what else uses this port?

[mode87]

hi am am getting an error saying that the port is in use, i dont not know what else could be using the port, is there a way i can check so as to stop that program?

Starting with debuglevel 2
Starting rendezvous daemon
*** WARNING *** The programme ‘mt-daapd’ uses the HOWL compatiblity layer of Avahi.
*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
*** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=howl&e=mt-daapd>
Starting signal handler
Signal handler started
Initializing database
Starting web server from /usr/share/mt-daapd/admin-root on port 3689
Listen port: Address already in use
Error staring web server: Address already in use
Aborting

[fizze]

Most likely an already-running instance of mt-daapd. (Or a zombie of one, likewise).

ps -aux|grep daapd

is your friend 😉

[mode87]

so i did that and i do have two of them running now how would i go about getting rid of one of them. and sorry for being a linux noob.

ps -aux|grep daapd
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus ‘-‘? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
mt-daapd 10890 0.0 0.1 27780 2048 ? Sl 08:49 0:00 /usr/sbin/mt-daapd
mt-daapd 10892 0.0 0.2 36044 2468 ? Sl 08:49 0:00 /usr/sbin/mt-daapd
user 13473 0.0 0.0 2880 748 pts/0 R+ 09:29 0:00 grep daapd

[fizze]

ok, procps 101 here 😉

the first output of ps is the process’s name. The second is the Process ID, or PID.

use the command “kill” to get rid of one process.
For instance:

kill 10890

Tells the process with the ID 10890 to bail. If that process became corrupt or hang, or the likes, you can also force the process to be killed in a similiar manner.

kill -9 10890

If the processes aint hung, there is another nice feat:

killall mt-daapd

that does the trick.

[rpedde]

@fizze wrote:

If the processes aint hung, there is another nice feat:

killall mt-daapd

that does the trick.

And if they are hung, “killall -9 mt-daapd” will work, just as above.

— Ron

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