Thin server : `start_tcp_server': no acceptor (port is in use or requires root privileges) (RuntimeError)

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Published on 2012-10-12T08:56:44Z Indexed on 2012/10/12 9:40 UTC
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My thin webserver fails to start with an error message. I can hardly find any information or leads on how to fix this, anyone an idea? thx

Thin web server (v1.5.0 codename Knife) Maximum connections set to 1024 Listening on 0.0.0.0:9292, CTRL+C to stop /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/eventmachine-1.0.0/lib/eventmachine.rb:526:in start_tcp_server': no acceptor (port is in use or requires root privileges) (RuntimeError) from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/eventmachine-1.0.0/lib/eventmachine.rb:526:instart_server' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.0/lib/thin/backends/tcp_server.rb:16:in connect' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.0/lib/thin/backends/base.rb:55:inblock in start' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/eventmachine-1.0.0/lib/eventmachine.rb:187:in call' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/eventmachine-1.0.0/lib/eventmachine.rb:187:inrun_machine' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/eventmachine-1.0.0/lib/eventmachine.rb:187:in run' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.0/lib/thin/backends/base.rb:63:instart' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/thin-1.5.0/lib/thin/server.rb:159:in start' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rack-1.4.1/lib/rack/handler/thin.rb:13:inrun' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rack-1.4.1/lib/rack/server.rb:265:in start' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rack-1.4.1/lib/rack/server.rb:137:instart' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/gems/rack-1.4.1/bin/rackup:4:in <top (required)>' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/bin/rackup:19:inload' from /srv/gamers/shared/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/bin/rackup:19:in `'

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