[Xymon] Unable to start xymon

[Keith Ferguson]

Thanks looks like it worked. I appreciate the help i didnt think to look 
to make sure the existing process was not being killed. We are all good.

Keith Ferguson
Office:212-822-3460 x 123
Cell:631-882-4409
Systems Administrator

On 12/20/2012 9:44 AM, Chris.Morris at rwe.com wrote:
> That would indicate a xymon process is still running!!
>
> The process id is 3226.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
> Of Keith Ferguson
> Sent: 20 December 2012 14:12
> To: Mike Burger
> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Unable to start xymon
>
> When i run lsof i get the following
>
> xymond     3226        xymon    3u  IPv4   71314      0t0  TCP *:1984
> (LISTEN)
>
> But when i try to restart xymon i get the errors mentioned below
>
> Keith Ferguson
> Office:212-822-3460 x 123
> Cell:631-882-4409
> Systems Administrator
>
> On 12/20/2012 7:45 AM, Mike Burger wrote:
>>> I have been adding hosts to a custom file bb-zenor for monitoring.
>>>
>>> I noticed that when checking my ghost list it was displaying the
>>> following error
>>>
>>> Failed to retrieve ghostlist from server
>>>
>>> I then did some research and read that restarting xymon would help
>>> but when i try to restart it i get the following
>>>
>>> 2012-12-19 11:17:13 Loading hostnames
>>> 2012-12-19 11:17:13 Loading saved state
>>> 2012-12-19 11:17:13 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
>>> 2012-12-19 11:17:13 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in
>>> use)
>>> 2012-12-19 11:17:13 Task xymond terminated, status 1
>>>
>>> Also for the machines monitored if i try to click onto one of the
>>> links i get the following error.
>>>
>>> Cannot load host configuration
>>>
>>> I checked and we are not using bb-proxy or any proxy's at all.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on why this would be happening
>> Run the following as root/via sudo to display which
>> application/process is holding the port open:
>>
>> lsof -n -P -i | grep 1984
>>
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