Please help!

[shypike]

OK.
Now stop SABnzbd and add this after --console:
-s 127.0.0.1:8080 -b1

Possibly it's hanging due to a DNS issue.
If that doesn't work, try:
-s 127.0.0.1:7777 -b1

[asterz]

Could you please clarify if you mean to type this full string?

Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --console-s 127.0.0.1:8080 -b1

Or just the new part?

[shypike]

Almost good, you left out a space:
/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --console -s 127.0.0.1:8080 -b1

[asterz]

Ok, both of those did the same thing as the first part of the command by itself. It clearly starts SABnzbd in the Activity Monitor. But I don't see anything else. Unlike a regular application, there is no icon in the dock. If I look at the Applications available under the "Force Quit" menu, it isn't listed there either. Just Activty Monitor shows it as active and if I try to throw the application away or quit terminal, it says SABnzbd is running. I have never had anything like this happen before.

Can you explain to me at least what I'm supposed to be seeing? Is an actual user-interface supposed to pop up, like when you launch a web browser, for example? What am I looking for? I've been using Unison in the meantime, but I'd rather try this.

[shypike]

I realize now that there's yet another option missing.
/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --console -s 127.0.0.1:8080 -b1 -l2
The last one is "minus-elle-two", which enables debug information.

You're supposed to see something like this (middle part left out):

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INFO:root:--------------------------------
INFO:root:SABnzbd.py-0.8.x (rev=821937e64f8bdbf34c9f52a74460132c05abade7 (not committed))
INFO:root:Platform = posix
INFO:root:Python-version = 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)]
INFO:root:Arguments = /Users/conv/project/sabnzbd/0.8.x/dist/SABnzbd.app/Contents/Resources/SABnzbd.py -p --console
INFO:root:[osx] IO priority setting
INFO:root:[osx] IO priority set to throttle for process scope
INFO:root:Read INI file /Users/conv/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
INFO:root:Loading data for rss_data.sab from /Users/conv/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/admin/rss_data.sab
INFO:root:Loading data for totals10.sab from /Users/conv/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/admin/totals10.sab
DEBUG:root:Read quota q=1.073741824e+11 l=1.073741824e+11 reset=1368208800.0
//////////////////
INFO:root:Starting SABnzbd.py-0.8.x
DEBUG:root:Starting postprocessor
DEBUG:root:Starting assembler
DEBUG:root:Starting downloader
DEBUG:root:Starting scheduler
DEBUG:root:Starting dirscanner
INFO:root:Dirscanner starting up
DEBUG:root:Starting urlgrabber
INFO:root:URLGrabber starting up

[asterz]

Once again, no response except launching the process in Activity Monitor. Actually, the first time I typed it in, Terminal waited a second, then spit out the same line in response:

/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --console -s 127.0.0.1:8080 -b1 -l2

[shypike]

You are using Applications->Utilities->Terminal ?

[asterz]

Yes, of course. I posted the screenshot a few messages ago. Didn't you see it? (All I did was block out my Hard drive name + my user folder name.)

[shypike]

I can think of no reason why it would not show any output on your system.
Do you run any "security" software?

[asterz]

None. Just Little Snitch, but it has never asked about any SABnzbd connections.
Have no other Mac users ever reported this issue?

[shypike]

No.
A very few report long term crashes.
As an experiment you could try older releases.

[asterz]

could you recommend one?

[shypike]

Best first try would be 0.6.14.
That does miss some features.

[asterz]

I see no link to older versions on the SABnzbd site. And Google search for 6.14 didn't turn up anything. Is it supposed to be a secret where to find it? If not, may I have the link?

[shypike]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbd ... bnzbdplus/