Subsonic Forum

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit. I'm running Subsonic to use port 4040. However, every once in awhile, another instance starts up and uses port 8080. When this happens, I no longer have access to the Subsonic server. I have to kill the Subsonic server running on port 8080. Once done, I then restart Subsonic and everything runs fine.

I can't figure out why another instance starts up.

thank you

Did you previously run/install Subsonic via the standalone .tar.gz file, and now more recently have used the .deb package?

Can't remember. I've been running it for about 2 yrs now. I do remember using the .deb package the past few upgrades.

What do you get if you type:

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$ locate subsonic.sh

You should get something like:

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/usr/share/subsonic/subsonic.sh

/usr/share/subsonic/subsonic.sh uses port 4040
/var/subsonic/subsonic.sh uses port 8080

That's my problem. Can I just move the files from /var/subsonic to /usr/share/subsonic without any problems?

I'd just rename the one that uses port 8080 to be something like subsonic.old for now.

Do you run Gnome or KDE or similar? Check the appropriate 'startup applications' menu option to see if there is something pointing to /var/subsonic/subsonic.sh; if so, disable/delete it too.

When I renamed the folder /var/subsonic to /var/subsonic.old , I restarted subsonic and the folder was created again.

Would it be easier to just delete both "versions" and reinstall from the .deb?

Don't rename the folder, just try renaming the .sh file inside it initially; you'll also want to try and work out why it gets called, my bet is as per my previous post.

Might also be worth checking under /etc/init.d/ to see if you have more than one Subsonic related file there. You should have just the one which will call /usr/bin/subsonic which in turn is a symbolic link to /usr/share/subsonic/subsonic.sh

I made the changes to startup. I'll reboot later and see what happens. Thank you for your help!