check activity monitor to see if bzfs is running
it is not.

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:36 pm
by Tedius
Its possible that bzfs starts up on its own when you open the Terminal. Another thing that may cause the error is that something else is using that port, though I can't imagine what, or how.


I would try running on a different port (bzfs -p 5156) to see if I still get the error.