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Posted: **April 26th, 2015, 11:58 am**

Hi,

I'm having a problem, sabnzbd does not start. I get following error:

SABnzbd.py 0.7.20

SABnzbd needs a free tcp/ip port for its internal web server.
Port 8091 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:8080

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

Program did not start!

I alleready did that, but that didn't changed anything. Can someone help me? I'm running under Yosemite.

thx

Posted: **April 27th, 2015, 4:57 pm**

Same for me, and now I have no access to the general settings file as SABnzbd does not start! Many tries using Terminal with spaces, no spaces various numbers eg. 519, 8080, 1024 tec. --- No Go

So, I'm stuck - Uninstall and start over?

Posted: **April 28th, 2015, 2:17 am**

Try this instead (in Terminal):
/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --server 127.0.0.1:8080

The problem is likely that your "localhost" isn't properly defined.
The next release will tackle this problem better.

Posted: **May 12th, 2015, 6:50 pm**

shypike wrote:Try this instead (in Terminal):
/Applications/SABnzbd.app/Contents/MacOS/SABnzbd --server 127.0.0.1:8080

The problem is likely that your "localhost" isn't properly defined.
The next release will tackle this problem better.

I tried this suggestion, and still got the same error message, and SABnzbd did not start.
Can you explain how I might properly define my "localhost" if that is the problem?

I am running 10.6.8, and I reinstalled the snow leopard version prior to trying your suggestion. Do I really have to wait for the next release of SABnzbd?

Posted: **May 13th, 2015, 4:22 am**

Edit /etc/hosts
It should contain the line:

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127.0.0.1 localhost

There should only be one localhost line.
Google how to edit this file.

BTW: There's nothing wrong with using 127.0.0.1
If you want a nicer looking URL, you can add a fantasy name to /etc/hosts

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127.0.0.1 mymac

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