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10.4: Fix Compressor background process error
Authored by: Dirk! on Oct 23, '05 01:05:52PM

Hello,

unfortunately this doesn't work for me. If I enter

sudo /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster/Qmaster start

into a terminal window I get the following error:

> sudo /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster/Qmaster start
Password:
usage: hostname [-s] [name-of-host]
Starting Qmaster services
> 2005-10-23 22:02:36.828 qmasterd[292] [CDOHostInfoFactory localPortName]: gethostbyname() failed.
gethostbyname: Unknown host
2005-10-23 22:02:36.829 qmasterd[292] *** Uncaught exception: <NSGenericException> CDOHostInfoFactory: -publish: failed!
qmasterd: terminated due to signal().

There seems to be some problem with "hostname", but the only hints I found on this topic suggested to enter the line "hostnae = localhost" into /etc/hostconfig, which doesn't work for me either :-(

Dirk



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10.4: Fix Compressor background process error
Authored by: djarsky on Oct 28, '05 06:12:47PM

Dirk,

I'm getting the exact same problem you are. I'd be interested in any resolution if you find one.

Thanks.
David



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10.4: Fixed! Compressor background process error
Authored by: djarsky on Oct 28, '05 07:27:15PM

I found a solution! I'm running 10.4.2

Since the computer's name isn't being returned when Qmaster does a reverse DNS check, you can manually enter the name in the hosts file and use 127.0.0.1 as the IP address.

Here's my 'hosts' file (it's located in /etc):

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 imac
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost

Note the line I added above (in bold). I used 'imac' because that's the name of the computer in the Sharing pane. You can make it anything legal (letters and numbers -- I believe no spaces or funny characters other than hyphens).



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10.4: Fixed! THANKS!!!
Authored by: mactux on Dec 14, '05 03:17:17AM

This is the solution!



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10.4: Fix Compressor background process error
Authored by: X@vier on Nov 02, '05 10:58:38AM
I just wrote a script that would launch it for u at startup...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.open.qmaster</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/Library/StartupItems/Qmaster/Qmaster</string>
	</array>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
I gave it the name com.open.qmaster.plist save it and put it in Library->LaunchAgents folder I hope this hepls X@vier

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10.4: Fix Compressor background process error
Authored by: Dirk! on Dec 15, '05 01:57:24AM

Hello,

I tried your script, but ist doesn't help in my case.

Compressor simply crashes again when it is startet by your script.

Dirk!



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10.4: Fix Compressor background process error
Authored by: alexroque on Jan 12, '06 05:58:02PM

You are a genius! This worked for me. You've saved me hours.



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