Unable to connect to server (Address already in use)

[suffolkdub]

Hi all

Right, ircd connection 80% of time failes with message Unable to connect to server (Address already in use)
all other times it connects will no problem
i thought it was my domain redirection but nope
i used ip and still same other chatters have same problem
server owners replied
have connected to your IRC server a few times now with no problems. This is definitely a local issue relating to your machine

ive closed all running bots should just be ircd +services running

ip no cpanel domain is hosted by my hosting company and pointed to vps with "A" redirect
vps/home/ircd - unreal and anope
HELP! ....

thanks

[katsklaw]

This is indeed referring to your local machine. "Address in use" is referring to the IP address and port you are trying to bind to. With that said, something you have not accounted for is using the IP and port your ircd is trying to use.

Things to try:

1> ps aux | grep your_username - This will list all processes run as you, even zombies
2> sockstat - sockstat will show a list of proccess, which IP's and ports they are currently using
3> netstat -a |grep LISTEN |grep -v unix - netstat has similar abilities as sockstat.
4> lsof -i :PORT - This will list all connections on the specified port. ie lsof -i :6667

Hope that helps.