It&#39;s very hard for me to understand errors. I&#39;ve added -x to shell scripts so <br><br>First O&#39;ve checked if anything is running<br># ps ax | grep beam | grep -v grep<br># ps ax | grep epmd | grep -v grep<br># <br>

<br>then:<br><br>----------------------------------<br>/usr/sbin/rabbitmq-multi start_all 1<br>+ for arg in &#39;&quot;$@&quot;&#39;<br>++ sed -e &#39;s/&quot;/\\&quot;/g&#39;<br>+ arg=start_all<br>+ CMDLINE=&#39; &quot;start_all&quot;&#39;<br>

+ for arg in &#39;&quot;$@&quot;&#39;<br>++ sed -e &#39;s/&quot;/\\&quot;/g&#39;<br>+ arg=1<br>+ CMDLINE=&#39; &quot;start_all&quot; &quot;1&quot;&#39;<br>+ cd /var/lib/rabbitmq<br>++ basename /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-multi<br>

+ SCRIPT=rabbitmq-multi<br>++ id -u<br>+ &#39;[&#39; 0 = 0 &#39;]&#39;<br>+ su rabbitmq -s /bin/sh -c &#39;/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multiĀ  &quot;start_all&quot; &quot;1&quot;&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = <a href="http://xsendsorium.com">xsendsorium.com</a> &#39;]&#39;<br>

+ NODENAME=rabbit@sendsorium<br>++ dirname /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multi<br>+ SCRIPT_HOME=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin<br>+ PIDS_FILE=/var/lib/rabbitmq/pids<br>+ MULTI_ERL_ARGS=<br>+ MULTI_START_ARGS=<br>+ CONFIG_FILE=/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq<br>

++ dirname /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multi<br>+ . /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-env<br>++ SCRIPT_PATH=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multi<br>++ &#39;[&#39; -h /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multi &#39;]&#39;<br>+++ readlink -f /usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-multi<br>

++ FULL_PATH=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/rabbitmq-multi<br>++ &#39;[&#39; 0 &#39;!=&#39; 0 &#39;]&#39;<br>++ SCRIPT_PATH=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/rabbitmq-multi<br>++ &#39;[&#39; -h /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/rabbitmq-multi &#39;]&#39;<br>

+++ dirname /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/rabbitmq-multi<br>++ SCRIPT_DIR=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin<br>++ RABBITMQ_HOME=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/..<br>++ &#39;[&#39; -f /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf &#39;]&#39;<br>

+ DEFAULT_NODE_IP_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0<br>+ DEFAULT_NODE_PORT=5672<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x &#39;!=&#39; x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x &#39;!=&#39; x &#39;]&#39;<br>

+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x &#39;!=&#39; x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ RABBITMQ_NODENAME=rabbit@sendsorium<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ RABBITMQ_SCRIPT_HOME=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin<br>

+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ RABBITMQ_PIDS_FILE=/var/lib/rabbitmq/pids<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ RABBITMQ_MULTI_ERL_ARGS=<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>+ RABBITMQ_MULTI_START_ARGS=<br>+ &#39;[&#39; x = x &#39;]&#39;<br>

+ RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq<br>+ export RABBITMQ_NODENAME RABBITMQ_NODE_IP_ADDRESS RABBITMQ_NODE_PORT RABBITMQ_SCRIPT_HOME RABBITMQ_PIDS_FILE RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE<br>+ RABBITMQ_CONFIG_ARG=<br>+ &#39;[&#39; -f /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config &#39;]&#39;<br>

+ RABBITMQ_CONFIG_ARG=&#39;-config /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq&#39;<br>+ set -f<br>+ exec erl -pa /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.8.1/sbin/../ebin -noinput -hidden -sname rabbitmq_multi16112 -config /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq -s rabbit_multi -extra start_all 1<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,9,29},{20,36,33}},&quot;Protocol: ~p: register error: ~p~n&quot;,[&quot;inet_tcp&quot;,{{badmatch,{error,etimedout}},[{inet_tcp_dist,listen,1},{net_kernel,start_protos,4},{net_kernel,start_protos,3},{net_kernel,init_node,2},{net_kernel,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,9,29},{20,36,33}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{net_kernel,init,[&#39;Argument__1&#39;]}},{pid,&lt;0.19.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{error,badarg},[{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,&lt;0.9.0&gt;]},{messages,[]},{links,[#Port&lt;0.100&gt;,&lt;0.16.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[{longnames,false}]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,24},{reductions,513}],[]]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,9,29},{20,36,33}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{&#39;EXIT&#39;,nodistribution}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_kernel},{mfargs,{net_kernel,start_link,[[rabbitmq_multi16112,shortnames]]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,9,29},{20,36,33}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_sup},{mfargs,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}<br>

{error_logger,{{2010,9,29},{20,36,33}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}<br>{&quot;Kernel pid terminated&quot;,application_controller,&quot;{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}&quot;}<br>

<br>Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump<br>Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})<br>--------------------------<br><br><br>I&#39;m using rabbit 1.8.1 <br>

Erlang R14A (erts-5.8) [source] [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false]<br>Linux <a href="http://sendsorium.com">sendsorium.com</a> 2.6.18-028stab069.6 #1 SMP Wed May 26 18:10:06 MSD 2010 i686 GNU/Linux<br>

<br><br><br>cat /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config <br>[{rabbit, [{vm_memory_high_watermark, 0.4}]}].<br><br><br>PS: erl_crash.dumpĀ  compressed is about 50K ..if anyone wants to see it. <br><br clear="all">Nico Cesar<br>