Java errors - Address already in use

[ecojam]

This post probably belongs in the Ubuntu forum (Ubuntu 9.04 64bit), but think I should start here first since I'm new to SageTV and to also eliminate my SageTV as the source of my trouble. How do I find what is using the socket and subsequently change it or possibly remove it?

Thu 7/9 23:39:22.404 Error (will retry) in MediaServer:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.405 java.net.BindException: Address already in use
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.405 at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.405 at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:119)
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.405 at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:59)
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.406 at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:52)
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.406 at sage.MediaServer.run(Unknown Source)
Thu 7/9 23:39:22.406 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Thu 7/9 23:39:23.529 Error creating server socket:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
Thu 7/9 23:39:23.533 Error creating discovery socket:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
Thu 7/9 23:39:23.536 Error creating discovery socket:java.net.BindException: Address already in use

[stuckless]

I don't know how to tell which program is holding a soket open, but I would check to see if sagetv is already started, before starting it again.

Since you did mention that you are in Ubuntu, you can check if sagetv is running by using the following command...

# ps aux | grep sage

and you can then kill the process using,

# sudo kill -9 PID
(where PID is the sagetv PID from the first command)

You can also try,

# sudo /etc/init.d/sagetv stop

But i've has a few cases where sage could not shut itself down, and I've had to use the "kill" command on it. In most cases, I try the sagetv stop command, then check to see if there process is still running, and then I restart.

[ecojam]

Thank you Stuckless. Somehow I had setup SageTV to launch twice in my OS. Things are good now.