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Matías Guzmán Naranjo
Asked: 2014-04-19 01:17:59 +0800 CST

Jitsi won't start under ubuntu

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I installed jitsi, both from the official repos and a direct download from the webpage. When I try to run it I get the error message:

 SIP Communicator is already running and will handle your parameters (if any)

 Launch with the --multiple param to override this behaviour.

If I do launch it with --multiple java gives a huge error message and it crashes.

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2 Answers

  1. I couldn't start or launch Jitsi after proper installation, either! Then after removing Java 8 by following this http://www.2daygeek.com/uninstall-oracle-java-openjdk-linux/

    Then check for current Java version: $ java -version java version "1.7.0_85" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.1) (7u85-2.6.1-5ubuntu0.14.04.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.85-b03, mixed mode)

    Jitsi starts as normal now!!! Thanks

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  2. It looks like this message is displayed when jitsi is already running, which you can test with something like ps -ef | grep jitsi. There is also a lock file: ~/.jitsi/.lock.

    I had this problem when trying to run jitsi with java 8. Apparently jitsi does not run with java 8: [jitsi-dev] Jitsi doesn't working in Java 8

    Using java 7 fixes it.

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