Unable to use port:8889

[penguin35]

Hey guys, i was just wondering why whenever i try to start gmote on my
computer it says unable to use port:8889 and how do i fix it? Thanks.

[Marc Stogaitis]

Hi,

There are a few reasons why this might be happening.

1. It's possible that there is already a version of Gmote running on the computer. To find out if there is an instance running, close all Gmote instances that you know about, and run the following command from a command prompt:

netstat -a |find "9901"

- if the output is empty, then Gmote is not running and go to step 2. If it is running you'll see a line that starts with 'UDP'. In this case, I suggest you try to close it by finding its icon in the task tray, right click, and select 'exit'. You can also try ctrl+alt+delete, task manager, click the 'processes' tab, and find the process called javaw.exe

2. If Gmote was not running, the there may be another application on the computer which is using the same port as Gmote. You can change the gmote port by doing the following:

a. Open up a windows explorer bar by going to 'start', 'programs', 'accessories', 'windows explorer'.

b. In the address bar, paste the following line and hit enter:

%USERPROFILE%\application data\gmote

(this should automatically be converted to something like c:\Documents and Settings\Marc\Application Data\Gmote, where 'Marc' will be your user name)

c. Open the file called default_settings.txt

d. Change the following line:

PORT=8889

to

PORT=8899

(or whatever port you want to use).

e. start the gmote server.

Cheers,

Marc