Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Could not start listener thread

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le ven 24/05/2002 à 12:44, Graham Leggett a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> I installed a new version of gnomemeeting for testing and got the
> message "Could not start the listener thread. You will not be able to
> receive incoming calls".
> 
> Is this to do with trying to open a tcp listener below 1024?
> gnomemeeting is running as a normal user.
> 

Yes, normal users can't open listening sockets below port 1024.

If you run it as root, it will work, provided that another process is
not already listening on this port (netstat -a will tell you).

> Regards,
> Graham
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