Connection to Server Failed, Returning to Main Menu. Running local server - OSX 10.7

I've been playing around with the server options and I noticed one called --log-network-traffic. Could you start the server like so:

Code:

./server --log-network-traffic /tmp/net.log --headless

Then post the content of /tmp/net.log. For reference, in my case it looks like this:

Interesting....


[0.0000] 1: socket(0)
[0.0000] 1: bind(127.0.0.1:20545): AddressUnavailable
[0.0000] 1: listen(1)

This supports my theory that there is an frozen process sitting around controlling the port. netstat didn't work, how about lsof?

Code:

lsof -i :20545

lsof -i :20545 returns nothing :/

Then the error should be PortUnavailable, no?

So... the firewall is off, so something else must have the address.

Code:

lsof -i tcp -c server

This reports all TCP connections and all files open by a process named server. Do it without the game or server running, so we can see what the base state is.

Second thought: are you trying to run it truly offline? I've sometimes had trouble testing web servers on a train; somehow the entire networking system gets shut down and it can't even route locally.

Ok, I've been able to reproduce this on Mac OS X 10.8. It's really bizarre. With the server running (with only --headless):

Code:

$ lsof -i tcp -c server | grep LISTEN
server  145 ******  6u  IPv4 0x6bbf0a69f80f8d45  0t0  TCP *:49153 (LISTEN)

It's listening on port 49153!

I shut down the server, and restart it:

Code:

$ lsof -i tcp -c server | grep LISTEN
server  161 ******  6u  IPv4 0x6bbf0a69f80f8d45  0t0  TCP *:49154 (LISTEN)

It's now listening on the previous port + 1. This happens every time I shut down the server and start it again. Usage of --port makes no difference.

If I turn on the network logging with --log-network-traffic, I still have:

However, if I test the connection using

Code:

telnet localhost 49157

Then the server actually reacts in the Terminal where it's running:

(and stuff shows up in the net.log as well of course)

@jorgenpt : I think you do the Mac stuff, so do you have any idea what's causing this?

Mines listening on 54467, but doesn't increment

actually mine does increment but not by 1, now its
54474 (LISTEN)

What does this command, from the terminal, show:

Code:

cat /etc/hosts

Code:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1    localhost
255.255.255.255    broadcasthost
::1             localhost 
fe80::1%lo0    localhost

Ok, that seems fine. I also doublechecked, and we don't use localhost explicitly.

I have a theory on what the cause for this is, and I'll push to get it out in PTE ASAP. Hopefully tomorrow. Then we can see if that's what's causing problems for you.

Can you try with the latest PTE version? It should be 76079-pte.

Ok, I managed to get my hands on the OS X 10.8 comp again. I only have SSH access so I can't test with the PA client, but in the network log it now says:

And netstat indeed reports it listening on the correct port:

Code:

$ netstat -na|grep 20545
tcp4  0  0  127.0.0.1.20545  *.*  LISTEN  

awesome, all works thanks you guys!