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Hi, I'm having troubles.

When I now open SAB i get this message.




SABnzbd needs a free tcp/ip port for its internal web server.
Port 8080 on localhost was tried , but it is not available.
Some other software uses the port or SABnzbd is already running.

Please restart SABnzbd with a different port number.

Open a Terminal window and type the line (example):
    /Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --server localhost:8081

If you get this error message again, please try a different number.

Program did not start!

I have been downloading fine untill about a week ago.
The only thing that I think has changed is the latest upgrade.

I have tried changing the port number but i just get the same message but with the different port number.

I'm not a great whizz on the mac/unix thing so be gentle with me.

I have tried uninstalling and re installing - made no difference.
I have also tried going 'back' with time capsule to the earlier version - no difference.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Dave

The quickest way to solve this is to remove the sabnzbd.ini file.
It's here: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
/Users/user/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
When you delete (or move it elsewhere) the next time you start SABnzbd,
the setup Wizard will appear.
Make sure that SABnzbd isn't still running!

Hi Shypike

Thanks for the quick response.

Unfortunately that didn't work. I rebooted to make sure sab wasn't running, first time removed the .ini file, second time removed the whole sab file from application support, 3rd removed sab app and the support file. Still no joy. Comes up with the tcpip port message each time. I'm desperately try to think what else app wise i may have loaded but really don't think there is anything.
Is there a way of checking the ports to see what is using , say port 808 or 8000 etc?

Dave

SABnzbd is trying the port it says it tried.
Did you enable the OSX firewall and if so did you create an exception for SABnzbd?
I'm not an OSX expert, so I need some time to come up with a diagnostic.

Hi,

Could you try this command on Terminal ? :
This command should tell you if a process is running on port 8080.

I am seeing the same thing. Started happening a few days ago. I am running the latest build of SABNZDB. I do not have a firewall enabled, and nothing is running on port 8080. Would appreciate some help here.

Reboot your system.
Start SABnzbd again.

Should it still fail to work.
From a Terminal session type
ps -alx | grep SABnzbd

You should only get one match (the "grep" program itself).
If you get more, this means that SABnzbd is already running.

Reboot your system.
Start SABnzbd again.

Should it still fail to work.
From a Terminal session type
ps -alx | grep SABnzbd

You should only get one match (the "grep" program itself).
If you get more, this means that SABnzbd is already running.

Not working for me either.
I created another user on the Mac and testet it that way and it was a succes. But that's on another user account... so something is fishy on my machine :/

Thanks for trying gyus!