[hobbit] Strange problem

[kevin grady]

I verified that the host exists in bb-hosts. This is what I get in the
log when I attempt to start hobbit. I've checked permissions and
anything else I could think of, but nothing looks out of place.

Log entries:

2005-02-17 17:54:36 hobbitlaunch starting
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading tasklist configuration from
/usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4085
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4086
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4087
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4088
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4089
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4090
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading hostnames
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Loading saved state
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot access checkpoint file
/usr/local/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1



On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:41:59 +0100, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 03:18:34PM -0500, kevin grady wrote:
> > Well that explains the display problem. Kick me for not checking the
> > logs. So this is what I have in the hobbitlaunch.log:
> >
> > 2005-02-17 16:16:43 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
> > 2005-02-17 16:16:43 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
> > 2005-02-17 16:16:43 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1
> 
> Could be the same bug that's bitten quite a few people now: The
> hostname used in hobbitserver.cfg for the BBSERVERHOSTNAME and
> MACHINEDOTS settings is not listed in bb-hosts, causing hobbitd
> to crash after 5 minutes.
> 
> In that case, you should have a line "hobbitd terminated with signal
> 6" just before those lines in the logfile.
> 
> Make sure the hostname in BBSERVERHOSTNAME is listed in bb-hosts.
> 
> 
> > I checked the ~/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg and it has everything
> > listed properly. This system does not have anything listening on port
> > 1984. Any ideas? Shouldn't the binding IP address be what is specified
> > in BBSERVERIP?
> 
> This error message is bogus, it happens because hobbitd attempts to
> restart too quickly after it crashes.
> 
> 
> Henrik
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